China and Chinese

中国China

Where is China?

13 hours to fly from New York to Beijing

How Big is China?

China is 3rd largest county, > USA

China

United States

How many people China has?

China has > 1.3 Billion People

Chinese

People on the earth

History of China

China has > 5,000 years history

The Great Wall, has 5,000km (3,100miles)

The Forbidden City

龙 Dragon

熊猫 Panda

Spring Festival

Feb 3 is Chinese New Year

Chinese Calendar

Moon cycle phase

RatOx

TigerRabbitDragonSneakHorseGoat

MonkeyRooster

DogPig

2011 is the Year of Rabbit

The story of the NIAN

年 NIAN

Story of NIAN

Story of NIAN

过年 （ Guo Nian ） =celebration

新年 （ Xin Nian ） =start of the New Year

拜年 (Bai Nian)=Good Wish in New Year!

Red in Everywhere

Red Scroll

Red Paper Cut

Prosperity

Good Luck

firecrackers

New Clothes

Lots of food

Yummy!

Lion Dance

Dragon Dance

GONG XI FA CAI

China

Tea

Silk