1. Toilet paper was invented in China, but it is only used by emperors.
2. Fortune cookies are not traditional Chinese customs. They were invented by workers in the noodle factory in San Francisco in the 1920s. We guess you can say that fortune cookies are a traditional American custom.
3. The Chinese invented kites about 3,000 years ago. They have many uses: they are scared from the enemy on the battlefield to predict the success of the voyage. Moreover, deliberate release of kites is considered unfortunate.
4. In ancient China, white was reserved for mourning and funeral, not black. Today, wearing white clothes is still a common practice for those who have a closer relationship with the deceased (ie son and daughter).
5. Although Leonardo da Vinci was thought to have invented a parachute, the Chinese alchemist began using artificial kites as early as the fourth century AD. It was nearly 1300 years before the Europeans succeeded in doing this.
6. Female Chinese artists began to practice footwear in the 900s. The tightly wrapped bandage gradually destroys the arch of the foot, forcing the heel and toe to grow inwardly toward each other. This also causes the leg muscles to shrink and become very thin, but it is considered to be highly sexual and is still practiced by some people.
7. Cricket sports are very popular in China, and many Chinese children use cockroaches as pets.
8. Historians speculate that due to the increasing population in early China, chefs had to cut food into small pieces to cook quickly and save cooking fuel. These small pieces do not require a knife and eventually lead to the invention of chopsticks.
9. The most important festival in China is Chinese Lunar New Year or Lunar New Year. The inscribed oracle bones indicate that it existed at least in the 14th century BC when the commercial dynasty came to power. The Chinese believe that everyone will grow old that day, so it is considered to be everyone's birthday. This is a lot of birthday parties and even more birthday presents.
10. He was invented by China as the answer to the reloading force. During the First World War, the Chinese still used chemical and natural gas weapons for about two thousand years before they were used in Europe. Crossbow discovered more than 200 years ago was discovered in Terracotta Warriors.
11. The reason why the Forbidden City was so named was because civilians were forbidden from entering the gate and staring at the emperor. Any civilian who saw the emperor was killed.
Beijing Forbidden City.
12. The oldest papers are found in China and date back to the first or second century. The paper was very durable at the time (why this work survived for so long), it was used as a material for clothes, and sometimes it was light armor.
13. The Shanghai Port of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty developed. Today it is the busiest container port in the world. In the first half of the 20th century, Shanghai was the only port in the world that accepted Jewish fleeing from the Holocaust and had no entry visa.
14. It can be traced back to 250 BC, and Chinese lanterns are an important tradition symbolizing longevity. It turns out that they are indicators of wealth, and wealthy families sometimes have lanterns that are so large that they need several people to hang them in place with lampposts.
15. In the Tang Dynasty, educated people looked forward to welcoming and bidding farewell to the poems arranged on the spot.
16. In 1974, a farmer excavating a well in Shaanxi discovered some very old pottery. They discovered the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, the first emperor of China's reunification, and China was named after Qin. There are thousands of life-size terracotta warriors and horses in this tomb.
17. This bicycle was introduced to China by two American tourists, Alan and Sahel, around 1891. Bicycles are now the main means of transportation for millions of Chinese. The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty rode a bicycle near the Forbidden City in Beijing. China is currently the world's leading bicycle manufacturer, but the bicycle prevalence rate has declined in the 1990s, but bicycles are making a big comeback due to the surge in bicycle sales over the past 17 years.
18. Squid is a symbol of Chinese power and perseverance. The fish's scales and beards make it look like a dragon, and it is China's greatest strength symbol. In general, fish plays an important role in Chinese culture. The terms “fish” and “feng” are also the same in Chinese. This is very interesting, because the fish are very rich these days, oh, the times have changed!
19. In some places in ancient China, the "scorpion" was related to the marital status of girls. A young girl wears two scorpions and she wears only one after marriage. This may be a contributing factor to the Western view that scorpions are related to children and young girls.
20. In ancient China, mirrors were thought to protect their masters from evil, making hidden spirits visible and revealing the secrets of the future. A person who is intimidated by a ghost can be cured by looking in the mirror. The mirror is often hung on the ceiling of the tomb, so the deceased can rest without worrying about being stalked by evil spirits.
twenty one. Although the dragon is often regarded as an evil creature in Western culture, it often hoards huge wealth and abducts the princess, and it ranks first among the four major creatures in Chinese mythology. It is usually associated with the emperor.
twenty two. The Phoenix is the most important bird in Chinese legend and represents the Queen's female power. The elegant crane is the second most important bird in Chinese legend, and it is a symbol of longevity. Ducks are also an important symbol, representing happiness and loyalty to marriage. One of the things is different from other things!
twenty three. Hey, literally means "kick the ball", is a popular game in the Han Dynasty. Later, it spread to neighboring countries such as Japan, South Korea and Vietnam, and eventually spread to Europe, leading to the football we know today.
