Inventions
Invented by Chinese alchemists in about 1000 A.D. it was a failed attempt in making a potion for eternal health. The recipe is simple, just mixing elemental sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter.
What is Gunpowder?
In a Chinese myth, this monster regularly came and scared the villagers. The monster only left when the villagers started scaring it away with noise and firecrackers, which was the begin of Chinese New Year.
Who/what is Nian?
This material art, also called “Wushu”, can be traced over 3,000 years ago to self-defense needs, hunting activities and military training in ancient China. If was also used in a popular movie starring a panda named Po.
What is Kungfu?
He is infamous for “burning the books and burying the scholars” in an effort to purge his court of Confucian influences, but he is credited for standardizing weights and measures and of unifying the Chinese written language.
Who is Qín Shǐ Huáng 秦始皇 ?
During the Tang Dynasty, this trade route brought prosperity and great cultural change for China, and through the foreign contact, new directions were set for religion.
What is The Silk Road?
The skill of produce this metal was mastered by the ancient Chinese by 1700 B.C and was important in making tools and weapons. This material is also used to make Olympic medals.
What is Bronze?
The Monkey King went on a adventurous journey from China to India and back again in this Chinese classic.
What is The Journey to the West?
This game is the biggest amateur recreational sport in China today, in the world with an estimated 300 million players in China alone. This sport is often called the miniature version of another sport.
What is Table Tennis or Ping Pong?
Arguably one of the most famous Emperors, this emperor came from humble beginnings to establish the largest land empire in history. He conquered China right before his death on August 18, 1227 mainly because of his armies' fluency with riding horses while being able to shoot a bow and arrows.
Who is Genghis Khan?
The Tang dynasty is also known as China's this in their history.
What is a Golden Age?
The earliest form of this material emerged in Shang Dynasty and matured during the Tang Dynasty. This material is still as highly prized around the world and had been introduced to the West through the Silk Road.
What is Porcelain or China?
In a Chinese myth, this couple is separated when one flies to the moon while the other is stuck on Earth.
Who are Houyi and Chang’e?
Though stated in the name, there is no fighting is in popular sport. This game is easily recognizable when you play it at camp or school, and involves each player to pull on different ends of a rope.
What is Tug-Of-War?
This emperor completed the conquest of China in 1279 that was started by Genghis Khan in 1211 and became the first Yuan ruler of the whole of China.
Who is Kublai Khan or Emperor Shizu of Yuan?
The Tang Empire ended when the people rebelled because they thought that the emperor the loss this important approval.
This invention was first made by a Buddhist monk in 725 A.D. and was operated by dripping water which powered a wheel that made one revolution in 24 hours.
What is a Mechanical Clock?
According to Chinese mythology, the big bang and creation of the world were caused by this god, supposedly when he cracked an egg that he was sleeping in.
Who is Pangu?
This gambling game for four players that originated in China. It involves tiles, skill, strategy, and calculation, as well as a certain degree of chance.
What is Mahjong?
This emperor was the fifth emperor of Han, noted for having established Confucianism as the state’s ideology and expanding the Han Dynasty’s territory westward, eastward, southward.
who is Hàn Wǔdì 汉武帝?
The first version of this machine was made during the Tang dynasty when a cool hall for the emperor was constructed in the imperial palace. The device had fan wheels that were powered by water and a cooling system that included high rising jet-streams of clean mountain water.
What is Air Conditioning?
According to records, this device can be dated back to the 2nd Century BC. and was used to plant seeds into the soil at a uniform depth and covers it. The device made farmers’ job easier and highly improved the agricultural output in China.
What is a Seed Drill?
In the story of Chinese Valentine’s Day, the weaver girl and the cowherd are symbolized by these two stars in the Summer Triangle, which can be observed on a clear night in the northern hemisphere around the time of the year the holiday takes place.
What are Vega and Altair?
The original purpose for this activity is to get around town after the river flood during those heavy raining seasons though is might look kind of strange to a foreign eye.
What is Stilt Racing?
Under this emperor, Qing reached its greatest size, incorporating Turkestan, Tibet, and Mongolia under their rule.
Who was the Qianlong Emperor or Qiánlóng Dì乾隆帝?
The Tang Empire had the only female emperor in Chinese history, under this empress reign, the army successfully conquered Central Asia and added much territory to the empire.
Who is Empress Wu Zetian?