China

__//CHINA//__ __//Becca Seymour, Beru O'Hare, Brandon Cousens//__ Kitchen 2
 * FLAG**
 * MAP**
 * China is located on the continent of Asia. It is to the west of Taiwan and Japan and is to the South of Mongolia.**

**Captial: Beijing** **Population: 1,339,724,852** **Size: 9,640,821 km2**
 * CAPITAL POPULATION AND SIZE**

**The Chinese New Year is a huge celebration in China that lasts around 15 days. During this celebration, the Chinese eat food that symbolize certain ideas.** **Spring rolls symbolize wealth because they resemble golden bars.** **Noodles symbolize a long life and it is believed to be unlucky to cut them.**
 * CELEBRATIONS:**

**If you were to visit a house in China, the host would prepare a huge feast which shows respect and appriciation.** **A well known fact about Chinese eating habits is the fact that they use chopsticks.** **There are many eating "rules" in China such as not sticking your chop sticks straight up in your bowl of rice, not having the teapot spout face anyone and not tapping your bowl with your chopsticks.** **If they eat any animal, they must eat EVERY part of the animal. Including bones, if you can swallow them, heads, tails, feet, etc.**
 * EATING HABITS AND CUSTOMS:**

**Rice** **Noodles** **Pork/Chicken/Other meat**
 * TYPICAL FOODS OF THE COUNTRY**