CHAPTER 1 : intro to china and XI'AN Flashcards
SOME PROVINCES
TIBET , SHAANXI , GANSU
CITIES
SHANGHAI , BEIJING , WUHAN
AREA OF CHINA
9.6 MILLION SQUARE KILOMETER
HISTORY
MORE THAN 5000 YEARS
ETHNIC GROUPS
56 GROUPS
POPULATION
1.4 BILLION CHINESE PEOPLE
TOPOGRAPHY
HIGH IN ITS WEST AND LOW IN ITS EAST
WILD ANIMALS
PANDAS , TIGERS , CROCODILES , DOLPHINES
GEOGRAPHY : WHERE IS SHAANXI LOCATED ?
IN THE VERY HEART OF CHINA
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF SHAANXI PROVINCE
XI’AN
AREA OF SHAANXI PROVINCE
205,600 SQUARE KILOMETER
AREA OF XI’AN
10 108 SQUARE KILOMETER
POPULATION OF SHAANXI PROVINCE
3775,12 MILLION
POPULATION OF XI’AN
8,467,800 PEOPLE
WHAT DID XI’an mark ?
IT MARKED THE START OF THE SILK ROAD , THAT LINKED CHINA WITH CENTRAL ASIA
WHAT DID XI’AN SERVE AS ?
XI4AN SERVED AS A CAPITAL OF AN UNIFIED CHINA AND CAPITAL OF 13 DYNASTIES
WHAT ARE SOME DYNASTIES THAT XI’AN SERVED AS A CAPITAL?
ZHOU , QIN , HAN AND TANG DYNASTY
WHAT WAS XI’AN CALLED IN THE ANCIENT TIMES ?
IT WAS CALLED CHANG’AN
WHAT DOES CHANG’AN MEAN
IT MEANS EVERLASTING PEACE
WHAT ARE THE FAMOUS PLACES IN XI’AN ?
BIG WILD GOOSE PAGODA : BUILT IN 652 DURING THE REIGN OF EMPEROR GAOZONG OF THE TANG DYNASTY
EMPEROR QINSHIHUANG’S TOMB FIGURES OF SOLDIERS AND HORSES
THE BELL TOWER : 36 METERS HIGH AND WAS BUILT IN 1384
THE LOCAL SNACKS
SPICY SOUP AND THE COLD NOODLES
WHEN WAS NPU FOUNDED
1938
THE CAMPUSES OF NPU
CHANG’AN CAMPUS AND YOUYI CAMPUS
IN WHICH CAMPUS IS THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION LOCATED
YOUYI CAMPUS
