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Eastern Dragon

Junye Zhang, Hsi-Sheng(Derek) Lin

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Outline Background of China History of China Traditional Art Language, Activities and Food in China Eastern Pearl — Hong Kong History of Hong Kong

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Location

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Recent China The People's Republic of

China(P.R.C.) Population: 1.35 billion 9.60 million km2 Mandarin(Cantonese) 56 race GDP:$4909.3 billion

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River of history One of the world's oldest civilizations Nearly 4,000 years emperor system 21 dynasties 231 emperors Two major river: Changjiang,

Huanghe. Affecters of Chinese culture

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Chinese ethical and philosophical system—Confucianism

Moral, social, political, philosophical, and religious

Affect Counties: Japan, Korea, Vietnam

Good virtue and moral perfection.

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Five Relationship

Five Relationships

Friends.

Wife and Husband

Ruler and subjectsBrother

Parents and

offspring,

Loyal

Respect

Trust

Filial piety

Seniority

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Traditional art Calligraphy Chinese traditional painting Chinese traditional music Chinese opera Cross talk

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CalligraphyTools :Four Treasures of the StudyBrush, Ink, Paper, Ink stone

Technique of Calligraphy

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Word DevelopmentPast

Now

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PaintingTechnique: Meticulous Freehand

However, each style is depended on different history background.

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Chinese traditional music

古筝 Gu Zheng 琵琶 Pi Pa 二胡 Er Hu

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Chinese Opera The color of face is a reflection of characteristics

Red-loyalty, Black-hot headed, Yellow-atrocious, Blue and Green-rough, White-cheater

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Cross talk

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In class environment Follow teacher’s rule No question except when teacher ask Silence, no eat or drink (especially in primary school) Pressure

In work environment Follow senior colleague Ability isn’t the only factor to promote Overtime

Culture in class and work

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Language Mandarin

Official language Based on the language in north China

Cantonese Popular in Guangdong, Hong Kong.

Other dialects Hunan, Shanghai, Taiwan est.

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Language Four tones

One pronunciation means many words and each word has different meanings.

Useful sentences

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Language 你好 =Hello (n h o)ǐ ǎ 再见 =See you, bye-bye. (zài jiàn) 很高兴认识你 =Nice to meet you.(hěn gāo xìng rèn shi n )ǐ 我的名字是 Tom=My name is Tom. (w de míng zì shì Tom)ǒ 你要去哪里？ =Where are you going? (n yào qù n l ?)ǐ ǎ ǐ 谢谢 = Thank you! (xiè xiè) 很好 = Very good! (hěn h o)ǎ 不好意思 =Excuse me (bù h o yì sī)ǎ 美国 =USA (měi guó) 中国 =China (zhōng guó) 香港 =Hong Kong (xiāng g ng)ǎ

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Word Structure

left-right( 挣 ), up-down( 苗 ), up-mid-down( 高 ), left-mid-right( 湖 ), est.

Chinese character component 吃喝 , 游泳 , 冷冻 , 伙伴 ( 人 )…

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Festival Lunar new year

The dinner on New Year's Eve Red envelope-Money-Gift

The Dragon Boat Festival lunar calendar 5/5 To memorize a minister, Qu Yuan A pyramid-shaped mass of glutinous rice

wrapped in leaves

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Festival Qing Ming Festival

To memorize our ancestor-Cemetery The Moon Festival

On the 15th day of the 8th lunar month the biggest moon.

Many myths- broken by Armstrong who set foot on the moon.

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Food Guangdong cuisine Shanghai cuisine Szechuan cuisine North China cuisine

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Activities Mah-jongg: Permutation Chinese chess Karaoke

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Eastern Pearl — Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's

Republic of China Located on China's south coast and enclosed by

the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea 7 millions people. One of the most densely

populated areas in the world 1104 km2 Time zone: UTC+8 Drive on the left!

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History of Hong Kong British Empire’s colony after Opium War (1839–

42). British controlled until 1997. The educational system follow the system in

England.

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Industry of Hong Kong Eastern Hollywood

Output Value: 500 million dollar Port of transshipment Travel Financial

HSBC Headquarters

Hong Kong 香港

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Chinese University in Hong Kong

City University of Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

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Special food in Hong Kong

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Hot Spots in Hong Kong Avenue of Stars Disney Land Night scenes of city Vitoria Harbor

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Thank you! Hope you to explore your China.