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My name is Nur Faiz Idayu Binti Mohd Subhi. I came from Sabak Bernam, Selangor.

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My name is Muhammad Hazim Asraf Bin Mohamad Mustafa Albakri. Im from Ipoh , Perak.

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The country that we choose is China that was located in eastern Asia along the western shore of the Pacific Ocean. Most of China has a continental climate, though it has an ocean coast, and latitudes range from tropical to Siberian, meaning that temperature and weather differ strikingly across the country. China also has been drawing increasing amounts of Western visitors eager to explore its beauty and culture.. China was one of the oldest and longest lasting civilizations in the history of the world.  The history of Ancient China can be traced back over 4,000 years. Located on the eastern part of the continent of Asia, today China is the most populous country in the world. China is a populous nation in East Asia whose vast landscape encompasses grassland, desert, mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 14,000km of coastline. Capital Beijing mixes modern architecture with historic sites such as the Forbidden City palace complex and Tiananmen Square. Shanghai is a skyscraper-studded global financial center. The iconic Great Wall of China runs east-west across the country's north.

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After we're collect all the information of folk culture in China. This video is one of our way to show more intersting about the amazing culture life of China.

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FOLK CULTURE IN CHINA

Folk culture refers to a culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups. It demonstrates the old way relates to a sense of community.

For this topic, our group chose China as our country and we will explain it more further.

China is an extremely large country. Significantly, individuals within communities make their own culture basically includes religion, food, and many other things.

The Chinese that rules officially that there are only five official religions. Any religion other than Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism are illegal, even though they allowed freedom of religion. Other than that, like other countries, foods are the main thing to shows their specialities based on their folk culture. Among the main styles of Chinese cooking are Cantonese, which features stir-fried dishes, and Szechuan, which relies heavily on use of peanuts, sesame paste and ginger and is known for its spiciness. Rice is not only a major food source in China but still, it is also a major element that helped grow their society.

There are so many folk culture that can be found in China and also in other countries because it is the main identity of the culture. Without it, we will not be able to differentiate the culture of each country and will reduce tourist rates in every country. Therefore, we must realize the culture in every country so that it is not forgotten

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For natural landscape we choose Zhangjiajie. Zhangjiajie, a city in the northwest of China's Hunan province. This protected zone encompasses thousands of jagged quartzite sandstone columns, many of which rise over 200m, as well as caves filled with stalactites and stalagmites. Wulingyuan also encompasses forests, rivers, waterfalls and 2 large natural land bridges, as well as endangered plant and animal species. This place is a untounched environtment and no human intervention. The place is all bipohysical element that still intact.

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For the rural landscape we choose Guilin, China. Guilin is located in the northeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China.The area around Guilin  is renowned for its mountain and river scenery and natural areas. Pleasant, mild weather, cruise boats, river rafting and swimming, hiking, and a relaxed atmosphere makes it a favorite tourist spot.The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest sights in the world — the longest wall in the world, an awe-inspiring feat of ancient defensive architecture. Its winding path over rugged country and steep mountains takes in some great scenery. This place is a low population of human. There also have a agricultural activity such as farming and harvesting paddy. The place is low of development of human and the nature still available until now.

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For the urban landscape we choose Chinatown. A Chinatown is an ethnic enclave of Chinese or Han people located outside mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan, most often in an urban setting. Areas known as "Chinatown" exist throughout the world, including Asia, Australia, the Americas, Africa and Europe. This place have the high population of human. Most of people stay and live because they have modern technology and industrial activity. They scarce patches of nature and almost all the place was dominated environtment by human. They also have a high level of develpoment.

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Random Sketch of Model
This is the sketch of our model which is included Natural Landscape (ZHANGJIAJIE NATIONAL PARK), Rural Landscape (GUILIN) and Urban Landscape (CHINATOWN). This skecth has been approved by our lecturer before we start doing our model.

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China is an extremely large country — first in population and fifth in area, according to the CIA — and the customs and traditions of its people vary by geography and ethnicity.

About 1.4 billion people live in China, according to the World Bank, representing 56 ethnic minority groups. The largest group is the Han Chinese, with about 900 million people. Other groups include the Tibetans, the Mongols, the Manchus, the Naxi, and the Hezhen, which is smallest group, with fewer than 2,000 people.

