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Researched by Elizebeth B.
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Research Summary
China is a medium size country on the other side of the world from
the United States. It is the third largest country after Canada and Russia.
There are many interesting things about China. For example did you know
that you could get 82.781 Yuan for one U.S. dollar, or that you could learn
more different languages in one Chinese school than most United States
schools? If you think that was interesting what would you think if I told
you that there are more than 1,300,200,000 people in China? China’s population
grows by 10% every year. The last count showed that there are more than
75 different cities in China, the capitol is Beijing. The flag of china
was adopted in 1949. The larger star represents the leadership of the Communist
Party. The four smaller stars stand for groups of workers.
I also learned that an early Chinese emperor made and buried over 1,000,000 Chinese stone solders under the ancient forbidden temple hundreds of years ago. Each one of the stone solders has a different look. He also buried many horses and chariots. The scientists have yet to unbury all of them. I found that the Great Wall of China is about 4,000 miles long and is in northern China. The Chinese made it to keep out the Mongols.
My favorite thing about China is the art. The Chinese use two most popular styles painting, and sewing. Did you know that they’re the ones who discovered silk, which they made out of worms’ cocoons? They also discovered bronze, and origami.
I bet you didn’t know that the women live over five years longer than the men do in China and most women only live around 50 years because of diseases. I recently found out that there is also a very bad water problem. It’s unhealthy to drink.
A long time ago there was the "One Child Law" that made it tough for mothers who already had children to decide whether or not to terminate their pregnancies, but not all women had to make that decision. For they were part of a special committee and that made them immune to some laws. They have disregarded that law I’m happy to say.
I found that the Chinese believed that diseases meant a Yin and Yang imbalance. They used drugs to restore that balance. Hundreds of herbal medicines were used including iron for anemia, and arsenic for skin diseases are still used in traditional Chinese medicine today. They also used acupuncture as medicine. Most Chinese medicine was based on a famous textbook, the Nei Ching, written by Emperor Huang Ti between 479 and 300 BC. Physicians specialized in treating wounds, fractured bones and other diseases. They diagnosed patients by asking questions about symptoms, diet and previous illness by checking the patients’ pulse.
The Chinese also have many animals including paddlefish, alligator, salamander, giant panda, water deer, gibbons, and macaques, twelve different species of deer, foxes, wolves, raccoons, dogs, civets, bears, tigers, leopards, pheasants, peacocks, parrots, herons, and cranes. Most of these animals have lost their habitats due to people. There are monsoons in summer, which floods some waterways and its usually cold weather in the winter.
The Chinese also wear very similar clothes. There the clothes are close
to what we would wear on a normal day. The green bead means a sign of beauty
among women in China. Green is also the color of China’s favorite drink,
Green Tea.
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