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26 Cards in this Set
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Spring Festival (Chinese new year)
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-Lasts for 15 days
-Getting together with family, exchange gift, lighting fireworks
-Start to celebrate this ceremony as far back as Shang dynasty (3000 years ago) |
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Lantern Festival |
-Came from Han dynasty
-Lantern were lit in honor of Buddha
-Guessing riddles, eating rice dumplings, the lion dance, and the dragon dance |
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Dragon Boat Festival |
-Started by Zhou dynasty
-A famous poet named Qu Yuan suicide on the day by jumping in to a river because he learned his homeland had been conquered
-Dragon boat racing, eat zongzi, and wearing a perfume pouch to ward off evil spirits |
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The Night of Sevens Festival |
-The legend of the festival is a cowhand fell in love with a maiden from heaven. The lover got separated by the queen of heaven. After tried to get back for a long time, they finally met again in this day.
-It is like today's Valentines day. |
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Moon Festival |
-Also called the Mid-Autumn festival
-It is celebrating the bounty of the harvest
-The main tradition is to eat moon cakes |
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The Civil Service |
-There were thousands of civil servants throughout the empire who reported to the Emperor
-The civil service started in the Han dynasty by the first Han Emperor
-To be a civil servant, people have to take test, the higher marks you got the higher position you are in
-Civil servant helped to run the government, they would collect taxes, enforce laws, and act as judge.
-It is an excellent career and a most honorable job in ancient China |
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The Three Perfections |
Calligraphy, poetry, and painting
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Calligraphy |
-Art of handwriting, the ancient Chinese considered writing is an important form of art
-Practise years to learn to write perfectly
-Over 40 thousand characters
-Each stroke in a character had to be drawn in a specific order |
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Poetry |
- Great poets were famous throughout the empire
-All educated people are expected to write
-It is part of the test for civil servant |
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Painting |
-Painting was often combined with calligraphy
-Many paintings were landscapes, that featured mountains, poems, birds, trees, and water |
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Porcelain |
-Not only an important art, it is also an important export
-Highly prized and were sold to the wealthy throughout Europe and Asia |
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Lacquer |
-A clear coating made for the sap of the sumac trees
-It was used to add beauty and shine many pieces of art
-Protect art from getting damaged, especially from bugs |
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The Terracotta Army |
-Built to protect Emperor Qin’s body and to keep him safe in the afterlife
-8000 soldiers have different age, rank, facial features, and hair style
-Horses, government officials, and entertainers, have been found
-Discovered by farmers digging a well, the army was located a mile from the tomb of the emperor |
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Peasents |
-Poor people who wore clothing made of hemp
-Hemp is a rough material made from plant fibres
-It was durable and good for working in the field |
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The Wealthy |
-Rich people wore cloth made of silk
-Silk can be dyed specific colours or designs
-The chinese were first to make silk and kept how to make it secret for hundreds of years |
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Cotton |
-When the Mongols conquered China in the Yuan dynasty they brought cotton clothing
-It became popular among the poor because it’s cheaper, warmer, and softer than hemp |
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Hairstyles |
-Men tied their hair into a knot on top of their head and cover it with a square cloth or a hat
-Girls weren't allowed to decorate their hair with hairpins until they were married
-Short hair cut was often considered as a punishment |
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The Great Wall |
-The total length is around 5500 miles
-The wall was built to keep out the northern invaders like the Mongols
-It was built by peasants, slaves, criminals, and other people that the empire decide to punish
-The earlier walls were built with compacted dirt, and stone, then, in the Ming dynasty they started to built it with bricks
-There is also watchtowers, beacon towers, and block houses |
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The Forbidden City |
-Built in the Ming Dynasty
-More than 1 million people helped build this palace
-There is an outer court, the southern part of the palace, and an inner court, on the northern side.
-Still lies in the centre of Beijing City |
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Inventions/Technology |
-Paper -Printing -Compass -Gunpowder -Kites |
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Paper |
-Used for paper money and playing cards
-One of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
- Perfected in 105 A.D. |
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Printing |
-Woodblock printing was invented in A.D 868
-The movable type was 200 years later
-One of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China |
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Compass |
-One of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
-Often used to make sure homes were facing the correct direction so they would be un harmony with nature
-Very important for the navigation of ships |
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Gunpowder |
-One of the Four Great Inventions of Ancient China
-Invented in 9th century by chemists trying to find the Elixir of Mortality
-Military used this for bombs, guns, mines, and even rockets |
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Kites |
-The earliest kite were made out of wood
-It is invented in the eastern Zhou dynasty
-Kites were first used as a way for the army to signal warning |
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The Grand Canal |
-Longest Man-made canal/river in the world over 1,100 miles long
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