The_symbols_of_China.ppt

* The Symbols of China 五星红旗 the Red Flag with Five Stars National flag is a country’s symbol. China’s national flag is the Red Flag with Five Stars. It is a meaningful design. The red flag symbolize revolution. Each of the five stars has it’s moral. The big star symbolize the Communist Party of China. The four small ones symbolize four classes of society. The position of the stars symbolize the unite of Chinese people. The stars’ color, yellow, also symbolize Chinese people is yellow man. 国旗是一个国家的象征。中国的国旗是五星红旗。五星红旗的设计深有含义。红色的旗面象征着革命，上面的每一颗五角星都有它的寓意。大五角星象征着中国共产党，四颗小五角星象征着社会上的四个阶级。分别是工人阶级，农民阶级，小资产阶级和民族资产阶级。五颗五角星的位置象征着中国共产党领导下的中国人民大团结。黄色的五角星也象征着中华民族是黄种人。 Tiananmen is also an important symbol of China. As we all know that on Oct 1,1949 Chairman Mao was just stand on here to announce to the world that the People’s Republic of China was founded. So Tiananmen sometimes is the symbol of Chinese government. It is a witness of history. And Tiananmen Square is an important place to celebrate some festival. 天安门也是中国的一个重要象征。我们都知道1949年10月1日，就是在这里，毛主席向世界庄严宣告中华人民共和国成立了。所以有时候天安门常常被当作中国政府的象征。它是历史的见证者。其前面的天安门广场是重要的大型活动举办场地。 The longest wall of the world, the Great Wall is another symbol of China. The great wall’s history is very long. It is a military engineering. The function of it is to defend the enemy in the north of China. The Great Wall remain to now was constructed in Ming dynasty. It is just like a dragon in the mountains. Why China is called “China” in English? The word “china” has two meanings. One is the People’s Republic of China, the other one is stoneware. This is because china is first made in China. And in the ancient Europe, china is a kind of luxury. So china became the name of the country in English. 在英文里，china 的意思是“瓷器”，这是因为古代的时候中国的瓷器通过丝绸之路到达欧洲，深受欧洲贵族的喜爱，由于数量有限，瓷器的价格曾一度超过黄金，成为只有贵族才能拥有的奢侈品。所以欧洲人便将瓷器的原产地中国称为China *