Chinese Traditions: China is not only the world’s largest population country, but is also famous due to its unique traditions and fun facts. Here the bride wears a special colored dress, dogs are given a special day party.
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China’s 20 fun facts
- The Chinese New Year celebrations lasts for 15 days.
- Every year is represented in the name of one of the 12 animals.
- Dogs are given special treats during Chinese New Years. In some places dogs are considered lucky and royal and are included in celebrations.
- Chinese brides often wear red dress. Red color is considered a symbol of happiness, prosperity and good fortune. This color helps to drive away evil. The color of this color has been used from the Ming dynasty (650 years ago).
- China’s ‘Bylong Elevator’ takes people to more than 300 meters of height.
- In ancient China, soldiers sometimes wore paper armor.
- In 2010, a 2,400 -year -old soup was found in Shiyan.
- Beijing’s Forbidden City has around 9,000 rooms. It is a royal palace complex, from 1420 to 1912 of Ming and King Dynasty. It is now a museum.
- In the spring season, the people of China organize races of dragon designed boats.
- By mixing all the railway lines of China, you can revolve around the Earth twice.
- In some parts of the Chinese wall, sticky rice was added to the mortar, which used to make a very strong and water resistant mortar with extinguishers.
- Asian Golden Cats, living in South China, sometimes spit and communicate.
- Chopsticks were first created in China about 5,000 years ago. Initially they were used as a cooking utensils, such as taking out food from a hot pot, later they were used like a spoonful of spoon.
- China’s white dolphins, which live in southern China, are often pink.
- Most of the people in the world speak Mandarin as their first language.
- There is a group of ancient rock pillars in Yunnan province of China, called Stone Forest.
- The eyebrows of Leshan Giant Buddha of China are about 5.5 meters (18.3 ft) long. This huge Buddha statue is 71 meters (233 ft) high, which was built in the 8th century.
- Many Chinese emperors considered themselves descendants of dragon, who used to symbolize royal power and greatness. He was often seen as a dragon and a 5 -claw dragon especially showed the highest power of the emperor.
- More than half of the pigs in the world are found in China. The total number of pigs of the world is around 78 crores, out of which there are 40-45 crore pigs in China alone.
- It took about 37 years to make Terracotta Army. It had 8,000 earthen soldiers, 520 horses and 130 chariots. This army was formed to protect the tomb of Kin Xi Huang, the first emperor of China.
Source- Natgeokids.com
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