China has been the source of modern technology. For over a thousand
of years, ancient Chinese people are regarded as one of the developed
civilizations. We are still using the inventions ancient Chinese
people created. Mathematics, warfare, transportation are the things
to name a few of the fields where Chinese excelled. Many of these
treasured inventions were taken back by the Europeans.
China is one of the oldest continuous civilizations of the world.
It has been accepted that it was in 221 BC that China became unified
under a large empire or kingdom.
The Chinese civilization has been considered to be an advanced
one. In ancient China everyday life consisted of pottery, baking
and farming with silk making a little later. As the various dynasties
changed over the century, people’s interest in science and philosophy
too changed.
The dragons are Chinese mythical creatures that are depicted as
long, scaled and snake like creatures with five claws. These dragons
have been symbol of auspicious power in the Chinese folklore and
art. Traditionally, the dragons are also the embodiment of the yang
(male) and is associated with the weather are the bringer of rain
and water in China which is an agriculturally water driven nation.
The female counterpart is known as the Fenghuang.
Chinese was the language that was spoken in ancient China right
from the Han dynasty. The language is distinguished by its high
level of internal diversity although all spoken varieties of the
Chinese language are tonal and analytic. Depending on the classification
scheme, there are between six and twelve main regional groups of
the Chinese language of which Mandarin is most popular which is
followed by Wu, Min and Cantonese.
