Facts About China

We are always fascinated with the various and diversified cultures of a certain country. It is always interesting to trace its roots and follow the path of its growth development along with time and the country’s distinct way of preserving the richness and the antiqueness of their culture. These are considered as among the highlighted treasures and global distinction a particular country carries.

Moving towards the world map’s Eastern section is a place of such. It is considered to possess of what is considered to be one of the oldest civilizations in the world. This country comes zooming into mind when being “ancient” is the topic. So ancient, its civilization is considered also to be one of the most populated countries in the world. The gunpowder, paper, compass and printing are some of its great contributions to mankind. We’re talking here of nothing else but the country China.

Below are some specific Chinese facts worth noting:

- With so large an area and so old its history, China’s number of listed languages totals to about 206;

- As considered one of the oldest civilizations, China is also distinct as having its own ancient writing script;

- An average Chinese only get to learn 5,000 of the 20,000 characters in the Chinese language in his lifetime;

- The missing link between the dinosaurs and the birds was found in China as provinces like Sichuan and Dashanpu have given Dr. Indy and friends over 1000 fossils of dinosaurs;

- The Tang Dynasty was ruled by an empress, Empress Wu; and,

- The oldest known calendar belonged to the Chinese. It is based on the Lunar Cycle. A complete cycle would actually take 60 years to finish;

- The world’s largest dam is in China, The Three Gorges Dam; and,

- Looking for a place to party with all of your friends? Try China’s Tienanmen Square – the world’s largest public gathering place.

- Tree hugging in China is strictly forbidden;

- A Chinese rural sport in some of its areas is fast becoming rare in its urban places – spitting

- “Taikonauts” are best known as Chinese Astronauts

- An ancient Chinese pickled fish sauce was the roots of your favorite condiment. The Chinese called it “ke-tsiap”. (‘Wanna guess?);

- The chopsticks that we use in Chinese restaurants originated from and were used by the Chinese people approximately 4,000 years ago of course, in China;

- The soldiers who then guarded the Great Wall never really left their posts in their entire lives (A true and dedicated one…);

- China is also known for its soft silks. These silks and its whereabouts were kept secret for two thousand years. It was a guarded secret then that anyone who is caught giving the secret could be murdered (ssshhhh…);

- They are truly man’s best friend. Pekingese dogs were considered sacred by Chinese Emperors for more than two thousand years (is it the dog, or the god? Try spelling it backwards);

- Consider it an international flight when you fly from Hong Kong to China;

- China is home to about 30 million Muslims;

- Aside from fireworks, the Chinese then also had other use for gunpowder. They also used them for guns (obviously), land mines, grenades, rockets and stealth bombers (the last one is not included…sorry);

- The plants that grow in China are very useful. 20% of them are used in medicine. And that varieties (150) of these Chinese herbs are used in treating infertility (which brings us to the next fact….);

- A minute in is equivalent to 34 babies born in China (Now that’s a real explosion!);

- With over 870 million speakers, the Mandarin Chinese is the world’s most spoken language (qīng chu?);

- There was one time in china that all Disney characters were banned for 40 years. (Poor Mickey!);

- Disney’s “Mulan” and its roots have long been told in China approximately 1,500 years ago;

- As if there’s something between China and Disney…It was then believed that “Cinderella” originated from China and not from Disney’s;

- The CSi guys may be amazed by the fact that the fingerprinting was first used in China in 700 A.D.;

- Packing a rice mixture and soft milk in the snow really made wonders for the Chinese around 2000 BC. It later became our favorite ice cream;

- The world takes pride on China as it is considered the largest apple producer in the world above US;

- According to registry statistics, China has about 200 diverse family names;

- Wars in China before consisted of flying kites. They used kites mainly for war purposes only during those times;

- Do you know China employs one of the odd jobs in the world? Apologizers;

- A governor of China then was born with two pupils…in each eye;

Source : http://exploredia.com/facts-about-china/

Engineering is fast becoming the best academic course in China as they produce 70,000 Engineers yearly;

An internet café would be the best business opportunity as there are 100 million internet users in China;

But unfortunately, these millions of internet users can’t access the BBC News site; and,

One of my favorites…“May you live in interesting times.” (Considered as a Chinese curse).