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PRC, or just China, is a sovereign state located in East Asia. It is the world's
most populous country, with more than 1300 million and the first world power.
Name: People's Republic of China
Area: 9,596,960 sq km
Population: 1.306 million inhabitants
Capital: Beijing
Peoples and ethnic groups: Han Chinese (91%) and 55 minority (Mongolian,
Manchu, Tibetan ...)
Language: Chinese (Official), Mandarin and 8 large groups of dialects
Religions is an officially atheist country, but Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism,
Islam and Christianity are the most widely practiced religions
Government: Communist Regime
MAIN CITIES:
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of the most spectacular city of China. Part of what they call
"special administrative regions", as they apply an administrative model called
"one country, two systems", that is, maintain a capitalist economic system but
with a sovereignty communist ideology. This region consists of a peninsula and
several islands one Hong Kong. Until 1997 it was part of the UK.
Shanghai
The largest city in China offers many attractions such as Jin Mao Tower and
Oriental Perl Tower, two of the highest buildings in the country; Jing'an Temple
and Yuyuan Garden. In 2010, the World Expo held in Shanghai, completely
changing the face of the city.
TRADITIONS:
CHINESE TRADITION TE:
Tea is the traditional drink of China since ancient times.
The origin of Chinese tea is in its use as a medicinal product. Not only it is used
to treat certain specific diseases, but believed in the benefits of tea to get a
longer life.
Traditional dress
The kimono
The term refers more specifically kimono traditional dress that consists of two
overlapping long dresses.
The yukata
The yukata is a kind of light kimono, but cotton. Japanese use them from time
to time, in summer for example, festivals
The zoori
The famous sandals zoori are used along with traditional costumes.
Jiankou Great Wall in Beijing.
The Great Wall is composed of a series of stone and earthen fortifications built
and rebuilt between the fourth centuries BC and AD XVI to protect the northern
borders of the Chinese Empire, the nomadic peoples of the northern steppes.
The latest report estimates the length of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty in
8852 km.