24. Urine eggs are cooked in the urine of a boy under 10 years old for a full day. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eating these eggs has many health benefits, including increased blood circulation.
25. Because body odor is related to barbarism, the health in ancient China was very large. Rich women wear sachets around their waists, and the nobles need to suck cloves to fight bad breath before talking to the emperor. Because these are expensive options, the poor have to take other methods, such as flushing their armpits with urine. "
26. In ancient China, scorpion was a huge problem, so doctors used lice as a way to diagnose patients. If the scorpion escapes from the patient's body, just as the mouse flies away from the burning ship, the patient may not survive. Some Chinese citizens are used to being covered by scorpions, and they will force them to pick them up from the scalp and eat them. Feeling itchy?
27. Poverty has always been an intractable problem. Many poor Chinese will castrate themselves because the eunuch is allowed to be the servant of the emperor. As many as 100,000 eunuchs work across the country. This castration is often done in the home of a desperate parent and is often fatal.
Photo of Sun Yaoting’s “Last Eunuch” born in Jinghai after the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911. He died at the age of 94.
28. In the early days of China, the collection of manure from public toilets as a cheap fertilizer was once considered a fast-track for wealth. There is even a saying about it, "The treasure night is like gold." We have heard a lot of stool names, but the nightingale took the cake.
Baltimore's "Nightman" photo was around 1900. Yes, manure is also a big business in the United States.
29. In ancient China, about 150 gallons of male urine were collected in a large pot and boiled until it evaporated. The crystalline hormones they call "autumn minerals" will be left behind. It is basically just crystallized urine, which is for the patient to eat.
Urine crystallized on birch trees
30. The vaccinated Chinese doctor will accept the scar from the smallpox patient, smash it into a fine powder, and blow up the nose of a healthy patient. This is the first smallpox vaccine ever, and the probability of killing the victims is about 2%, but it also gives them a better chance to survive the smallpox epidemic that was happening at the time. Life is about risk, people!
31. In the Ming Dynasty, eunuchs gained a lot of power. One such eunuch Zheng became a famous admiral, completed seven diplomatic missions, and commanded more than 300 warships and 20,000 soldiers.
32. A group of fossils collectively known as "Beijingers" is the oldest erect human fossil discovered to date in Beijing, and is an ancient relative of modern people. Later, the oldest modern human skull was discovered in southern China, dating back to 67,000 years ago.
33. Ice cream was invented in China around 200 BC, when the Chinese made a frozen mixture of milk, rice mixture and snow. another
34.According to British scientist and historian Sir Joseph Niederman, the Chinese invented glasses more than 1,000 years ago. By the time Marco Polo arrived in China around 1270, glasses (he mentioned in his report) were widely used in the upper class of China. It looks like another in ancient China.
35. In ancient China, the process of making silk was a secret to guarding strictly, revealing that it was punished by the death penalty. Although it has been widely exported, it is still a secret for thousands of years. It is not clear how or when the secret is lost. However, it is said that it was transmitted to Japan about 300 years ago and was brought there by four Chinese girls. Another popular legend says that the secret was to send India to India through a Chinese princess who lined up some eggs in her headgear. Another legend is that European monks were sent to China in the sixth century to discover silk secrets and smuggle some silkworm eggs.
36. The oldest survivor book in the world is Chinese, and the Buddhist text is called the Diamond Sutra, in 868 AD. Along with other manuscripts, the book was discovered in a cave cave in Dunhang, northwestern China, in 1907 and exhibited at the British Library.
37. In the Tang Dynasty in the 7th century, the Chinese were the first people in the world to use banknotes. Its use was developed from the merchant's deposit income and was widely printed by the government after the lack of copper.
38. The Chinese invented the world's first seismograph (seismometer) in AD 132, using a large bronze vessel with eight faucets with bronze balls on it. During the earthquake, the movement of the Earth causes the ball to fall, indicating the direction of the earthquake.
39. The number 4 is the most unfortunate Chinese figure because it sounds like the word "death." Many buildings in China do not have a fourth floor. Some people skip any floor with numbers, such as 14, 24, 34 and all 40 floors.
40. The number 8 is the luckiest Chinese number because it sounds like the word "wealth". 88 is considered particularly lucky because it symbolizes the word "double happiness". Others excited to live to 88?
41. He has been practicing in Chinese history, mainly rich people with money. The Chinese emperor has hundreds of nieces. These scorpions live a comfortable and luxurious life and do not have much work.