The Independence Day of China

Tomorrow is October 1^st and the Independence Day of the Republic of China. Independence Day probably is the most important for a country as a nation holiday. I just called back to my friends in China; they were celebrating the holiday now. Even though I am only 22 years old, I have witnessed the big change in the last 15 years. When I was seven years old, my family only could eat meat once a week. While now, my parents can eat meat every meals. The economics of China has developed a lot in last 10 years. Even the economics of the depression of the whole in did not influence too much. Actually, the living condition of China is much worse than that in the developed countries. The large population makes the life much harder for people who live in China. I will talk about this in the later post.

The Yellow River

The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. It length of the yellow river is about 3,395 miles. It originates in the Bayan Har Mountains which in the western China, and flows through nine provinces, then empties into the sea. It is also called Huang He which is originated from Western Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 9).  The word of He means river which has the same meaning of Jiang in Chinese and the word of Huang is actually coming from the color of this river.

The Yellow River plays a more important role in Chinese history compares to the Yangtze River. It is because that most people believe that the Chinese civilization originated in the Yellow River basin. So we called the Yellow river as "the Mother River" and "the cradle of the Chinese civilization”. There are less famous places along with the Yellow River than that of Yangtze River. While the first bay of the winding Yellow River which is attached on the post attracts lots people to see this scenery.  

The Yangtze River

The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world. We called it Chang Jiang which means the long river in Chinese. It flows for 6,300 kilometers (3,915 mi) from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It plays an important role in Chinese long history.  If you look on the Chinese map, you will see the Yangtze River looks like a dividing line between North and South China, and actually there are many cultural and physical differences between North and South China. 

The famous Three Gorges Dam was built on the Yangtze River. It is the world's largest electricity-generating plant of any kind. Chinese government had a long time dispute on whether it was good or not to build this dam. The dam was originally envisioned in The International Development of China, in 1919. In 1992, the National People’s Congress approved. It brings lots of benefits in economic area, but it also caused large significant ecological changes, including an increased risk of landslides.

The Over View of China (Three)

                                            

I have a long time did not see this kind of video since I thought I had been several famous places in China. After watching this, I think my home country is so beautiful and attractive for me. I have been to the Great Wall at Beijing; it was the most popular place of interest in China. It was mainly built from rammed earth, stones, and wood. Rectangular shapes of stones were used for the foundation, inner and outer brims, and gateways of the wall.  When I stepped on the Great Wall, I was proud of my ancestors that they built such a wonderful miracle. There were also many other famous place of interests in this video, like the West Like which was really closed to the place my family living now and the Imperial Palace. This video also showed the different cultures in China and the big change since the People's Republic of China was founded. So if you have interest or have chance to go to China, you should go to see and experience what you have seen in this video.

The Over View of China (Two)

There are many large cities located in China. Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong are the most well known cities in China for the people around the world.

Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Beijing has served as the political and cultural center of China since the People's Republic of China was founded. 

Shanghai is the largest city in China and one of the most populous cities in the world. The city is located at the middle portion of the Chinese coast, and sits at the mouth of the Yangtze which is the longest river in China. Shanghai is a global city that exerts influence over global commerce, finance, culture and so on. When I talked to my friends in America, Shanghai was the most populous city they interested.  

Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world with a land mass of 1,104 km² (426 sq mi) and a population of seven million people. China regained sovereignty of Hong Kong on July 1^st 1997. Hong Kong is one of two special administrative regions (SAR) China; the other is Macau. Its economic and political systems differ from those of mainland China as the principle of “one country, two systems”.  One country means there would be only one China. Two systems means that areas such as Hong Kong and Macau could have their own capitalist economic and political systems, while the rest of China uses the "socialist" system.

The Over View of China (One)

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/china/

This is a map of China. What do you think it looks like? When I first took the history class in the primary school, I answered it looked like a chicken. My teacher smiled and told others children it was correct, but we spent a lot of time to decide whether it was a male or female.
China is the third largest country by total area and second largest by the land area. It has largest population in the world and this also made China was so popular. But India’s population will probably overrun China’s in a few years.

Welcome (欢迎）

While you are noticing the title and blog name, you probably have a guess that I am coming from China. Yes, I am a Chinese student who studies in America. My hometown is very small which has only about 150 people who lived there. Maybe some people think it is not small, they will change their mind when they learn more about China. After I graduated from high school, my family moved to Hang Zhou which is big city in China. I will introduce it in a later post. As this is the first post, I want to talk about why I picked this topic.

The first thought coming into my mind is that it would be very easy to write the post for this title since I come from China. But I realize it is not as if you want to introduce big stuff to the new visitors. It is always easier to explain a small thing to people compared to a whole country even though I will have more things to talk about.
When I hang out with my friends, they would ask me what is the different between America and China. Many people know about China since many goods in Wal-mart or other markets are made in China. They do not know much about the Chinese people, culture, and cities. So in my blog, I will take most of my time to introduce you to China, but I will also critique recent events that have happened within the country.