People’s Republic of China

Josep RamagosoA01374637María Fernanda JaimesRangel A01169962Laura V. Santizo González A01169840Lilian Patricia Cedeño Medrano A01371272

RELIGION

China is officially atheist, and religious practices are generally allowed but often controlled by the state .

Buddhism , Taoism and Confucianism

LANGUAGE

China is known for having hundreds of languages.

The standardized form of Mandarin (or Putonghua), another common form is Cantonese.

FOOD

One in every five people in the world is Chinese

Fortune cookies are not a traditional Chinese custom. They were invented in 1920 by a worker in the Key HeongNoodle Factory in San Francisco.

Toilet paper was invented in China in the late 1300s. It was for emperors only.

Many historians believe soccer originated in China around 1000 B.C.

China invented ice cream, and Marco Polo is rumored to have taken the recipe (along with the recipe for noodles) back with him to Europe

CLOTHES

Traditions

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