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Interesting facts about China — tourist, cultural and historical trivia!
China is the third largest country in the world in terms of area and the first in terms of population density, inhabited by 56 ethnic groups. What surprises China? Interesting facts and intriguing facts about this remarkable country are listed below.
Such a vast and diverse area simply has to hide a lot of curiosities, and indeed it does. The Middle Kingdom has different customs from the rest of the world, so at first, contact with the local culture may come as quite a shock to a tourist from Europe.
China, like other countries of the Buddhist-Confucian civilization, developed independently of the rest of the world. This has largely determined the cultural distinctiveness of the place. In the historical and cultural context, it is difficult to see any similarities between China and Western civilization. From the point of view of the average European, almost everything about the Middle Kingdom seems foreign, exotic. In order to bring the peculiarities of this unusual country closer, we have collected the most intriguing interesting facts about China.
Interesting facts about Chinese culture
Cultural differences are perfectly normal and can be seen even between neighboring countries. However, it should be noted that when…
