China, one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, has a long history of culture and civilization. Located in eastern Asia and the west coast of the Pacific Ocean, China has a land area of about 9.6 million square kilometers and is the third largest country in the world with a population of about 1.42 billion. It has gone through vicissitudes and is now rejuvenated, like a soaring dragon entrenched in the east of the world.
Temple of Heaven
Numerous names
China often appears as Zhonghua, Huaxia, Shenzhou, Central Plains, etc., which first referred to the center of the world, and gradually contained the orthodox meaning of dynastic rule. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the country's economy developed rapidly, but it still belongs to developing countries.
Four great inventions
compass
Type printing
Papermaking, compass, gunpowder, and movable type printing are known as the four great inventions of ancient China, and these four inventions have a great impact on China's development and are important creations of the working people in ancient China. Bacon noted in The New Tools; The three inventions of printing, gunpowder, and the compass have changed the whole face and situation of things around the world.
National treasure giant panda
The giant panda, commonly known as the panda or cat bear, is a mammal belonging to the order Carnivorous with a black and white body color. Giant pandas are endemic to China. The main remaining habitat is the mountainous area around the Sichuan Basin in central and western China. Due to its low fertility rate and high requirements for living environment, giant pandas are classified as endangered species in the classification of the Red Book of Endangered Animals of China and are China's national treasures.
Great wall
The Great Wall, also known as the "Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles", is a collective name for the large-scale military projects built in ancient China at different times to resist the invasion of nomadic tribes in northern China. It is listed as the first of the new seven wonders of the world. The dragon-like walls that stretched for thousands of miles were built entirely by manpower at that time. Today, although the green bricks on many gates have been severely weathered, the entire gate is still majestic and upright, showing the superb skills of the people at that time in building the city gate. And many stone carvings
The production techniques of brick carvings are very intricate and delicate, which reflects the superb artistic talent of the craftsmen at that time.