chinese scenic spots
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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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