China ABC book

Rachel Frey

A- Acupuncture 

A system of complementary medicine that involves pricking the skin or tissues with needles, used to alleviate pain

B- Buddism

a religion, originated in India by Buddah,  (Gautama) and laterspreading to China, Burma, Japan, Tibet, and parts of southeastAsia, holding that life is full of suffering caused by desire and thatthe way to end this suffering is through enlightenment thatenables one to halt the endless sequence of births and deaths to which one is otherwise subject.

C- Calligraphy

East Asian calligraphy is a form of calligraphy widely practised and revered in the Sinosphere.

D- Daoism

philosophical system developed by Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu advocating a simple honest life and noninterference with the course of natural events

E- Empress Wu

The first woman to be emperor in China

F- Filial Piety

Respect owed to one's parents and ancestors.

G- Great Wall of China

A fortified wall in northern China, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Kansu province to the Yellow Sea north of Beijing

H- Han Dynasty

imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy

I- Irrigation

supplying dry land with water by means of ditches

J- Japanese

Of or relating to Japan or its people, language, or culture

K- Korea

A region in eastern Asia that forms a peninsula between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea

L- Legalism

Dependence on moral law rather than on personal religious faith

M- Mountains

A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level

N- Nomad

A member of a people who have no permanent abode and travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock

O- Oracle Bones

An animal bone with cracks (due to heating) or other markings, used to foretell the future

P- Porcelain

A white vitrified translucent ceramic

Q- Qin Dynasty

the Chinese dynasty (from 246 BC to 206 BC) that established the first centralized imperial government and built much of the Great Wall

R- Reincarnation

The rebirth of a soul in a new body

S- Silk Road

An ancient caravan route that linked Xian in central China with the eastern Mediterranean so they could trade with others

T- Tang Dynasty

the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907

U- Units of Measurment 

definite magnitude of a physical quantity

V- Values

The regard that something is held to deserve

W- waterwheel

A large wheel driven by flowing water, used to work machinery or to raise water to a higher level.

X- Xia dynasty

the first dynasty in China to be described in ancient historical chronicles

Y- Yangtzi River

 the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai

Z- Zhou dynasty 

the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism