Tracey Patrick

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• Tracey Patrick
• Jessica Van Dusen

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Chinas Wonders

• 99 state-class historical and cultural cites.
• Beijing, Xian, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Hangzhou, and
  Anyang the seven ancient capitals.
• 1644 - the Great Wall of China created
• China was unified by the Emperor Wu Ti in 280 AD

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Early History of China

• The Xia, one of the first noted dynasties lasted
  from about 2200 to 1750 b.c.
• A long period of cultural development
• Shang Dynasty (1750- 1040 B.C.)
• Shang kings ruled over most of Northern China
• Frequent wars between nomadic herders

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Imperial Period

• Qin Dynasty (221 -206 B.C.)
• Short lived
• Set structures
• Standardized legal codes
• Bureaucratic procedures
• Forms of writing
• Coinage

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Environment

• Mountain Chains
• Orchards
• Rivers
• Deserts
• Lots of Rain
• Terraced Hillsides
• Climate Changes

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Chinese Food and Dining

• A Chinese meal consists of two or more basic
  components.
• Starch/ carbohydrate ??
• Rice
• Noodles
• Mantou (steamed buns)
• Vegetables ( ? ), Meat, or Fish
• Related to American meals, where meat is a apart
  of the main meal.

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Chinese Festive Foods

• Jiaozi dumplings and Sweet and Sour Pork have
  symbolic meaning at New Years
• Kung Pao Chicken is eaten on many festive
  occasions.
• Spring Rolls represent wealth and prosperity.
  Their shape resembles a gold
  bar

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Chinese Teahouse The Traditional Place of
Leisure

• South China
• The tea served there vary from greentea to
  blacktea, along with local delicacies and
  deserts.
• One may come in the early morning and order a pot
  of tea, chat and enjoy the warm sunshine at the
  same time, until it closes in twilight.
• Refills are also free of charge as long as the
  cup is left open.
• Tons many people have formed
• the habit of drinking tea everyday.
• When you are in one of these
• magnificent houses every thing
• is very picturesque

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Monuments

• Terracotta Warriors Museum
• The Great Wall of China
• The Forbbiden City (center of bejing)
• Shaanxi Provincial History Museum
• Tiananmen Square
• Temple of Heaven
• Bejing Zoo
• Peking Opera
• Summer Palace

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Dream Day

• Terracotta Warriors Museum
• Forbidden City
• Lunch in Behai Park
• The great Wall of China
• Bejing Duck
• Dinner
• Tang Dynasty
• Music and
• Dance Show

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Mao Zedong

• Born in 1893
• Challenged rules early, and was expelled form
  school
• Created Chinas Communist Party
• Led China's historic revolution
• His goal was to unite China,
• and it was also his greatest
• accomplishment
• Was one of the most controversial
• leaders of the twentieth century
• died on 9th September, 1976

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Chiang Kai-shek

• Born in 1887
• His father died at a young age, leaving he (and
  his family) in poverty
• Successor after Sun Yat-sen's death
• Was a soldier and statesman
• Head of the Nationalist
• government
• In World War II announced
• the establishment of People's
• Republic of China.
• Died on 5th April 1975

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