China and Chinese Culture Posters, Prints, Maps & Charts, pg 2/2
curriculum resources for social studies classroom, home schoolers and themed decor.

An abacus is an ancient calculation tool consisting of a frame with beads on wires. Abacus', in use prior to the the adopiton of written numerals, is still widely used in Asia and Africa.

• numbers posters
• alphabet posters

Chinese Fisherman with His Fishing Cormorants, Photographic Print

Cormorants are seabirds whose natural ability to dive into water and bring back fish to eat on shore was exploited by humans.
• more bird posters
• more seafood posters

Father Matteo Ricci in Mandarin Costume, Giclee Print

Xu Guangqi, a bureaucrat, agricultural scientist, astronomer, mathematician, was a colleague of Matteo Ricci (b. 10-6-1552; Papal States, d. 5-11-1610; China), a Jesuit missionary, mathematician and cartographer. Xu Guangqi and Ricci translated a part of Euclid's Elements into Chinese, as well as translating Confucianism text into a western language.

• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was also a Jesuit priest

Eight Part Chinese Astrological Map, Art Print, Vatican Library Adam Schall von Bell

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Johann Adam Schall Von Bell (1591-1666) was the first European member of the Peking's Court bureaucracy. He also became head of the office of the Imperial Observatory when he and fellow Jesuit priests were able to accurately predict a solar eclipse.

• more Vatican posters
• more astrology posters
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was also a Jesuit priest

Cashew Tree, Art Print, Michal Boym

Michal Piotr Boym (1612-1659) was a Jesuit priest, scientist, and early explorer, who is notable for his documention of the geography, flora and fauna of China.

• Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts: China, Healing, and the West to 1848
• more tree posters
• more fruit posters

World Religions -
Buddhism Wall Poster
“For whether the world is eternal or otherwise, birth, old age, death, sorrow, pain, misery, grief, and despair exist. I am concerned with the extinction of these.” The Buddha
. . . Today about 350 million Buddhist live all around the world. Most Buddhist live in the Asian nations of Japan, China, and Vietnam, . . .
• more World Religions poster series
• more Buddhism posters

Chairman Mao Zedong Proclaiming the Founding of the People's Republic of China, Giclee Print

Mao (1893-1976) is considered one of the most influential world leaders in modern history - both applauded as a great revolutionary and as a destroyer of culture and society. In 1949 the People's Republic of China invaded Tibet and forced the Dalai Lama into exile.

• World Leaders posters

Kindness - Hands Poster

Kindness - Hands Poster
“Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.”
Tao Te Ching

• Peace posters

Feng Shui Poster

The ancient Chinese art of placement and space arrangement to achieve harmony is called Feng-shui and literally translates as “wind-water”.

Chinese Paper Money National Geographic, Photographic Print

Chinese Paper Money / National Geographic

• more money posters