Animals of The Zodiac The Zodiac is based on Chinese astronomy,

cosmology, and divination. The Zodiac is based on a number of important Chinese systems of thought that were transmitted to Japan.

Buddhism Buddhism was introduced to China during

the Han dynasty.

Mahayana Buddhism played an important role in shaping Chinese civilization.

Clothing So many different designs. In ancient China

people used to live in caves and had no clothes whatsoever. It was the new Stone Age when the Chinese people invented a needle made of bone. They began to sew winter clothes made of leaves and animal skins. Later on they began to spin and weave coats made with linen.

Dragons of China

• Dragon occupies a very important position in Chinese mythology. It shows up in arts, literature, poetry, architecture, songs, and many aspects of the Chinese conscience.

• The origin of Gilded bronze dragon is unknown, but it was excavated in 1975, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

Engineering of China

• The belt-drive or driving-belt transmits power from one wheel to another, and produces continuous rotary motion. It existed as early as the first century BC in China.

• The Driving-belt was essential for the invention of the spinning-wheel. The belts could run not only round normal wheels with rims, whether grooved or not, but also round rimless wheels. A rimless spinning-wheel may sound a contradiction in terms, and the use of a driving-belt with rimless wheels might at first seem an impossible. But in fact a cat's cradle of fibers strung between wheel spokes which protrude slightly or exist in two sets placed in alternation can create an entirely adequate nexus for a belt.

Fire Works

• A seventeenth-century Chinese bomb with fuse, of a kind used for firing into the clouds in an attempt to precipitate rain. The gunpowder is wrapped in paper and sealed with wax, and the fuse is impregnated with gunpowder.

• A reconstruction, from a medieval drawing and textual descriptions, of a fourteenth-century 'bees' nest' rocket-launcher. The rockets are strapped near the tips of the arrows.

Great wall of china

• The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in , built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire during the rule of successive dynasties. Several walls, referred to as the Great Wall of China , were built since the 5th century BC. The most famous is the wall built between 220 BC and 200 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang; little of it remains; it was much farther north than the current wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty.

• The first major wall was built during the reign of the First Emperor, the main emperor of the short-lived Qin dynasty. This wall was not constructed as a single endeavor, but rather was created by the joining of several regional walls built by the Warring States. It was located much further north than the current Great Wall, and very little remains of it.

Han Dynasty

• After the civil war that followed the death of Qin Shihuangdi in 210 B.C., China was reunited under the rule of the Han dynasty, which is divided into two major periods: the Western or Former Han (206 B.C.–9 A.D.) and the Eastern or Later Han (25–220 A.D.). The boundaries established by the Qin and maintained by the Han have more or less defined the nation of China up to the present day. The Western Han capital, Chang'an in present-day Shaanxi Province—a monumental urban center laid out on a north-south axis with palaces, residential wards, and two bustling market areas—was one of the two largest cities in the ancient world (Rome was the other)

• .Poetry, literature, and philosophy flourished during the reign of Emperor Wudi (141–86 B.C.). The monumental Shiji (Historical Records) written by Sima Qian (145–80 B.C.) set the standard for later government-sponsored histories. Among many other things, it recorded information about the various peoples, invariably described as "barbarian," who lived on the empire's borders. Wudi also established Confucianism as the basis for correct official and individual conduct and for the educational curriculum. The reliance of the bureaucracy on members of a highly educated class grounded in Confucian writings and other classics defined China's statecraft for many centuries.

Ice cream

• A version of ice cream that is closer to what we know today is credited to the Chinese and specifically to Emperor Tang. He is said to have made 'ices' from milk and ice. It is also thought that the explorer, Marco Polo was the first to bring this idea back with him from his travels to China, although there is no hard evidence to support this and it has been called a myth.

• Over the years these 'ices' evolved into a variety of sorbets and milk ices that were especially popular in France and Italy. It was also the Italians who were credited with the first European version of ice cream made with milk. These deserts were especially popular at royal courts. In 1672, the English king, Charles II, is said to have had this luxurious desert served at one of his banquets. It was served to the royal table alone which tells much about the exclusivity and price of such a desert at the time.

Jians and Daos

• Chinese swords have a long history in China. Stone swords were used in prehistoric times. Bronze swords have been traced back to the bronze daggers of the Western Zhou period, but did not come into common use until the Eastern Zhou period. Bronze long swords suddenly appeared during the mid-third century BC. Later swords were made of iron or steel. These metals were wrought, never cast. Swords commonly reached a length of 70–100 cm, although longer swords have been found. Chinese iron swords were used in Japan from the third to sixth century AD, but were replaced with Korean and native Japanese swords by the middle of the Heian era. Chinese group all swords into two types, Jian and Dao ( 刀 ). Jian are dual edged and Dao are single edged.

Kites

• Kites were used in warfare.Kites date back to as far as 3000 years ago, where they were made from bambou and silk in China. In the 19th Century, kites were used for scientific experiments, kites were used for military purposes too. Kites have made their appearance over three thousand years ago, in China. All the right materials were found there, for it's making: Bambou for the frame, and silk for the sail and bridle. It had a mythical and religious dimension. Later it was experimented as a science instrument for various researches. From China, the kite was reproduced throughout Asia, then later, in Europe, and now, in the modern age, in America, Australia and other countries.

medicine

• Traditional Chinese Medicine, also known as TCM, includes a range of traditional medicine practices originating in China. Although well accepted in the mainstream of medical care throughout East Asia, it is considered an alternative medical system in much of the Western world.