‘China Facts’ Archives
Chinese Celebrations Festivals
Chinese Celebrations and Festivals by the lunar calender The lunar calender in China runs every 29.5 days per lunar month and like every other country China celebrates it special days with a festival. Here's my guide to the Chinese festivals though out the lunar year. 1st Lunar Month Chinese New Year know as Spring Festival or Chun [...]
Bamboo
China's Bamboo Forests China is famous for its pandas and bamboo which is now in rapid decline, there are around 500 species of bamboo covering around 3% of the total forest area. The bamboo can be found in 18 different provinces which supplies a vital habitat for China's wildlife. Bamboo grows very fast but a few species only flowers every [...]
The Steps of China’s Landscape
The Steps of China's Landscape Running west to east, China's landscape is said to form into 3 steps, the first step is the Tibetan Plateau, most of it over 13,000 ft (4000m) this spans a third of China. Next between 500ft and 10,00ft come the mountains of Sichuan and central China. these ranges show great changes in vegitation is somewhat short [...]
Fun Facts about China
Facts About China Ice Cream was invented in China around 2000BC When the Chinese packed a soft milk and rice mixture in the show. China is sometimes a day ahead of the USA timezone. Red is a lucky colour in China, at one time wedding dresses were red, new years banners are red and money envelopes are still red. Fourth graders are [...]
