Confucius

By Dana Karson and Janie Priester

Confucius by Dana and Janie

Confucius was a philosopher and teacher. A philosopher is a person who studies life. When he died, his students still thought about his ideas. He was born in 551 B.C. Confucius is a very important man in Chinese history. The Confucius philosophy is a philosophy based on kindness, respect, and the strength of the family. Confucianism is a religion practiced in some parts of Asia. The increasing problem in Confucius’ time led him to develop a philosophy. He said that a ruler should set a good example. Confucius encouraged ancestor worship (praying to ancestors) because it strengthened family loyalties. During the closing years of the Zhou Dynasty society had a lot of crime, corruption and poverty. As a result of the Confucius philosophy, the Chinese think that they have become a more united society.

Customs and Religion

By Emilie and Nathan

Customs and Religions by Emilie

Do you think you know a few things about China? Then you must know about their famous customs & traditions! Serving tea has turned into a famous tradition. Serving tea from kid’s to their grandparents is a token of respect. During celebration’s, wearing red, the color of luck, is a very famous thing. DRAGON’S! Yeah dragons aren’t real, but to Chinese people dragon’s meant power, & luck. Since dragon’s meant power, emperor’s called themselves truly a dragon! Even what they used! Dragon beds, dragon robes and much more.

Customs and Religion by Nathan

Did you know that in China, all religions were banned? Yes, it’s true. China has 3 main religions: Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. There are very, very, few Islamic people and Christian people and no Jewish people at all. That is a huge surprise because there are Jewish people in almost every country. The most popular religion in China is Buddhism. The least popular religion in China is Islam.

Chinese Art

By Maddy And Aaron

Art by Maddy

Chinese artists do a lot of art, but I am talking about calligraphy, painting, and weaving. Calligraphy is a type of writing that is known as a type of art because of it’s delicate strokes and beautiful words. Artists often hang poems of calligraphy. Chinese painting has a lot of dragons and the color red and symbols, many symbols are for good luck and wealth. That is Chinese art.

Art by Aaron

The first paintbrush was made out of bamboo and glued with animal fur. The first rug was made 2,500 years ago. Almost all paintings have Chinese stamps on them. Chinese artist paint from memory. There are also different kinds of art called calligraphy, ceramics, porcelain, sculpture and wash paining. There are 8,000 figures called the army warriors that took 38 years to make. That is a very long time.

Writing and Calligraphy

By Anaise and Daniel

Writing and Calligraphy by Anaise

Do you ever wonder about Chinese writing? Well Chinese writing is very different than writing in the U.S.A. Chinese writing is called calligraphy. In China there are different styles of writing in Chinese. There are seal character script, official script, and regular script. There are different forms of writing in Chinese. Chinese letters are called characters. Chinese writing is harder than writing in letters. Do you think Chinese writing is hard? Chinese writing is hard but if you practice a lot you can do it with lots of help. If you go to China you will have a lot to learn.

Writing and Calligraphy Daniel

Did you know that Chinese calligraphy has many characters in it’s writing? Well you might think that the people who speak Chinese have only one language but you’re wrong, they speak more than one language at a time. Calligraphy is very hard to write. People who are born writing Chinese calligraphy have no problem with writing calligraphy. Another fact is Chinese letters are called character’s. It might sound crazy because you only see characters on TV, but isn’t that weird? If you ever go to china you will hear lot’s of Chinese talking!

Chinese Clothing

By Zeki And Eva

Clothing by Zeki

If you ever go to China, you’ll notice that a lot of kids clothes are cartoony, with little bobble head-like people on them. In fact, lots of clothes YOU have were made in China! Long ago, you were considered rich or poor depending on what your clothes were made of. Rich people’s clothes were made with a kind of seed called hemp and were decorated with colorful designs. Poor people’s clothes were all rags. I looked at a few pictures of Confucius and noticed that he liked to wear a lot of green robes.

Clothing by Eva

Clothing in China is interesting to look at. LETS LEARN ALL ABOUT CHINA’S CLOTHING! So you maybe wondering, “what is China’s clothing mad from?” Well, it is silk. During the age of the emperors, only the emperors were allowed to wear silk. Silk buds are flowers. Silk bud is the way china make silk.

Music and Dance

By Eva and Emma

Chinese Music and Dance by Eva

Have you ever wondered how music and dance was like in China? Well if you want to know , listen to this! These are the two famous dances in China at the Chinese New Year: the Dragon Dance and the Lion Dance. They do the Lion Dance because the Lion dance represents good luck and the Dragon Dance represents a symbol of birthday years. On the day of the Chinese New Year they dress up with new clothes, bright colors, and costumes. If they are performing, they wear costumes.

Music and Dance by Emma

They’re are many different types of music and dance in China. The most famous type of dance in China is the dragon dance. 50 people hold up the dragon. The people who hold up the dragon dance like snakes. Why do they dance like snakes? The dragon dance has been in China for 500 years. The dragon dance scares away evil. The lion dance brings luck and happiness. Every year, the lion dance and dragon dance are preformed on Chinese New Year. The lion dance is an important dance. Tea house music relaxes peoples minds. Performers mix new and old music together. Back then they only had instruments made out of bamboo. American music is popular in China. The most popular type of music in China is pop and rock.

