mackenzie K. Eurasian Geography

Top 10 Facts About China :)

1. When a Chinese child loses a baby tooth, it doesn't get tucked under the pillow for the tooth fairy. If the child loses an upper tooth, the child's parents plant the tooth in the ground, so the new tooth will grow in straight and healthy. Parents toss a lost bottom tooth up to the rooftops, so that the new tooth will grow upwards , too.
2. Chi Le Mei Yo - "Have you eaten?" is the most traditional Chinese greeting
3. Total Land Area of China is 9,596,960 Sq. Kms. It is the third largest Country in the World. Shanghai and Beijing are two of the largest and most populous cities in the world.
4. The Great Wall of China was started over two and a half thousand years ago and is more than 5,000 km long.
5. Ancient Chinese people live in modern buildings in the towns, farmhouses in rural areas; houses made of bamboo and even caves in the mountains and sampans (houseboats) on the rivers and in harbors
6. Chinese people eat a lot of meat like: fish, pigs, chickens ect.
7. The Great Wall is one of the 7 world wonders
8. Has over 5000 years of culture
9. Ice cream was invented in China around 2000BC when the Chinese packed a soft milk and rice mixture in the snow.
10. China is always a day ahead of the United States.
11. Marco Polo brought the art of noodle making back to Italy from a trip to China.