chinese scenic spots

WELCOME TO CHINA

Chinese Scenic Spots

What words would you use to describe China?

Which Picture is China?

Where is China?

People’s Republic of China

1.3 billion people 9.6 million square km

34 provinces Capital - Beijing

What does the Chinese National Flag look like?

A Brief History of China

8000 BC 1600 BC 1112BC 221 BC

Late Stone Age

Beginning of Xia and Shang Dynasty

Zhou Dynasty

China unites under a single Emperor Qin Shi Huang

A Brief History of China

206 BC 225 AD 581 618 960

Han Dynasty

Break up of empire into separate kingdoms

Sui Dynasty

Tang Dynasty

Song Dynasty

A Brief History of China

1260 1368 1644 1912 1949 2008

Yuan Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

Qing Dynasty

People’s Republic of China

Olympics

Scenic Spots

Ancient Treasures

Natural Wonders

The Great Wall Chángchéng 长城

The long wall of 10,000 Li (4,000 miles)

East – Shanhaiguan

West – Jiayuguan

the Imperial Palace Gugong

故宫

"Former Palace" "Palace Museum"

紫禁城• Forbidden City• Zǐjinchéng • Zi, or "Purple",

refers to the North Star

• Jin, or "Forbidden“

• Cheng means a walled city

The Terracotta Army bīngmǎ yǒng兵马俑

"soldier and horse funerary statues“ 8099 figures

the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

the West Lake of Hangzhou Xī Hú 西湖

"Ten Scenes of Xī Hú"

the Gardens of Suzhou

• part of the Yangtze River Delta region

Suzhou

an important centre for China's silk industry

the Landscape of Guilin

Guilin Scenery with Hills and Waters桂林山水

Elephant Trunk Hill

Mount Huang of Anhui 黄山

Greeting PineYingkesong

Potala Palace Bùdálā Gōng

Tibetan Mountain at 4,000 meters

Dalai Lama

the Sun and Moon Lake of Taiwan日月潭

the Yangtze River Cháng Jiāng 长江

dividing line between North and South China

the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River

• 6,300 km long, the longest river in Asia• The 3rd longest in the world (Nile, Amazon)

“ May your happiness be as deep as the Eastern Sea and

may you live to be as old as the Southern Mountain.”

福如东海，寿比南山。Fu ru dong hai, Shou bi nan shan.

Traditional birthday greeting.

Welcome to China

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