WELCOME TO CHINA

A learning project for schools

 What three words would
you use to describe China?
Which Picture is China?
Where is China?
 40
=
1
UK China
60 million people 1.3 billion people
0.24 million square km 9.6 million square km
 A Brief History of China
Late Zhou
Stone Dynasty
Age
China unites
Beginning under a single
of Shang Emperor Qin
Dynasty Shi Huangdi

8000 BC 1600 BC 1112BC 221 BC

And in the rest of the world…

Stonehenge was built around 2000 BC
 A Brief History of China
Song
Sui
Dynasty
Dynasty
Han Break up of
Dynasty empire into
separate Tang
kingdoms Dynasty

206 BC 225 AD 581 618 960

And in the rest of the world…

The Roman Empire collapsed around 410 AD
 A Brief History of China
Last
Emperor
Qing abdicates Hong
Dynasty Kong
Yuan returned
Dynasty

People’s
Ming Opium
Republic
Dynasty Wars
of China

1260 1368 1644 1839-42 1912 1949 1997

 What does the Chinese
National Flag look like?

The four small stars

represent the Chinese
people.

The yellow colour of the

stars represents the
golden light of the
country.
The big star represents the
leadership of the
communist party.

The red background represents revolution.

Why is China Important Today?
China has the biggest population in the
world and the fourth largest economy.

By 2040, China will have the largest

economy in the world.

For every one person who can speak

English, there are at least three who can
speak Mandarin.
The Beijing Olympics 2008
The Beijing Olympics will be the first
major international sporting event to
be held in China.

It will showcase Chinese culture to

the rest of the world.
Fuwa are the Official Mascots of Beijing
2008 Olympic Games, carrying a
message of friendship and peace to
children all over the world.

Each one has a rhyming two-syllable

name. When you put their names
together - Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni - they
say "Welcome to Beijing“.
 Symbolism

In China, the fish

and water designs
are symbols of
prosperity and
harvest.

Source: en.beijing2008.com
Peaches = a symbol for long
life

Dao
(upside down)
means arrived

Bat (fu)
= same sound
as word for
happiness
“May your happiness be as
deep as the Eastern Sea and
may you live to be as old as
the Southern Mountain.”
Traditional birthday greeting.
 Chinese Writing
Chinese writing uses characters to
represent words. To learn to read
Chinese, you need to remember
around 5,000 different characters!

Ancient         Traditional Simple Pinyin

The ‘Cheat Sheet’
 Tonal Difference
Chinese is a tonal language. The tone of the word
alters its meaning and it is crucial to get the tone
right if you want to avoid confusion. Mandarin has
four tones – high, rising, falling-rising and falling.

1. high - mā mother
2. rising / má numb

3. falling rising ˘ mă horse

4. falling \ mà to scold or
swear
 Counting to 10

• yī 6 liù
• èr 7 qī
• sān 8 bā
• sì 9 jiŭ
• wŭ 10 shí
 7 Simple Chinese Phrases

Hello nĭ hăo
Goodbye zàijiàn
How are you? nĭ hăo ma?
I’m fine wŏ hĕn hăo
Thank you xièxie
You’re welcome búkèqi
I’m sorry duìbùqĭ
Zàijiàn!