By JOSEPH Tamburello Santiago Alezard Gabriel Rosales

The Great Wall of China is a really cool structure that was built over 2,000 years ago. It was built so the Chinese could stay away from their enemies, the Huns. The Great Wall was considered one of the world’s wonders. Many small walls were built by multiple Chinese Emperors. Most of the small walls do not exist any more because they had been rebuilt during the Ming Dynasty between 1368 and This was called the Ming Dynasty Rebuilding. This made the wall more elaborate because the Dynasty added watch towers, battlements, and cannons.

China’s first empire was called Qin Shi Huandgi. Qin Shi was very mean and punished anyone who didn't follow strict laws. This emperor believed people were not born good and needed to obey the strict laws. Though Qin Shi Huandgi was mean, he did many goods for China. He ordered to build better roads, canals, bridges, etc. His most important and famous project was building The Great Wall of China witch was later finished in the Ming Dynasty.

 In China they make silk clothing, in fact they were the first to make it. women in China make the clothing. This culture never stopped in China. Long ago silk clothes were very valuable. Wearing silk showed an important symbol. Silk clothing was strong and soft in China. In China they kept silk cloth a secret. They managed to keep it a secret for 1,000 years! 2 monks managed to smuggle silk worms. Silk was a famous thing in China.

In china there was an army called the terracotta army. It looked like soldiers who had turned to stone. People found them underground and they are still there. People visit, but they have to be very careful. Some of them are 6 feet tall and some are 5 feet. None of the solders are the same, some have horses they still have weapons in their hands. Some of them are BROKEN!

The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It’s also called Chinese New Year. The celebration lasts for 15 DAYS! It starts on new year and ends with the lantern festival.

The last day of the spring festival there is a festival called the lantern festival. This festival was invented in the Han Dynasty. Lanterns were lit to honor Buddha.