Inventions

1. Inventions By Benjamin and Daniel

2. Inventions by Benjamin Here are some fun things that were invented in China. Do you want to know what they are? Well you’ll have to read to find out. Whew! It’s getting hot! Go home and get a pair of sunglasses. After all they were invented in China over 500 years ago! Now let’s go get some ice cream! The Chinese invented it using rice, spices, milk and snow! I love ice cream! Do you like dragons? Well they’re very important in China. They even have holidays for dragons! Have you ever had tea? People think the Chinese invented it when a plant blew into the emperor’s boiling water. That’s enough for today. See you next time!

3. Inventions by Daniel Want to know what was invented in China? Let’s go on a adventure to find out. Like reading paper? Well it was invented China. It was invented about 1,900 years ago. It was made out of a pulp made out of fishnets, rags, and plants. Well if you like reading you better like writing. You need a pencil to write with. Well go to China, they have a lot, one here, one there, one everywhere. Like playing with the abacus? It was invented in China. But it doesn’t look like ours. Got lost? Well I’ll go to China and get a compass. After all it was invented there. Those are some of the things that where invented in China.

4. Jobs By Benett and William

5. Jobs by Benett There are many jobs in China. Chinese factory workers make iron, steel, chemicals, oil and machines. A lot of China’s workers are paid over 1,000 dollars. Products made in Chinese factories are sold all around the world. Chinese factory workers send products to boats and the boats send the products all around the world. China’s factory workers sell all the products they make and get a lot of money. Some Chinese workers get a lot of money but most Chinese workers don’t get a lot of money. There are 60 million factory workers in China. Most of them make toys and some of them make products that you work with. Chinese factory workers work overtime for more money.

6. Jobs by William Most Chinese people are farmers. Chinese people catch fish and send them to factories. There are roughly 60 million factory workers in China. Millions of people have left the countryside of China to find work in growing cites. More than half of China’s workers (people) are farmers. Some fish farmers raise fish in special ponds. Fish farmers tame wild birds called Cormorants to fish for them. The Cormorants wear a special collar that won’t allow them to eat the fish. Most farmers use traditional ways without tractors and other farm machines. Chinese farmers grow rice and other plants (food). Chinese farmers grow rice in wet fields called “paddies” that naturally grow those crops. More food they grow and eat is, wheat, tea, cotton, ducks, fish, vegetables, pigs and chickens. China’s farmers sell their crops for Yuan (money).

7. Homes By Brian

8. Homes by Brian A lot of Chinese people live in apartments in the city. Each of the apartments in China have 2 or 3 rooms. People share bathrooms and kitchens. A lot Chinese people live in the countryside. Grandparents, parents and the children share the same house. The houses in the countryside are bigger than the ones in the city. In the countryside the houses are made of wood.

9. History By Carla and Emily

10. History by Carla and Emily In the time of ancient China, cruel emperors ruled. China’s history is 5,000 years old. Wen Ti was the second emperor of China. Wen Ti died because his son killed him to become emperor. Yang Ti, Wen’s son, did projects. One of Yang’s worst projects was to rule Korea. He attacked Korea. Army generals got angry and killed Yang Ti. Want to know about another emperor? Well this one is about Hung-wu. He was the emperor after Yang Ti. Hung-wu wanted to control all the aspects of the government so no one could gain enough power to over throw him. Hung-wu’s power got weak after the Mongol invasion.

11. Clothes By Cassandra and Roselena

12. Clothes by Cassandra and Roselena Have you ever seen Chinese clothes? Well if you have not here are some facts! In the country, people wear loose, baggy clothes. They need to be comfortable while they work in the fields. In the cities, most Chinese people wear modern clothes. On special occasions, many Chinese people dress up. They wear colorful clothes of their region. Most Chinese men wear black cotton shoes. Very rich and wealthy men would wear very bright, beautiful silk shoes that sometimes have leather on the inside. Women would wear bright silk-coated lotus shoes.

13. Art By April and Mikey

14. Art by April and Mikey Dragons are very popular art and the color is red and red is very lucky in China. Artists paint really fast. Paint is made from plants and minerals. China’s paintings are ancient art that is still popular today. China has a wide variety of arts and crafts with its exquisite workmanship. Pottery has been popular for thousands of years in China. China is famous for its beautiful pictures of nature. Chinese artists love to carve a lot. Buddhas are very popular in stores in China. Buddhist is a good art in China. China has the oldest and most popular art. Artists in China paint from their memories.

