Did You Know: China
by Ever wondered about China? Here are 20 facts about China! I found them interesting and I hope you do too.
20 facts about China.
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- Fortune cookies are not a traditional Chinese custom. They were invented in 1920 in San Francisco by a worker in the Key Heong Noodle Factory.
- Toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s and originally was only for emperors.
- The Chinese invented paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
- Many children keep crickets as pets in China and cricket fighting is a popular amusement there also.
- China is one time zone. Hard to believe with its size!
- Ping-pong is one of the most popular games in China, but was not invented there.
- Stamp collecting is the number one hobby in China.
- Like India, white is worn to funerals, unlike Americans who wear black.
- In China, red symbolizes happiness and is most commonly used at festivals and other happy occasions like weddings and birthdays there.
- 1,800 years before suspension bridges were used or seen in the west, the Chinese had invented them in 25 B.C.!
- The Chinese have the worlds oldest calendar that takes 60 years to complete called the lunar calendar that originated in 2600 B.C.
- The number of birth defects in China continues to rise and scientists blamed the severe air pollution for this problem.
- The 2008 Olympic Games held in Beijing, China, were the most expensive games in history at a crazy 40 billion dollars!
Image via Wikipedia - There are 4 seas and about 14 countries that border China.
- Only 1600 giant pandas are living in the wild today, but they are China’s national treasure.
- The population of China is four times the population of United States.
- 1 in 5 people in the world is Chinese due to there large population.
- He Pingping who is only 73cm or 2.4 feet tall has been dubbed the worlds shortest man and lives in China.
- The Chinese language has over 20,000 characters and the average Chinese person only learns about 5000 of the characters in a lifetime.
- Accupuncture originated in China over 5000 years ago.
I wrote this article out of respect for the people of China. These are all facts and no opinions. The world is a diverse place and that is why I love it so much. <3
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Post CommentCracked Gamer
On February 10, 2011 at 8:31 pm
That was great .Heard nothing like this before tahn the greatest populated country and the great wall of China
GameLive
On February 10, 2011 at 8:36 pm
YES.GREAT WALL OF CHINA??????
samgoldencoffee
On February 10, 2011 at 10:32 pm
interesting post.
a piece worth reading.
Larry Fish
On February 10, 2011 at 10:39 pm
Great article and very interesting facts, thanks.
LJ Spain
On February 10, 2011 at 11:09 pm
This is so interesting. It is so much fun to learn things like this about other countries. It is amazing at the things that were invented there that I was not aware of. Thumbs up!
Teri Dreshner
On February 11, 2011 at 5:26 am
Imagine… today, we live the life of an emperor… coz we have… toilet paper!!! LOL!!!
Stable
On February 11, 2011 at 12:34 pm
I would to visit China and experience its culture. Nice article, I learnt some new things.
sujaysen
On February 11, 2011 at 1:31 pm
Fantastic info about China. It is one of the most developed country.
Ying
On March 30, 2011 at 12:05 pm
I am a Chinese and I do not know a lot of the facts, thank you!!
johnann
On February 5, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Very interesting facts, thanks.