We are ahead of Pandia Press on this but on Tuesday of this week, we did a Chinese culture day because its the time the Chinese celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival. Basically this is a festival celebrating the moon and there is a story behind it. This meetup was a little too chaotic for my taste, but it was my fault. Because of this, we are doing the Chinese at home instead. So today we read a comic book type of book with a story and Chinese facts built in. It was called Good times Travel Agency " Adventures in Ancient China" by Linda Bailey.
It talked about key features in Chinese history. It focused on the Han Dynasty, which as we found out, was a time of great creativity in China. The Han Dynasty was between 202 B.C.E. - 220 A.D. A dynasty is a ruling family . The rulers were called Emperors. China believes that they are the center of the universe. And back in this time, any outsiders were called Barbarians. They called their land the "Middle Kingdom". China stayed under the rule of emperors for over 2000 years (221 B. C. to A.D. 1911) , making it the longest continuous empire.
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