"Significantly, individuals within communities create their own culture," said Cristina De Rossi, an anthropologist at Barnet and Southgate College in London. Culture includes religion, food, style, language, marriage, music, morals and many other things that make up how a group acts and interacts. Here is a brief overview of some elements of the Chinese culture.

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The Chinese Communist Party that rules the nation is officially atheist, though it is gradually becoming more tolerant of religions, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. Currently, there are only five official religions. Any religion other than Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Protestantism are illegal, even though the Chinese constitution states that people are allowed freedom of religion. The gradual tolerance of religion has only started to progress in the past few decades.

About a quarter of the people practice Taoism and Confucianism and other traditional religions. There are also small numbers of Buddhists, Muslims and Christians. Although numerous Protestant and Catholic ministries have been active in the country since the early 19th century, they have made little progress in converting Chinese to these religions.

The cremated remains of someone who may have been the Buddha were discovered in Jingchuan County, China, with more than 260 Buddhist statues in late 2017. Buddha was a spiritual teacher who lived between mid-6th and mid-4th centuries B.C. His lessons founded Buddhism.
Statue of Confucius at Confucian Temple in Shanghai, China

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The largest festival — also called the Spring Festival — marks the beginning of the Lunar New Year. It falls between mid-January and mid-February and is a time to honor ancestors. During the 15-day celebration, the Chinese do something every day to welcome the new year, such as eat rice congee and mustard greens to cleanse the body, according to the University of Victoria. The holiday is marked with fireworks and parades featuring dancers dressed as dragons.
Many people make pilgrimages to Confucius' birthplace in Shandong Province on his birthday, Sept. 28. The birthday of Guanyin, the goddess of mercy, is observed by visiting Taoist temples. It falls between late March and late April. Similar celebrations mark the birthday of Mazu, the goddess of the sea (also known as Tianhou), in May or June. The Moon Festival is celebrated in September or October with fireworks, paper lanterns and moon gazing.

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Chinese art is greatly influenced by the country's rich spiritual and mystical history. Many sculptures and paintings depict spiritual figures of Buddhism, according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Many musical instruments are integral to Chinese culture, including the flute-like xun and the guqin, which is in the zither family.

Eastern-style martial arts were also developed in China, and it is the birthplace of kung fu. This fighting technique is based on animal movements and was created in the mid-1600s, according to Black Belt Magazine.

Ancient Chinese were avid writers and philosophers — especially during the Ming and Qing dynasties — and that is reflected in the country's rich liturgical history.

Recently, archaeologists discovered detailed paintings in a 1,400-year-old tomb in China. "The murals of this tomb had diversified motifs and rich connotations, many of which cannot be found in other tombs of the same period," a team of archaeologists wrote in an article recently published in a 2017 issue of the journal Chinese Archaeology.

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For our natural landscape , we chose Zhang'jia'jie(张家界) as our model.
First, we cut the polisthrene to make it as a mountain and arranged it.
Then, we use plaster of paris to shape the mountain and wrap it with cotton.
After that, we colour the mountain with green and brown colour.

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Original picture Zhangjiajie mountain

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final work

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After that , for our rural landscape we chose Guilin China.
This place has a paddy field, village house that we make it on our model.
Step:
1) we use plaster of paris to shape the paddy field.
2) Then we cut the grass mat and put it neatly at the model.

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recycle box

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polisthrene as a mountain and base for the model

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we use cotton with water and colour with green for the natural mountain

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this material as a house and temple roof

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we use plaster of paris for the mountain

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we use pva glue and uhu glue

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we use grass mat as a paddy field of Guilin,China.

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this material for village house roof in rural area

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we use this material to make the tree

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In China , theres important buildings have traditionally been built on a platform or terrace of pounded earth covered by brick or stone. The terraces are reached by a dozen or more steps and are adorned with stone balustrades and sculptures.

Traditional Chinese buildings have tile roofs with swooping eaves. Walls are usually made of brick or wood. The tile roofs are gray for ordinary buildings, yellow for imperial palaces and blue or green for other important structures. The upturned eaves are elaborately carved with extraordinary detail and are works of art in their own right. Sometimes bells hang from the eaves.

