CHINESE

LOCATION

POPULATION

With more than 1.3 billion people (1,336,718,015 as of mid-2011), China is the world's most populous country.

GOVERNMENT

Indonesia-China cooperation.

President of China

Xi Jinping

CHINESE CULTURE

RELIGIONS & BELIEFS IN CHINA

 Taoism

Confucianism  Buddhism

 Islam

Christianity & Catholicism

CHINESE FOOD CULTURE

ZONGZI ON DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL

LONG NOODLE MEANS LONGEVITY IN CHINA,SO PEOPLE EAT NOODLES ON BIRTHDAY.

Yuanxiao on Lantern Festival Jiaozi on Spring Festival

CHINESE MEDICINE

ACUPUNCTURE (ZHEN JIU)CHINESE MASSAGE Operations with

Needles

Operations with Fire

Massage treatment

ANCIENT CHINESE ARCHITECTURE

Forbidden City, Beijing

Badaling Great Wall, Beijing

Dongguan Mosque, Xining

Humble Administrator's Garden, Suzhou

HOLIDAYS IN CHINA

SEVEN LEGAL HOLIDAYS IN A YEAR

2013 / 2014 / 2015 Major Public Holiday Calendar

Festival Date Legal Holidays 2013 2014 2015

New Year's Day Jan. 1 1 day Jan. 1 - 3 Jan. 1 - 3 Jan. 1 - 3

Spring Festival

subject to lunation

3 daysFeb. 10

(Feb. 9 - 15 off)

Jan. 31(Jan. 30 - Feb. 5 off)

Feb. 19(Feb. 18 - 24

off)

Qingming Apr. 4 or 5 1 dayApr. 4

(Apr. 4 - 6 off)

Apr. 5(Apr. 4 - 6

off)

Apr. 5(Apr. 4 - 6

off)

May Day May 1 1 day Apr. 29 - May 1 May 1 - 3 May 1 - 3

Dragon Boat 5th of 5thlunar month

1 dayJun. 12

(Jun. 10 - 12 off)

Jun. 2(May 31 - Jun. 2 off)

Jun. 20(Jun. 20 - 22

off)

Mid-Autumn Day

Aug. 15 oflunar

calendar1 day

Sep. 19(Sep. 19 - 21. off)

Sep. 8(Sep. 6 - 8

off)

Sep. 27(Sep.26 - 28.

off)

National Day Oct. 1 3 days

(Oct. 1 - 3) Oct. 1  - 7 Oct. 1  - 7 Oct. 1  - 7

Festival Couplets and Decorations

Boat Race, Dragon Boat Festival

CHINESE ASTROLOGY

 Chinese Calendar  Chinese Zodiac

 (Sheng Xiao) Lucky Number  Yin Yang Theory  Five Elements (Wu

Xing)  Iching (The Book of

Change)  Feng Shui  Western Astrology: 

FOCUS ON

CHINA GIANT PANDA Our Guests in Wolong

Panda Reserve Some city zoos also

have captive giant pandas, such as:

 Beijing Zoo Shanghai Wild Animal Park

 Xian Lou Guan Tai Forest Park

 Guilin Seven Star Park

Hong Kong Ocean Park

Macau Seac Pai Van Park

Guangzhou Zoo  Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safri Park

Chongqing Zoo

CHINESE DRAGON

Other Auspicious Animals - Phoenix, Tortoise, and Kylin

~A bronze kylin~Tortoise

CHINESE KUNG FU (MARTIAL ARTS)

~BRUCE LEE~JET LI~JACKIE CHAN

 Shaolin Kung Fu

Wudang Kung Fu

Places in Beijing to Watch Kung Fu Show 

~  Beijing Red Theater, Chaoyang Park, Chaoyang District

~ Kung Fu Kids, Chaoyang Park, Chaoyang District

~ Laoshe Teahouse, Xuanwu District 

 Famous Wushu Actors

FOUR GREAT INVENTIONS OF ANCIENT CHINA

Paper Making Gunpowder Printing Technique Compass Tauhu koechiap Tauco Gung Wan Bakpao

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