China Culture
Julia, Sean, Jake
Culture Introduction
Culture is beliefs, traditions, customs, and opinions of a group of people. Culture is a specific group of people who share the same ideas and taste in clothing, music, and values. Culture impacts every person in a civilization. Civilizations today have culture because of the stories, religion and traditions were passed down from generation to generation. Culture is important because it impacts a civilization. The four River Valley Civilizations, in particular
China, were greatly impacted by culture in five ways. First, religion impacts China because religion and religious leaders had control and took over most of the daily life activities. In addition, China was impacted by their writing system. Writing allowed the people to keep records, and pay taxes. Next, China was impacted by architecture because it allowed the people to become more educated in math, science and engineering. China was also impacted by innovations because it changed the way people were classified in the social classes and impacted the creation of more jobs. Lastly, China was impacted by achievements because these achievements allowed the people to develop more advanced technology and military systems. The culture developments during the River Valley civilizations made the largest impact on the people of China.Chinese art
Great Wall of China
Dream Protector
Religion
The Chinese people believed in many gods .There were the gods of the river, rain, earth, and mountains.
The Chinese people worshipped and believed in dragons but not the dragons that breathe fire but they believed in dragons that would grant them wishes and that the dragon had magical powers.
The Chinese go to temples the names of those temples were Buddhist, Taoist, Islamic Mosques, and Confucius.
They believed in the after world which they buried the king with the terracotta army which were to defend him in the afterworld from the evil who have passed away.
The Chinese believed that fireworks scared away the evil souls they thought of this because the huge sound that it would make when it burst in the sky.
They celebrated to honor their ancestors they would wave a kite around and throw up chinese lanterns because they wanted to show light to their ancestors .
Mandate of Heaven, The Chou (who had to convince the people they had the right to rule) invented then told the people that heaven had decided to make them rulers. but only if they were good rulers. If they were selfish, heaven would withdraw support and the chou rule would be over and get a new leader.
Culture Gallery China
The great wall of China
Yin Yang sign
The mighty dragon
kung-fu
Suona
Silk
Architecture
Achievments
China culture
Culture conclusion
Innovations
Statement: Innovations allowed for the creation of job specialization and a wider gap between social classes.
Example #1: Silk
Silk was made by silkworms. It was a very comfortable material, but very pricey.
China was the only place that knew how to make silk, so the other places had no choice but to buy from china for a high price
Example #2: Gunpowder
Gunpowder was actually a mistake
Gunpowder was also used to make fireworks
Example #3: Paper
paper was made from trees that were turned into pulp
it was used for holding records and paying taxes