Human+Geography


 * Language: Mandarin or Zhongguo Yuwen are traditional but English is also spoken **


 * Religion: Buddhism and Taoism **
 * Traditions: In China, it is bad luck to name a child before birth, and the child’s birthday is based on the eight Chinese astronomy signs, which will have an affect on the children for the rest of their life. Chinese children also all live under one room with their entire family, aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, grandparents, siblings, etc. It is also believed that children should be taught their place early. You also should have all your dues paid, your house clean, your disputes settled, and you must buy red and orange things on New Years. Red and gold are sacred colors. Parents must consult and astrology master before arranging a fixed marriage. There are thousands of other traditions but these are just a few. **
 * Holidays **
 * Chinese New Year **
 * Spring Festival **
 * Lantern Festival **
 * Zhonghe Festival **
 * Shangsi Festival **
 * Quing Ming Jie **
 * Duanwu Festivial **
 * The Night of the Sevens **
 * Magpie Festival **
 * Qi Xi **
 * Spirit Festival **
 * Moon Festival **
 * Chung Yeung Festival **
 * Water-Lantern Festival **
 * Winter Solstice Festival **
 * Laba Festival **
 * Dual-Yang Festival **
 * Music **
 * Woodwinds and Percussion **
 * Dizi **
 * Sheng **
 * Paigu **
 * Gong **
 * Paixiao **
 * Guan **
 * Bells **
 * Cymbals **
 * Bottle Gourd Silk **
 * Bowed Strings **
 * Erhu **
 * Zhonghu **
 * Dahu **
 * Banhu **
 * Jinghu **
 * Gaohu **
 * Gehu **
 * Yehu **
 * Cizhonghu **
 * Chinese instruments are made out of wood, stone, metal, clay, gourd, and hide **
 * Writing: The Chinese writing consists of thousands of complex symbols, each representing a different thing. There is one for tree, one for metal, one for house, one for everything you could possibly think of. [[image:https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/0HoS8v0PaERwdv3f4F-rsnpxfdG8hE8-9xKR_kZrETIB_dxRdnQJcrr3a5CCZpdOMtbXH0VcB5qlkWSHCdSmCaXJ44RpfyNtodnNVWYtfllxnfF4yD4]] **
 * This is the Chinese symbol for tree **
 * Sports: China competes in the Olympics, along with sports like football and ping-pong. China has also been associated with martial arts since ancient times. **


 * Food: Chinese food is very popular among other countries, especially in America. The traditional Chinese diet includes chicken, beef, pork, fish, tofu, vegetables, rice, and egg noodles. Dishes like sushi, various soups, and chicken and egg noodles are often served. Soy sauce is the popular flavoring sauce. **


 * Clothing: Traditional Chinese clothing is mostly red and gold and is decorated with dragons. Simpler peasant clothing was also common among the poor. The images below show mostly celebration clothing. **