Fun Facts about China
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Fun Facts about China
We all know China is a big country. It actually has 1.3 billion people which are 20% of the world’s population! There are 55 ethnic minorities in China along with the 93% Chinese! China is a Communist Republic.
China produces the largest bulk of cotton and silk in the world. It has for thousands of years.
The Chinese New Year is the first day of the lunar calendar based on the cycles of the moon.
There are twelve animals in the Chinese Zodiac! They are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. A full Zodiac is 12yrs and a calendar cycle is 60yrs.
China’s money is called renminbi meaning the peoples currency.
The Great Wall of China can actually be seen from outer space! The wall was started 21/2 thousand years ago and is more than 5,000 km long!
Chinese love their foods. It is divided into the north, east, and south, central and south-western regions.
Some of the many crops include rice, wheat, soya beans, sesame, peanuts, and sesame.
You have probably seen the giant pandas. They are the national treasure in China. There are 1,600 living in the wild.
You may not have known this but the compass, paper; gun powder and printing are all Chinese inventions!
China has cultivated tea for 2,000 yrs.
When you write your name in China you put your family name first then your first name. There are no middle names. In Ancient China, characters were written on animal bones, turtle shells, silk and bamboo slices. They really needed paper!
Symbols with two imaged animals indicate harmony. Dragons, phoenixes, lions and white cranes are all benevolent. A lion which can often be seen in pairs on either side of a gate or palace is also auspicious. They are thought to drive away evil.
The turtle and white crane are thought to bring longevity so you will see them at Chinese birthday celebrations for their elderly.
China must really be into taking care of their teeth because they set aside Sept. 20th as National “Love Your Teeth Day”!In the ancient times people would wrap parchment around painful teeth which contained prayers and incantations hoping that would cure their pain. The Chinese actually believed a “tooth worm” was chewing away the tooth until it was gone!
We all know that chopsticks come from China. However, you probably didn’t know they were losing millions of acres of forest each year due to chopstick production. What a tremendous waste! So now they are encouraging everyone to recycle their chopsticks instead of throwing them out.
Meanwhile, it is estimated that 200 million people in China live on less than $1.00 a day!
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that's a lot of chopsticks
yeah that heaps helpfull thanks
they are interesting but not fasinating
cool! What great facts
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CHINA I LOVE IT
The greaat wall is NOT visible from space stupid
very interesting facts,, good for research!!! haha
yes it is visible dorks!!!
the great wall IS visible from sapce idiot
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just kidding... not really actually sorry.. didnt mean that ether i mean the sorry part bye:) luv u whitney haha just kidding again
this is soooooo awesome
THE GREAT WALL IS NOT VISIBLE FROM SPACE IT IS PROVEN IN A BOOK
this help so much i was able to help my child do their homework that the teacher gave them. 10 facts about china so when they saw this THEY WERE SO HAPPY THAT THEY STARTED GOING CRAZY!!!!!!!!!
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Um..... You guys who sya the wall is invisible from space, everything is space. This means, depending on your visiual idea of space, you could see it or not. It is all in your perception. P.S. GET A LIFE!
its so cool who ever did this rules
I LOVE CHINA A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHINA IS COOL I LIKE IT
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china is awsome ok! so ya and u can seee the wall from pluto soooo :p what now
thank you that really helped alot
these are so cool and yes you can see the great wall of china from space because ive been into space and seen it!!
No one has been to the moon stupids. They just make a place that they call the moon and say that they have been to the moon. My dad works for NASA and he told me. I even saw the place they use
get out shut up
CHINA IS A COOL COUNTRY.IT'S WHERE ICE CREAM WAS INVENTED.
china is the best and i am doing a report on it for my project can you give me any details on it
this website is crap all i was trying to do is find true facts about china but this website gave me a c-
...wow!..great to learn these facts, thank you, I never thought that there's a "Love your tooth day"--cool! ^_^
Haunty Level 5 Commenter 3 years ago
Really fun facts, thanks. And did you know that China is the country producing the 7th largest amount of wine in the world? It's 1560 million bottles a year. Even the thought that there is something like Chinese wine is funny for me, but actually it's a big industry and the Chinese love their own wine. :)