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China is the most populous country with the longest-living civilization in the world. It is the home of many inventions and a treasure trove of folk medicine. What other secrets does China hide? Find out.
It is a country that ranks first in terms of population in the world. Right behind China is India, which, according to estimates, may overtake China in terms of population as early as 2023.
The natural increase in China in 2021 was 0.034%, in India in the same year it was as much as 0.68%.
The first emperor was Qin Shi Huang, who lived from 259 to 210 BC. He united China in 221 BC and initiated a dynastic period that lasted continuously until 1912.
Qin Shi Huang lived from 259 to 210 BC. He is called the First Emperor, the ruler who ended the Warring States Period by conquering six Chinese states in succession.
The first emperor was born in the city of Handan, the capital of the then-state of Zhao. Currently, over 1.3 million people live in Handan.
He ascended the throne of Qin at the age of thirteen, in 247 BC. However, he received full power only in 238 BC. The new king, after suppressing the rebellions, started a great military campaign and in a very short time conquered all the other Chinese countries. The first to fall was Han (annexed in 230), followed by Zhao (228), Wei (225), Chu (223), Yan (222), and the last of the great kingdoms - Qi (221).
The countries with larger territories than China are Russia, Canada, and the USA.
The area of China is 9.596.960 km². Due to such a huge area, China borders as many as fourteen countries.
In this country, there is the highest peak on Earth - Mount Everest, and the highest plateau on Earth - the Tibetan Plateau.
They were used during battles to intimidate the opponent.
They were invented in 1920 at the Key Heong Noodle factory in San Francisco.
This is how the Chinese show their grief after the loss of their loved ones.
Many Chinese children take care of their cricket and treat it as a pet.
It was already in the year 31 AD. It took Europeans another 1200 years to reach the same level of water engineering.
It was built by Su Song, one of the citizens. The device precisely indicated the time of day and allowed you to track constellations in the sky, so you could precisely set horoscopes.
33% of the country is mountains, 26% highlands, 19% deserts and reservoirs, 12% plains and 10% hills.
This is the Turfańska Valley, the bottom of which lies at a depth of -154 m below sea level. The Turfan Basin is located in western China, in the Xinjiang autonomous region.
China's neighbors are Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and North Korea.
The first fragments of the Great Wall of China were built in the 3rd century BC. It was supposed to be both a barrier against invaders and a symbol of the power of the first emperor of China.
The largest group is the Han - it constitutes as much as 91% of the total population. Each of the remaining groups has its own distinct culture, and some have a separate language and writing.
The four largest religions in China are Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, and Christianity.
Due to the ease of construction, effective heating, and bearable temperatures on hot days, some Chinese citizens settle in caves. A very popular region where we can find many of these types of habitats is Shaanxi Province.
During the Tang Dynasty (June 18, 618 – June 1, 907), Chinese alchemists developed gunpowder. Soon afterward, explosives, smoke, and incendiary materials were developed on its basis. China is the largest producer of fireworks, it is estimated that 85% of all firecrackers produced come from China.
There are over 8100 clay figures and new ones are discovered from time to time. The originator of the idea to create the terracotta army was, of course, the first emperor of China - Qin Shi Huang.
They used it as a heat source. Western civilization made the same discovery 2300 years later.
They were also the first to develop chemical weapons - more than 2000 years before World War I when warfare gases were first used in the West.
