History of China

   

http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/
http://www.asia-home.com/china/dyna/lang/en.php
 http://library.thinkquest.org/12255/library/dynasty/qin.html
http://gibaulthistory.wordpress.com/2010/10/27/the-confusion-of-names/
Today I will talk about the history of China. China started as a bunch of tribes banding together 5000 years ago to create the country. The time periods are separated into Dynasties. At the top of the page is a list of them all. Since China is now a "Republic"(Communist) country, there are no longer dynasties. The mist well known dynasty is the Ming Dynasty which is known for it's white and blue "Ming" vases and other dishes. They are very valuable and rare. They are very fragile because the glass is so thin. The Quin Dynasty was  best known for the construction of the Great Wall of China. It was at war very often with the mongols, especially before the Quin dynasty. The wall was created to keep the mongols out. Thanks for reading. I will probably write next week. Good bye.

Chinese Economy

http://www.chinatoday.com/fin/mon/
 http://www.davemanuel.com/canada-debt-clock.php
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
Hi People. I will be talking about the Chinese economy today. The Chinese currency is called the Chinese Yuan (pronounced oowon). In every Canadian dollar, there are about 6.3 Yuan. This is a Yuan. There are 10 Jiao in every Yuan. There are 10 Fen in every Jiao.The coins in the photo from top to bottom: 1 Yuan, 5 Jiao, 1 Jiao, 5 Fen, 2 Fen, 1 Fen. The Jiao and the Yuan are also produced in paper money. As of 2011, China was in about 1.66 Trillion dollars (American). That means that the average debt per person is about $1236. In comparison, Canada is almost 581 Billion dollars in debt. That means that the average debt per person is about $17,033. That is an insane difference. Until next time, good bye

Culture of China

http://www.cultural-china.com/
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Chinese_festivals_are_there
Hi. Today I will talk about the culture of China. A large part of Chinese culture revolves around the ancient mythology especially the Zodiac. It contains 12 animals. The rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. The legend is that Buddha invited all of the animals of the earth to a great feast. Only these 12 showed up so he gave them a spot on the Chinese Zodiac calender.
Another part of the culture is there many festivals celebrating everything. There are 15 festivals all together.
New Year eve.
Spring Festival (New Year)
The Lantern Festival
The Clear & Bright Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Festival of Qing Ming Jie
Moon Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival
Double Ninth
Winter Solstice Festival
Zhonghe
Shangsi
Bathing a basking
The night of heavens festival
Spirit
Laba
We have 7. Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, Valentines day, Halloween, St. Patrick's Day, Queen Victoria Day. The only one that is actually a festival is Thanksgiving.
That is my blog for this week. Thanks for reading.