A Cultural Portrait of China

Made By Mr. Voorhees’ Cultures Through Cuisine Class

Capital

• Capital: Beijing• Population - 1,331,460,000 (2009)– US 307,006,550 (2009)

• Land Area – 9,572,900 Km2• Language: Mandarin Chinese• Head of State – Hun Jintao• Money- Yuan– Y-$ 6.5805=$1

Staple Foods

• Ri

Flag

Geography - Map

Ethnicities - Regions

Education

• Caligraphy

Accomplishments

• Gun Powder • Bronze • Chinese Food • Jade • Fireworks• Printing – Movable Type – Wood Block Printing

– Calligraphy • Writing- Alphabet written work• Calendar • Porcelain• Paper Money • Pagoda – Multistory Building

Symbols of China • Great Wall

– 300,000 build wall in 3rd Century– 1,500 miles long to keep out invaders

• Flag • Modern, New, Futuristic, Secluded Hotel• Rice Fields • Tiananmen Square

– Massacre June 3, 1989 student Pro- Democracy protest – Killed Hundreds• Chairmen Mao

– Founder of Peoples Republic of China– Communist – Poet/Leader/– Cultural Revolution– Gang of Four

Politics/Government

• Dynasties- – Xia– Shang – Zhou– Qin– Han– Xin – Han

Within Dynasties

• Emperor • Civil Service – Bureaucracy• Civil Service Test

Rivals

• Geographic - Mongols – North • Economic – Rival – Current

– Japan– United States – European Union – India – Developing Countries

• Political Rivals – Bangladesh – PM Daka – One China? – Hong Kong – PRC

• Formally Great Britain – 1997

Religion – Main Types

• Buddhism • Confucianism • Daoism

Food- Regions

Family- Size/Values?

• One Child Policy – Law that you can only have one child in order to reduce population. – Daughters are more expensive – dowry

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Historic Perceptions

• Dragons • Red – • Rice • Yellow • Top of Civilization

Modern Perceptions

• Economic Growth • Futuristic• Small Middle Class• Urbanization – moving from country to city• Relatively low standard of living

How the use their money?

• At food markets • Cash for most things • Haggling, bargaining, and making deals are

common.• Lower consumer spending • Higher Savings• 6% of Chinese own cars

Geography Landforms

• Western China is mainly mountains – Himalayas – East/South – Tian – Pamir

• Lots of large Rivers – 3 Gorges Dam – Yangtze River

• One of the largest land areas• Large Gobi Desert

Geography - Weather

• South China Warm – average in January 58 in south china

• North East – Mild• Most of China – “Washington Weather” Temperate • Mild weather

Types of Work (main occupations)

• Industry 47.28%• Agriculture 12.46%• Services 4.26%• Common Jobs – Maids and Factory Workers – Computer Software Developers (technology) – National Advertisers

Culture and Music

• Zheng• Chinese Lute• Canto-Pop• Mando-Pop• Chops-

Fashion

Standard of living in China today

• Low cost of living • Highest standard of living in Shanghai, Beijing.