Chinese Culture
by Breckyn Bahr
CP Railway
During the building of the CP Railway
What Happened After the Building of the CP Railway
Medicines
Chinese medicines
Traditions
Tradidtions
LIONS
The lions are always outside of a hinese building because they are there to guard.
Fact: There are a female and a male. The women are always on the right because women are always right,they also have a baby under their paw.
The men are on the left with a ball under their paw.CHINESE NEW YEAR
Fun Fact: the Chinese new year will be on January 28th in 2017. In a year there are 360 days in a Chinese year that means there are 30 days in each month, no 31 or 29.
http://www.chinesenewyears.info/chinese-new-year-calendar.php
Clothing
Clothing
Eventually, this style became widespread among the commoners. A new style of dress, called tangzhuang, included the changshan worn by men and the qipao worn by women. Manchu official headwear differed from the Ming version but the Qing continued to use the Mandarin square. This jacket is made of silk.
Mens Clothing
Womens Clothing
Shoes
Superstitions
Chinese Superstitions
2) The Chinese believe that the number 8 is a lucky number because the pronunciation of the number 'eight' and the pronunciation of the word for ‘prosperity’ in Chinese are similar. Hence, the number 8 has much value in the social life in China. So if a house number or the registration number of a car has the 8 as a number, people think it is a lucky sign. Often people pay big sum to win a number with 8 for their car.
3) A superstition of the Chinese is that building a house facing the North would bring in ruin to the family.
Chinese Buildings
Art
Chinese Zodiac
Fun Fact: I am the year of a rooster.