chinese culture. chinese tattooing tradition the art of tattooing has been known in china for...
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Chinese Culture
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Chinese tattooing tradition
• The art of tattooing has been known in China for thousands of years
• It’s called Ci Shen which means “puncture the body”
• Chinese tattoos offer beautiful characters
• Chinese history tattooing has been seen as a defamation
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Traditional wedding
• Chinese weddings use the color red to bring happiness and luck
• Inviting friends and family symbolizes formality and relationships
• After the ceremony the bride and the groom burn food and money as a offering to the gods
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Chinese Silk
• China is the birthplace of silk
• Silk was discovered in the city of Suzhou
• They harvest the silk from the cocoons of caterpillars
• The cocoons are put in hot water so it can make natural glue
• Once the glue melts it can make 2,000 feet of silk
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Chinese New Year
• On Chinese New year people wear red clothing for good luck
• Children are given “lucky money” in red envelopes
• In China it last for 15 days on the Lunar calendar
• Fireworks are set off to scare off evil spirits
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The Zodiac
• It was a race for the first 12 animals to reach the Golden Emperor
• There was a cat in the race but the cat fell asleep
• The rat came in first because it rode on the ox’s back and then jumped off
• The reason there are 12 animals because theirs 12 year cycle
• Most East Asian counties use the Zodiac.