Rachel, Tiana, Kate, Christina and Julia

ANCIENT CHINA’S BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

The Forbidden City• Built 1406-1420• Consists of 980 buildings• Located in the center of Beijing•Was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty• For 500 years it served as the home of emperors and their household• Since 1925, it has been under the charge of the Palace Museum

The Great Wall of China• 6700km from east to west• 12m high• Made of stone, brick, mud, and wood• 1,000,000 people out of a population of 5,000,000 people helped to make it• The people that died making it are enclosed in the walls• Protected China from invasion• Reconstructed during the Ming Dynasty• 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world• Can be seen from space

Terracotta Army• “Terracotta warriors and horses” is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of the first emperors of China• Discovered on March 29, 1974• They are replicas of what the imperial guard should look like in those days•Was made to protect the emperors tomb• Life-size statues • No 2 are exactly alike• There were 8000 soldiers, 150 life-size horses and 130 chariots with 520 horses buried with the army

Grand Canal• Longest canal or artificial river in the world• Famous tourist attraction• Starts in Beijing and ends in Hangzhou• 1776km long• 42m deep• Invented in the 10th century during the song dynasty

Bibliography•World History: Societies of the Past textbook• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_City• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canal_%28China%29• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China

Questions1. What was the purpose of the forbidden city?2. What was the great wall of china made of?3. What was the purpose of the terracotta army?4. The grand canal begins in Beijing and ends in________A) HangmanB) HangzooC) HangzhouD) Hangqhou