ancient china
General facts
About the land
China is just above Indonesia and below Mongolia
and Russia. To the east of china, over the East China Sea is japan and to the
west are India and the Middle East. china is a very large country .it is the
3rd largest in the world
just under Canada and Russia .it has many different weather changes from marsh
and swamp in some areas to desert and tropical .close to the northern border the
weather can be very cold . And the south border is hot with wet summers and mild
winters .it has many big rivers and the largest would be Yangtze and Yalu.
Population and language
China has over 1 billion people! The people belong to 56
traditional groups. And the
biggest is Han .china’s official language is mandarin but there are many
different languages spoken all throughout the
country.
Religion
They believe in 3 main religions such as Taoism, Buddhism and
Confucianism.But they normally mix all three together.
Taoism means the way.They worship people’s ancestors and spirits. around 5000BC a man named
laozi wrote a book called tao-te-king it taught its believers to live in harmony with the environment and
to work on their inner powers to find peace and wisdom .in Confucianism a man
named Confucius lived about 2500 years ago taught not about a god or a spirit
but how to live a good life and how to respect and obey. Buddhism came from
India in about 200 AD.
About the land
China is just above Indonesia and below Mongolia
and Russia. To the east of china, over the East China Sea is japan and to the
west are India and the Middle East. china is a very large country .it is the
3rd largest in the world
just under Canada and Russia .it has many different weather changes from marsh
and swamp in some areas to desert and tropical .close to the northern border the
weather can be very cold . And the south border is hot with wet summers and mild
winters .it has many big rivers and the largest would be Yangtze and Yalu.
Population and language
China has over 1 billion people! The people belong to 56
traditional groups. And the
biggest is Han .china’s official language is mandarin but there are many
different languages spoken all throughout the
country.
Religion
They believe in 3 main religions such as Taoism, Buddhism and
Confucianism.But they normally mix all three together.
Taoism means the way.They worship people’s ancestors and spirits. around 5000BC a man named
laozi wrote a book called tao-te-king it taught its believers to live in harmony with the environment and
to work on their inner powers to find peace and wisdom .in Confucianism a man
named Confucius lived about 2500 years ago taught not about a god or a spirit
but how to live a good life and how to respect and obey. Buddhism came from
India in about 200 AD.