Chinese Culture

Chinese tattooing tradition

• The art of tattooing has been known in China for thousands of years

• It’s called Ci Shen which means “puncture the body”

• Chinese tattoos offer beautiful characters

• Chinese history tattooing has been seen as a defamation

Traditional wedding

• Chinese weddings use the color red to bring happiness and luck

• Inviting friends and family symbolizes formality and relationships

• After the ceremony the bride and the groom burn food and money as a offering to the gods

Chinese Silk

• China is the birthplace of silk

• Silk was discovered in the city of Suzhou

• They harvest the silk from the cocoons of caterpillars

• The cocoons are put in hot water so it can make natural glue

• Once the glue melts it can make 2,000 feet of silk

Chinese New Year

• On Chinese New year people wear red clothing for good luck

• Children are given “lucky money” in red envelopes

• In China it last for 15 days on the Lunar calendar

• Fireworks are set off to scare off evil spirits

The Zodiac

• It was a race for the first 12 animals to reach the Golden Emperor

• There was a cat in the race but the cat fell asleep

• The rat came in first because it rode on the ox’s back and then jumped off

• The reason there are 12 animals because theirs 12 year cycle

• Most East Asian counties use the Zodiac.