MODERN CHINA CULTURE

MODERN HOLIDAYS

• Chinese New Year -most celebrated
• February 16
• Fireworks and dragons

HOLIDAYS CONTINUED

• Lantern Festival-march 2
• people light lanterns and let them fly
• Fly lanterns- Symbolize people letting go of their past selves

MODERN DAY ART

• "Dance of death promise and thrill"- honors the dead
• architecture-"Forbidden City"-Beijing, China.

ARTWORK/MUSIC CONTINUED

• Famous pottery-chicken headed pot
• Xi'an is a very popular drum show in Xi'an In China

MODERN SOCIAL STRUCTURE

• China uses the new class hierarchy
• nine classes

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

• Head honchos
• Bigwigs
• Powerbrokers
• The privileged
• The very comfortable
• The squeezed
• The marginalized
• The underclass
• The destitute

MODERN EVERY DAY LIFE

• Beijing (Capital) is the 23rd largest city by population in the world
• Hong Kong (city in China) has little expense
• Different food styles in different parts of China

FOOD STYLES

• Southern food is mostly smoked in bamboo
• Western food is mostly all spiced
• Most meals that contain meat are served with rice.

WRITING

• China's writing is called calligraphy
• Written top to bottom, right to left
• To write you need brush with broad tip
• Written in ink.

BIBLIOGRAPY

• Dalby, Elizabeth. Introduction to Asia. New York: Scholastic, 2006. Print. "Traditional Chinese Holidays." N.p., n.d. Web. "Art." N.p., n.d. Web. "China File." N.p., n.d. Web.