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HOW CHILDREN LIVE IN ... ANCIENT CHINA
by Teri Brown
Meet Zhang Li and hear about his caravan trip with his father
from Chang'an to Dunhuang
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CHOPSTICKS: THE HISTORY AND ETIQUETTE
by Abby Slutsky
Learn some of the legends surrounding the origins of chopsticks,
how to use them and how to mind your manners in China
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THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA: BARRIER TO ENTRY
by Marie Fowler
From the mounds of earth pushed together in the Warring States
period to the stone wall erected in the Ming Dynasty, learn
about the history of the Great Wall
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AN AMAZING DISCOVERY: CHINA'S CLAY SOLDIERS
by Laura Tanner
Discover the ancient army of terra-cotta soldiers and horses
from the Qin Dynasty that archaeologists have unearthed
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THE CHINESE ZODIAC: LEGEND OF THE ANIMALS
by Sheryl Nantus
Are you a dragon? Maybe a monkey? Or are you a horse, impatient
with people, yet always ready to have fun? Find out more about
the Chinese zodiac, including the story of how all of the animals
were assigned their order in
the zodiac
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AN INTERVIEW WITH CONFUCIUS, BUDDHA AND
LAO TZU
by Jacquelin Cangro
Hear a discussion between three spiritual leaders in ancient
China as they discuss their respective philosophies
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SERICULTURE: SECRET OF THE WORKER WORMS
by Corey Habbas
Could you keep a secret for more than two thousand years? The
ancient Chinese did. Between 3000 B.C. And 200 B.C. They kept
the secret of sericulture, the process of raising silkworms
to harvest raw silk. Find out how it works
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ORACLE
BONES: THE ANCIENT ORIGINS OF CHINESE WRITING
by Holly Lynn Anderson
Chinese character writing, the oldest writing system still
in use today, is believed to have originated during the Shang
Dynasty. Take a look at the oracle bones the Shang people
used to talk to the gods and see their connection to the modern
Chinese language
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HELP
ME UNDERSTAND: SIMPLIFYING THE CHINESE LANGUAGE
by Rachael Wheeler
Hear a story about how Wang Qikun, a minister of justice in
the Han Dynasty, helped simplify Chinese character writing.
Then test your skill at matching different Chinese characters
with each other
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MAO WHO? SPELLING OUT CHINESE
by Karen Jordan Allen
Have you ever noticed that Chinese names and words are not always
spelled the same way in English? These different spellings come
from different systems of Romanization - ways of writing out
Chinese words with Roman
(Latin) letters. See examples of how this works with names of
cities, words and phrases
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THE
GREAT CHINESE INVENTION FAIR
by Shahbano Bilgrami
Discover all of the wondrous inventions of the ancient Chinese
in science, technology, agriculture, communications and daily
life - many of which impact our lives today
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SHAKING DRAGON
by Margaret Pitfield
Earthquake detection began with a decorative bronze jar surrounded
by figures of frogs. Sound mysterious? Find out how the first
seismoscope worked and were the precursor of the modern seismograph
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PASSING THE EXAM
by Jean Kuo
Think you have what it takes to succeed in ancient China? Learn
about one ticket to success - the civil service exam based upon
a rigorous course of study of Confucian thought
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PATH TO DISCOVERY: STORY OF THE SILK ROAD
by Edward C. Morzen
Explore how the trade network know as the Silk Road got its
start and what type of merchandise flowed across it
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ANCIENT VISION: THE GRAND CANAL OF CHINA
by Chris Pepple
What is the longest human-made waterway in the world? Why
it's the Grand Canal of China - an engineering marvel that
began 2500 years ago and spans 1100 miles
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COLORS OF THE PAST: PRESERVING THE TERRA-COTTA ARMY
by Jay Hammond
Once the terra-cotta figures were dug out of the earth, archaeologists
soon discovered that they lost their colors and turned a uniform
brownish-grey. They turned to chemists for a solution to preserve
the brilliance of the soldiers - find out how they did it
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BUDDHISM GOES TO CHINA
by Lori Rogers-Stokes
Follow Buddhism as it traveled from India to China to become
one of the major religions to influence Chinese culture and
challenge Confucianism and Taoism
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