课件：abriefinroducionabouChina.ppt

What we usually do in spring festival ? Spring couplets New year’s painting THANK YOU SUCCESS * * 可编辑 可编辑 可编辑 Chinese History 5 stories It is a very large and beautiful country. China has a long history and Chinese think that they are descendants of the dragon. History The Great Wall Chinas Great Wall is known to the world as one of the seven great wonders of the world. The Great Wall,located in North China , runs from the east to the west, covering 15 provinces and cities. It is over 6000 kilometers in length. The Great Wall was built in ancient China to keep out invaders . Most of the Great Wall we can see today was rebuilt in Ming dynasty. The Great Wall is the symbol of the Chinese nation and its culture. There is a famous Chinese saying: He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man. The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China compass papermaking gunpowder woodblock printing compass As we know, magnets can find the direction. It is the stereotype of the first compass in China - Sinan (south-pointing ladle). In the Han Dynasty(202 BC-AD 220) compasses consisted of a bronze on which 24 directions were carved and a rod made from a natural magnet. In the Song Dynasty, the floating compass appeared which could be suspended in water; it is a technique minimizing the effect of motion on the instrument surface. This enabled the compass to be used for sea navigation. The invention of the compass promoted maritime undertakings, and its use soon spread to the Arab world, and then to Europe. papermaking Papermaking is known to have been traced back to?China?about 105 CE, when?Cai Lun, an official attached to the Imperial court during the?Han Dynasty?(202 BCE-220 CE), created a sheet of paper using mulberry?and other?bast fibres?along with fishnets, old rags, and?hemp?waste. However a recent archaeological discovery has been reported from?Gansu?province of paper with legible Chinese writings on it dating from