China

OnOctober1,1949,thePeople’sRepublicofChinawasfounded.Ithasapopulationof1.3billion(2008)wholiveonthelandareaof9600000squarekiometers.Letustellyoumorecustomsandcultureaboutchina。AgricultureChinaisalargeagriculturalnation.AgriculturebeganintheneolithicageandtheoriginalplacewasatYellowRiverandYangtzeRiver.IntheprocessofthedevelopmentofChina'sagriculturehadmanyleadingintheinvention,butalsoexperiencedalongperiodofstagnation.Agriculturalproductionconditionsandproductiontechnologyimprovedandthelevelofoutputincreasedrapidly.People’slivingconditionshasimprovedalotandthesocietyisveryharmonious.BeijingBeijingisthecapitalofthePeople'sRepublicofChinaandthesecond-largestcityandthepolitics,transportationandculturalcenter.Beijingisaworldculturalheritagecityandithasmanyhistoricandculturallandscape.Beijingisonitsoldestandfashionablenewface,welcomemoreandmorepassengerseachyear.ChopsticksChopsticksareatooolwhichcanhelpyoueating.Nooneknowswhenchopstickswerefirstused,buttheywerefirstinventedinChina.Chopsticksoriginatedin“zhu”inChineasepronunciationbecausethe“zhu”wasunluckyinancientChinaaddabambooontheword“zhu”finallybecametheoriginofthenamenowadays.Chopsticksareoftenmadeofbamboo,butmorechopsticksaremadeofivoryatpresent.DragonDragonisasymbolofauspiciousnessandalsogood,kind,andintelligentbutitiscompletelyoppositeinabroad.Ithadaverymagicalmeaninancientandweregarditasourtotemnow.EXPOShanghai,thehostcityofExpo2010,showsthepolitics,economy,cultureandtechnologydevelopmenttotheworld.MoreandmorepeopleknowChina.Wehopeourcountrywillbestrongerandtheworldwillbemorepeacefull.Fifty-sixChinaiscomposedof56ethnicgroup.Despitethedifferentculturesandtraditions,weloveandrespecteachotherinthisbigfamily.Wecreateourmotherland’sbrightfuturehandinhandtogether.GreatWallTheGreatWallismorethan1,500mileslonganditwasusedfordefensehunsinancientChinabutitisasymbolofChineseculturenow.Thereisasaying“HewhohasneverbeentotheGreatWallisnotatrueman.”HarmonyOurgovernmentrecomandsthatweshouldbuildaharmonysociety.Throughtheeducation,moreandmorepeoplerealizethattheyhaveresponsibilitytooursociety.InventionsChinahasalotofinventionsbutthefourgreatinventionsofancientChinawhicharegunpowder,printing,paper-making,thecompasspromotedtheworlddevelopment.JiaoziWhenwerefertoJiaoziyoumaybethinkofSpringFestival.Wemayhavejiaozionfamilyreuniondinnerwhichmeans“tuantuanyuanyuan”inChina.AsitisakindoffoodwithuniquelyChinesecharacteristics,jiaoziisalsoenjoyedbypeoplefromothercountries.kongfuChinesekungfuisprofound,shaolintempleismorefamousalltheworld,italsohasalotofinfluenceabroad.ItisChina'slong-termaccumulatedvaluableculturalheritage.LabourmarketChinahasacheaplabourmarket,justbecauseoftheamountofthepeople.ManyforeigncountriesmakeuseofittodevelopthemselvesthatmakeChineselabourmarketfamousintheworld.Whatweneedtodoistochangephysicalworktointelligencework.Mah-jonggMah-jongghasalonghistoryinchina.Intheancientsociety,thenobleplayittokilltime.Andnowadaysithasbecomethemostpopularentertainmentofmiddle-agerandoldpeopleafterlunch.NotgoanywhereLivinginthemountain,plantingsomevegetables,raisingsomeanimals,don’tworryabouttheworkorstudy,justliveinyourownways.InChineseeye’s,notgoanywhereistheidealoflife.operaChineseoperaisapopularformofdramainChina.Ingeneral,itdatesbacktotheTangDynastywithEmperorXuanzong,whofoundedthePearGarden,thefirstknownoperatroupeinChina.IntheYuandynasty,formsliketheZaju,whichactsbasedonrhymingschemesplustheinnovationofhavingspecializedroleslikeDan,Sheng,andChouwereintroducedintotheopera.ThedominantformoftheMingandearlyQingdynastieswasKunqu,whichcamefromtheWuculturalarea,andevolvedalongerformofplaycalledchuanqi.Chineseoperascontinuetoexistin368differentformsnow,thebestknownofwhichisBeijingopera,whichassumeditspresentforminthemid-19thcenturyandwasextremelypopularintheQingDynasty.Theoperaisverycolorfulwithfancysceneryandbeatifulcostumes.Traditionalinstrumentsareusedforthemusic.pandaThepandaisoneoftheprimaryanimalprotectioninChina,mainlylivingintemperateforest,withbamboo.Duetothepeopleofdeforestationandcapture,giantpandasarefacedwiththedangerthreat.Soweshouldcarefortheenvironmentprotectionofwildanimals.QomolangmaMountMountQomolangmaisintheHimalayas.AsthemainpeakoftheHimalayanrange,MountQomolangma,withanelevationof8844.43metersabovethesealevel,isconsideredthehighestmountainpeakintheworld..MountQomolangmaisgrandandmagnificent.Therearecrowdsofmountainsandsummitswithinaradiusof20kilometersaroundQomolangma.Thenumberofsummitswithanaltitudehigherthan7,000metersismorethan40.Butnow,duetothehostileclimateandextremealtitude,themount”sheightischanging.Soweshouldlearntoprotectcheclimateandthemount.Rickshaw.ArickshaisatwowheeledcartlikeataxiinChina.Apersonrideswhileapersonpullsthem.Itusuallyhasatoporhoodtoprotectthepassenger.Itisalsoaconvenienttoolforpeople.What”smore,itismorecheapthantaxi.SocialistSocialismisacomprehensivedevelopmentofsociety,itisnotonlycanunceasinglythroughtheirreform,theliberationanddevelopmentofproductiveforces,tocreateaflourishingeconomy,andcansatisfypeople'sspiritualandculturalne