CHINA

By : Jennifer La

O I’m born in Canada and I’m Chinese.O My dad side and mom side are both Chinese.O Me and my family celebrate events( New Year’s, Moon cake

day, etc.).O During celebration we hand out red envelopes with money.O We got to restaurants and watch events during celebration.O I don’t speak Mandarin, but a different language in china

( The Chu).O Living with a Chinese background I speak many language in

China( The Chu, Vietnamese, Cantonese and a bit of Mandarin).

O I enjoy many Chinese foods and drink like bubble tea .O I’m a dragon in the Chinese Zodiac.

Introduction

O Chinese Zodiac is tell you what type of animals you are when your

Born.O To tell what animal you are you can tell by years. ( I’m

born in 2000 and I’m a dragon)O Chinese Zodiac tells story into itO They go in order by who won first place to lastO Chinese Zodiac tells you about your luck ( Example: As

a dragon you are going to have a good day today)

Chinese Zodiac

O Clothing is usually called a Hanfu in ChinaO It is a traditional dress that is always wore with lotus shoesO Wearing a traditional dress men and women look wealthyO It can be wore with many types of coloursO If wearing a red Hanfu it is consider to be good luckO Today we wear it for traditional matterO It is a sign of respect and how to be consider rich wearing a

HanfuO They are mostly wore by wealthy noblemen and rich women in

old daysO Men worn Changshan and women worn Qipao

Clothing

Foods- Chinese culture was soon spread around the world- They made dishes like dim sum which most of us like to eat

today- They made wheat noodle which was suppose to be bread- They made many types of meat dishes to eat (Beef,

duck ,chicken and etc.)- One of the most favourite cuisine in the world is Cantonese

cuisine- These cuisine are mostly overflow with many spices- Chinese culture make there our food from scratch - They find basic methods of cooking very useful- Desserts are made by sweet soup and custard- They add things like sugar cane, red bean, honey etc.- For what we know we Canadian mostly find these food weird,

but should try (IT’S GOOOD)

SportsO Chinese are really competitive with sportsO They are mostly in most Olympics O Football are really popular in ChinaO There are more popular sport like Tennis, Badminton and ping

pongO China won in the Olympic in Beijing in 2008O They say that the reason why they won was the lucky number 8O Dragon boat (2000) is always held in China as a traditional

eventO China trains talented kids into athlete professionalO Amateur’s popular sports were table tennis, badminton and

martial arts

LanguagesO China has many languagesO Mostly when going to China the first languages is always MandarinO Many Chinese people speak a certain dialect or native languageO There is about 7 to 13 groups of main regional Chinese languagesO Traditionally they write the family last name in a paperO There common languages is Cantonese, Mandarin and TawaneseO The least speaking language is Pinghua which is about 0.4% of

China populationO My languages are Cantonese, Mandarin, Vietnamese and a dialect

languageO Today people in school that I know today mostly speak my dialect

languageO It tells me that this may be the most common dialect language

ArtsO Chinese arts are ancient and old lookingO China make certain pottery and sculptureO These arts are made for people who live in dynastyO Making decorative arts are very important to Chinese cultureO Arts are usually made in factories and companyO Most arts are made by ink wash paintingO Artists makes landscapes, birds and flowerO Artists used there imaginations or a scenery for artO China most best artistic arts are ceramics textilesO For decades China is now worldwide in the fine arts

Instruments O China plays traditional instrumentsO They are made by the 8 categories: silk, bamboo, wood, metal,

clay, gourd.O They have certain types of instruments: Flute, Strings and Bow

TourismsO China has a beautiful scenery which is good to take picturesO They have old artifacts and dynasty which can help you learn

about china’s pastO There are many Buddhist's temple on which have many tourist

attractionsO The most popular attractions are tourist markets outsideO China had the most popular tourists attractions worldwideO China is now have a growing economy which help them now

todayO Many tourists visits history the forbidden cityO China night view is really pretty looking outside you can see

many light across the city.