Flag of China

"...China’s national flag was adopted in September 1949 and first flown in Tiananmen Square (the world’s largest public gathering place) on October 1, 1949, the day the People’s Republic of China was formed. The red in the flag symbolizes revolution. The large star symbolizes communism and the little stars represent the Chinese people. The position of the stars represents the unity of the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party..." (http://facts.randomhistory.com/)

Another thing about Chinese Flag is that stars represent people's unity under Communism.

Smart people of China...

It is known that Chinese people are extremely smart. A lot of people believe it is due to their dedication to studying and consistent repetition. But I found one fact that defiantly shows their smart generations started to evolve a long time ago. By the second century B.C., the Chinese discovered that blood circulated throughout the body and that the heart pumped the blood. In Europe, circulation wasn’t discovered until the early seventeenth century by William Harvey (1578-1657).

Royal Chinese customs

I found information that "..It was customary for wealthy men and women in the late empire to grow the nails of their little fingers extremely long as a sign of their rank. They often wore decorative gold and silver nail guards to protect their nails..." This is defiantly royal way of showing their status in society and their nobility because only they can do nothing and grow their nail, unlike working class people who work all the time with their hands.

Color in Chinese Culture

I have read that color also means a lot in Chinese culture. There are so many interesting meanings that Chinese put in to color. Probably no other culture in the world has that much meaning in color. Here are some examples: White-symbolises purity, as in many cultures, but also sometimes connects to death and is a funeral color for Chinese culture; Red- is a color of happiness and used in all holidays, red envelopes are used for greeting cards it symbolizes good luck; Green- is very unpopular color, they have a saying about a men wearing a Green Hat, which means his wife is unfaithful; Blue-Green- on the other hand is a symbol of spring and represents nature and renewal; but Blue or Dark Blue- is also a color for funerals and also symbolizes immortality; Yellow- represents freedom, it is considered most beautiful color in China; symbolizes royalty and a symbolic color of five legendary emperors of ancient China; it is thought to generate Yin and Yang and is a center of everything; it is also respected color of Chinese Buddhist and sometimes used by them in funerals as a mourning color.

I found it very interesting that number 1 hobby in china is stemp collecting. Because, in Ukraine and Russia it was (i dont know about now, but before it was) pretty popular too. I personally know people who had huge books of all kinds of stemps that you can only imagine. Now, I think this hobby probably came to western Europe from China.

Intersting fact about Fortune Cookies

1. Many people mistakenly think that so famous Fortune Cookies are a long Chinese tradition and this is why you always see them in Chinese restaurants. But, it is not true. Fortune Cookies were invented only in 1920, considering how old Chinese culture is, 1920, is very resent date. They were invented by a worker in the Key Heong Noodle Factory in San Francisco. I was not able to find if a worker was actually Chinese or not, so it is possible that so famous Fortune Cookies were not even invented by Chinese.

China-longest continues civilization

China is considered the longest continues civilization by many historians. Some mark the beginning of Chinese civilization as far back as 6000 B. C. and the modern name of China is thought to come from "Chin" dynasty. This is not only unique and different culture, but as you can see one of the oldest and most interesting too. China has centuries of rich history in thir country, customs, and religion.