Traditional arch gate features include carved flowering trees, peacocks and lucky bats. Painted red and gold, they are placed at city gates and in stores and restaurants. Not merely decorative, they were strategically placed to ward off evil spirits. The carvings, spirals and swirls are meant to confuse them further.

Some Chinese buildings feature balconies covered with elaborate iron and woodwork. They are often painted bright red, gold and green, colors associated with good luck, and hung with signs, tasseled lanterns, and silk banners.

The entrance to palace often had a large water tower. Palaces of the Machu emperors at Chengte featured exposed unadorned cedarwood beams which gave of a fragrant scent that is also a natural insect repellant. For example ,

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3) We make a tree with sponge and stick. Then we wrap it with grass powder.

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4) we build the village house and river.

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A hall in the Forbidden CityMany buildings are laid out with the principals of feng shui in mind.

Feng shui is the practice of bringing about good fortune among the living, the dead and the spiritual world by making sure objects placed in a landscape or space are in harmony with the universe in such a way that they optimally draw on sources of qi (cosmic energy or life force). Also known as geomancy, ifeng shui is often expressed in terms of Chinese and Taoist cosmology and is said to be over 3,500 years old.

The five directions of Chinese cosmology and feng shui are north, south, east, west and center. South represents light and brings good luck. North represents darkness and brings bad luck. Accordingly, doors of houses should not face north of northwest: they should face south. The entire house should be oriented towards the south with mountains to the north to block the bad luck from entering and keep good luck from escaping. The best location is at the foot of a mountain, facing a river. Waters helps attract qi. Buildings with a square plan help hold it firmly.

The location of the family alter, the orientation of the house and the arrangement of the furniture should be in harmony. Bedrooms should face the sun and stairway should’t be visible from the front entrance. Qi is believed to enter through the front door and exit through the toilet.

Walls can be constructed at certain angles to attract positive energy. Doors can be adorned with coins bearing the names of famous emperors to attract good luck. Fountains in corners are sometimes used to deflect bad energy from the sharp angles of nearby buildings. Mirrors are also used to deflect bad energy. Cell phones are believed to disrupt feng shui. Thriving plants are signs that qi is plentiful.

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Chinese temples---whether they be Taoist, Buddhist or Confucian---have a similar lay out, with features found in traditional Chinese courtyard houses and elements intended to confuse or repel evil spirits. Temples are usually surrounded by a wall and face south in accordance with feng shui principals. The gates usually contain paintings, reliefs or statues of warrior deities intended to keep evil spirits away. Through the gates is a large courtyard, which is often protected by a spirit wall, a another layer of protection intended to keep evil spirits at bay. The halls of the temple are arranged around the courtyard with the least important being near the entrance in case evil spirits do get in.

Chinese temples are often comprised of many buildings, halls and shrines. They tend to be situated in the middle of towns and have north-south axises. Large halls, shrines and important temple buildings have traditionally been dominated by tiled roofs, which are usually green or yellow and sit atop eaves decorated with religious figures and good luck symbols. The roofs are often supported on magnificently carved and decorated beams, which in turn are supported by intricately carved stone dragon pillars. Many temples are entered through the left door and exited through the right.

Pagodas are towers generally found in conjunction with temples or viewed as temples themselves. Some can be entered; others can not. The Chinese have traditionally believed that the heavens were round and the earth was square. This concept is reflected in the fact that pagodas have square bases rooted to the earth but have a circular or octagonal plans so they look round when viewed by the gods above in the sky.

Early Chinese-style pagodas were modeled after Indian stupas. Pagoda architecture arrived with Buddhism but over the centuries developed a distinctly Chinese characteristics that influenced the architecture in Japan and Korea and other places.

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For urban landscape we choose Chinatown,China.
Step:
1) we wrap the base of urban with masking tape and colour it to make a road.
2) We put the building that has made with box as a urban building.

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3) We put the temple and house of china in a urban area

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Final work of urban are

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final work of rural area

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We add our model progress and label the model 

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We add our model progress and label the model 