I is for inventions. The printing press, paper, gunpowder, the compass, and porcelain are just a few of the things invented by the early Chinese people.
J is for junks, a type of barge used to move rice in the canals from city to city.
K is for kaolin, the clay that porcelain is made from.
L is for languages, most versions are from the Sino-Tibetan language family, which is spoken by 29 ethnicities.
M is for Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak.
N is for nature reserve of Tibet, the second largest nature reserve system in the world and is home to the snow leopard, Butastur teesa, Felis chaus and golden monkeys.
O is for opera, a favorite form of entertainment where actors wear colorful costumes and masks.
P is for People’s Republic of China, the official name of China.
Q is for the Qing Ping market in Guangzhou where you can get dried starfish, deer antlers, tree bark and many other unique things.
R is for the ‘roof-of-the-world’ the plateau where Tibet is located.
S is for stir-fry a traditional form of Chinese cooking.
T is for the terra-cotta army, more than 7,000 clay life size soldiers that at one time carried real swords and spears.
U is for the Uigurs people, a distant cousin to the Turkish people and live in Kashi
V is for the valley of death or the Heizhu Valley, a mysterious place of numerous of mysterious ancient legends.
W is for water buffalo used by rice farmers to plow paddies.
X marks the spot.
Y is for yaks, a shaggy oxen used for their skin, milk, and meat.
Z is for Zhuang, the largest minority race in China.
