Giant Panda Animals

Animals

China’s national animal is the Giant Panda. Many people also think about the Chinese dragon as a traditional Chinese animal. The Giant Panda is a large bear that is coloured black and white. Giant Panda only lives in the south west of China because of the climate. The Giant Panda's diet is mostly bamboo which is found the the south western part of China. The Giant Panda also eats Yam, Honey, Fish, eggs, leaves, oranges and bananas. Panda’s live in mountainous regions where there are large supplies of bamboo. Most of the Giant Panda population live a province of China called Sichuan. Giant Panda populations have decreased because of deforestation and poaching. Many people are destroying the Giant Panda’s habitat thus decreasing the

This Great Wall is estimated to be 3,100 miles long and took 10 years to construct. It took a total 1 million labourers to build the wall. The wall is actually numerous systems of walls joined together. When emperor Qin was in power, he built a wall in northern China to defend against the mongols. There are many towers which are connected by parts of the great wall to improve defense. The Great Wall was one of China’s most important defenses which worked as a communication system. If a section of the wall was under attack, the nearest tower would send a smoke signal to the surrounding towers asking for help. However, the wall didn’t protect China from the Barbarians and later in 1211 AD, Genghis Khan invaded China. Genghis Khan was later overruled and the Chinese established the Ming Dynasty in 1368 AD. During the Ming dynasty, the reinforced the wall with stronger materials like Limestone, Granite and Bricks. Over the years to Great wall have been deteriorated or dismantled by near by villages to build houses. The Ming Wall (the part that was reinforced) still stands strong and is visited in Beijing. In 2009, more sections of the wall have been discovered and the length of The Great Wall is still

There are many types of Chinese dialects which involve Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Gan, Xiang and many more. Mandarin is spoken in the northern and the south western part of China. Wu is spoken near the coastal areas of Shanghai which is in the Eastern part of China. Gan is spoken in Jiangxi towards the western part of China. Xiang is spoken in the Central- Southern part of China in the Province of Hunan. The most popular dialect spoken is Mandarin which 71.5% of China speaks. Chinese writing is in characters which are numerous different types of strokes put together. Over the years, some Chinese characters have been simplified from its original form. An example is the character horse shown on the right. The character towards the left is the ancient form and the other character is the simplified form. You can see the differences and the change of characters over the