Thursday, August 9, 2012

China Facts!

China is famous for their  
  • Great Wall
  • The forbidden city
  • Making pottery to send to other countries
  • Its massive population
  • Its ancient history
  • Silk road
  • Papermaking
  • Block printing
  • Making everything
  • Hong Kong  
  • There lovely Pandas
  • AND EVEN MORE:)
China has got the world record of being the biggest country in the WORLD with a population of 1,336,718,015 as of mid-2011 so as you can imagine it is very big in 2012 if it was that big in 2011. In 2012 the population is now 1.3 billionHere is a picture of their flag. On their flag there is 4 stars in a shape of a crescent, there is also a big star next to it.  

Here are some facts that I researched

  • The official name of China is THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
  • The Chinese name is "Zhong Guo", which means the "Middle Kingdom". Since ancient times, it was believed that China was at the center of the universe.  
  • The area of China is 9.5 million square KM, China is the fourth laRgest country in the world.
  • China speaks the language of MANDARIN.
  • The red background means the revolution and the blood of those who died during the civil war and the Japanese invasion.
  • There are Five yellow stars, a large one that represents the Communist Party and the four smaller ones that surround it represent the four different classes of society.
  • China’s capital is Beijing.

From the start of the Olympics to the 2nd of August China had got 31 medals and it is not even over.

Top 6 events in China!
  • The Great Wall Marathon
  • Formula One Chinese Grand Prix
  • Shanghai Rolex Masters
  • Beijing International Marathon
  • Huangshan Mountain Bike Festival
  • Qinghai Lake International Cycling Race

China has got Terracotta Warriors, all different kinds of foods.
The flag picture was from GOOGLE.
Here are some pictures from my Mum and Dad’s trip to China:

13 comments:

  1. Awesome research, Felicity.

    It is great that you share photos from your parents' trip.

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    1. They come home on the 17th of August.
      So real soon:)

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  2. Amazing Floss.
    China has amazing thing in there part of the world.

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  3. Cool to share your parents China photo's. I learnt heaps of factd about China too. Good job.
    From Brody.

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  4. I love it Floss! I didn't know that much about China but now I do. When are your parents coming home? WELL DONE:)

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  5. AWESOME RESEARCH Flossie
    it's awesome i wouldn't know any of those facts but from this blog post i learnt heaps i really like that little touch you put in about your parents trip well done
    Eden :)

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  6. Great work Floss, such an old country and so much history. I am sure you would enjoy finding out more, I know I want to when we get home. We can do this together. 😊

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    1. Thanx mum.
      With you saying that I might have to do another post!
      Luv you:)

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  7. Awesome Floss.
    I love your research on China, I think it is great.
    Why did you choose China as your country to research?

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    1. Because I thought that it is quite a big country and I was ready for a challenge to find more out about the country:)

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  8. Wow amazing its so cool I no a lot about China

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  9. Wow Felicity!
    You must of being working really hard on these facts because there are alot of great facts in this post especially the one about Chinas population.

    What is your favourite fact?
    Do you want to go to China ever in your life?
    Why did you choose China?

    You did a awesome job Floss and I think you have heaps of good facts. Well done:)

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    1. To answer your questions!
      1.The population fact because it is so big and so outstanding.

      2. Yes I would like to go to China someday, because my mum and dad said that it was amazing and I think that it would be so cool to learn about another countries culture.
      Would you ever like to go to China in your life?

      3.Because I thought that it is quite a big country and I was ready for a challenge to find more out about the country:)

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