Food

By Leo and McKenna

Food by Leo

Ever thought of where the food on your table is from? Well much of your food is from China. For example: Rice, Soy Beans, Tea, Pasta, Spices such as the 5 powder spices that are Star Anises, Cloves, Cinnamon, Pepper, Fennel seed and many others. People in China also invented a delicious snack called Ice Cream by mixing Spices, Snow, and milk. It is a lot different than how we make it now. Rice was the first grain ever grown in China. Food in China is never served until everybody is seated and ready with chopsticks . Nobody eats until the elderly are served out of respect . Everybody sits close together at a low table.

Food by McKenna

Most Chinese meals have rice. Rice is the most popular food in China. Chinese food is so good sometimes people fly out there just to eat Chinese Food. Some people have Chinese food right where they live. Some food you may eat comes from China. Soy beans, rice and even ice cream. China makes some of the food you eat, but food comes from all around the world .

School

By Zaid and Arden

School by Zaid

Do you know anybody who went to school in China? There are at least 200 schools in China. Kids in China have to go to school for 6 days. On Friday’s kids go on field trips and on Saturday’s they go to the park “lucky” but when they are at school they work work work. They have to learn 3,500 characters. Their school’s are very different from this school. They have desks and they stay in that desk for all their work. Their lunch and recess time is 2 hours and then they go back to working hard. Some kids go to after school programs and they go to other schools for it.

School by Arden

School in China, Chinese kids work very hard, they learn 3,500 characters. That is very different from how much we learn, children’s parents in China, are very strict about school, no playmates, no TV, no nothing just work. You probably think school is different? Well it is, no rugs, no paint on the wall, they have desks we don’t. Chinese kids go to school for 6 days a week, we go to school for 5 days a week. In China they’re strict about school, so they need to sit up straight with good posture. That’s a kid’s life in China.

Inventions and Toys

By Olivia, Aden and Ariella

Inventions and Toys by Olivia and AdenDid you know a lot of your inventions and toys were made in China? I am sure you have toys at your house that were made in China. Well, I will tell you some cool inventions in China! Some cool inventions in China are paper, the abacus, gun powder, wheelbarrows, parachutes, compasses, and toilet paper!! I think the Chinese invented a lot of weapons. Chinese used the weapons to fight in war. Wheelbarrows are a carts with one wheel used to transport heavy things. In China the wheelbarrow was used to transport crops to sell in the village. Paper was a great invention because we use paper every dayA lot of Chinese kids play with toys we play with here. Some popular toys in China are Barbie dolls, and kites. I thought that was surprising, because those are toys we play with here. An ancient toy in China is the diabolo. The diabolo is an ancient Chinese YO –YO. The bolanggu (DRUM) is one of the earliest Chinese toys. Most electronics were made in China like MP3 music player, most computers, TV sets, DVD recorders, cell phones and digital cameras are all made in China! I think that’s a lot. China sends a lot of those electronics to our country the U.S.A. At my house I have a lot of those electronics and they were made in China.

Inventions and Toys by Ariella

Lots of inventions and toys are made in China like the abacus, fireworks, paper and printing. These things are inventions made by people in China. Kites, dominoes and hacky sacks are all toy made by people in China. About 2,500 years ago in China people came up with a special tool to help them with math, its invention is known as an abacus. Fireworks are for the Chinese New Year and are to scare the bad stuff away. Printing was made to make copies of paper and books. Kites are made because it’s a little bit windy there but when it’s the perfect wind or it’s not too windy in China it is a nice beautiful wind for flying kites.

Manufacturing in China

By : Robbie and Caroline

Manufacturing in China by RobbieDo you want to know more about manufacturing in China? Well you’ve come to the right place then! Manufacturing is making goods for sale. China’s manufacturing is a huge part of their economy. There are 819 million people in the labor force. Wow! That’s a lot of people making goods! 27% of the labor force works in China manufacturing. China is the largest exporter in the world. They export 974 billion dollars worth of goods. The top 5 countries China exports to are U.S (21%) Hong Kong (16%) Japan (9.5%)South Korea (4.6%) and Germany (4.2%). China makes and sells machinery and equipment. They include plastics, medical, iron and steel. That is Interesting! I thought they would make more. They can make a lot of stuff with just those materials. Almost every year China exports 69 billion dollars worth of goods to the U.S.

Manufacturing in China by Caroline

China is the second largest exporter in the world. An exporter sells goods to other countries. In the early 1980’s the Chinese government allowed people to keep the money they earned. Things that are recycled are sent to Chinese factories to be made into other things. Some of these things come from North America and Europe. Producing chemicals like plastic and medicine is China’s second industry. China is the world’s largest producer of steel. China produce more cotton than any other country. China is one of the one of the biggest manufacturers for household electronics.

Sports

By David and Ari

Sports by David

What made martial arts in China so popular? Well this man named Bruce Lee made martial arts in china so popular. Many martial arts in China use weapons such as swords and staffs. Most martial arts in China is to use your opponent’s strength against your opponent. Some martial arts in China look like acrobatics and dance. Do you think that?

Sports by Ari

Kung fu is a Chinese sport, but it was brought to China by an Indian person. Kung fu is used for self-defense and sports. There are five different styles of kung fu which are named after five animals. The animals are the dragon, tiger, snake, crane, and leopard. The dragon represents internal strength, the tiger represents courage, strength, and power, the snake represents calm and mystery, the crane represents a long life, and the leopard represents speed and power. People used to do kung fu with weapons, and maybe people still do.