15. Celebrations By Genevieve and Millie

16. Celebrations by Genevieve There many festivals and here I’m going to tell you my favorite is…Chinese New Year. They do a lot of stuff on New Years Eve and New Years Day. Kids carry lanterns in a nighttime parade. Do you know they give money to the kids on New Years? Well they do. They also light candles on New Years Eve. It also lasts for 15 days. It is really important to Chinese families. They spend time with their families and friends. They put decorations that are red, (red is a lucky color in china). They want to get ready for Chinese New Year, so they clean the house. They have a parade on the last day of the old year.

17. Celebrations by Millie Have you ever heard of a Dragon Boat Race? The Dragon Boat Race happened over 2,000 years ago when a man named Qu yuan drowned himself by jumping off a boat because he couldn’t stand seeing his land being destroyed by poor leaders. When they went looking for him it was too late. They threw rice in the water to calm his spirit. One day Qu yuan’s spirit returned and told them that the rice they threw was devoured by a river dragon. He asked if they could wrap the rice in leaves like little pyramids and that is how the Dragon Boat Race started. Today people think of The Dragon Boat racing as a paddling sport but they do not play it all the time. The Dragon Boats are made of teak wood they paint it to look like a dragon. To see if the rowers should move faster or slower they use a drum. If they need to move faster they pounds the drum fast. If they need to move slower they pound it slower. Who would want to move slower anyway?

18. School By Takuma and Mim

19. School by Takuma and Mim Children from the age of 6 to 12 go to elementary school. They learn science, math, Chinese, English, history, geography, art and physical education. Children begin school at 6 and a half. Kids in China go to elementary school just like kids in the United States. Many Chinese teenagers stay in school and go onto college. Chinese children must learn to read around 3,500 characters. China has the largest education in the world. It takes a long time for children to read and write Chinese. That is because the language has more than 50,000 characters. Adults who read many books can read around 6,000 characters.

20. Transportation By Melinda and Karin

21. Transportation by Melinda and Karin Chinese people travel mostly on foot. The most popular transportation in China is the bike. Do you like the bike? Chinese people also travel on boat. Chinese boats are called Junks. They sail on rivers and canals. Big ships from around the world visit China’s ports. Did you know the boats on the Yangtze River take people to the biggest cities? Trains and trucks bring products around China. The train is the cheapest way to travel on long distance trips. More and more people are starting to drive cars. Cars are expensive in China. People in China also travel by bus. In China buses carry more people around than cars. Did you know for a short distance trip, men carry carriages called Rickshaws? Vehicles used in ancient China were horse drawn carriages, ox carts and wheelbarrows. People rode horses to go town to town. That’s all about the transportations in China.

22. Architecture By Filip and Adam

23. Architecture by Filip and Adam There are lots of great architecture in China such as Forbidden City, Diwang Tower, The Bund and City Wall, but our favorite one is The Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China was built thousands of years ago. It was made in 215 B.C. (in the 7th century). Did you know that the Great Wall was built by groups of soldiers, common people, and criminals and also made to keep out invaders? Do you know that the Great Wall stretches about 4,500 miles, and you can see it from space and the moon? Let me tell you something, the Great Wall is one of the largest man made structures. We think the people who built the Great Wall were very brave because they wanted to protect their country. The Great Wall was made of stones and some wood. The Great Wall was very hard to build because it’s very long and it took years to build it. Guess what! The Great Wall workers had to build the wall without stopping. I feel bad for the workers because it was hard to build the Great Wall.

24. Sports and Games By Margot and Megan

25. Sports and Games by Margot and Megan Hello! We are going to tell you about China’s sports and games. Lots of people in China like to play dominos and there are many ways to play with dominos. If you play dominos you can play with a friend. It is a good game to play like mahjong. You have so many pieces like dominos, but mahjong is different because you have to match the pieces. It is a little hard because sometimes you can’t find a mach. You might try the game sometime. I think you will like arrow shooting. It is one of the school games. It is so much fun and hard because it is hard to hit the middle. So try it.

26. Food By Sydney and Jackie

27. Food by Sydney and Jackie Food is an important part of the Chinese life. People think that in China everyone eats rice but people in Northern China get wild millet, sorghum and wheat instead of rice. People in Northern China make wheat into bread and noodles. Soup is a very common food in China and an important part of a Chinese meal. Wow! I never knew that. Chinese people celebrate with all kinds of foods such as dumplings and suckling pig. Oooh tasty. Western china is known for its spicy foods cooked with lots of chili. We would not want to go there. In Eastern China people enjoy fresh seafood with rice. Cool. Sounds good. People in and around Beijing use a lot of chili and garlic in their foods. That does not sound so good to me. Those are some facts about Chinese food.