Ancient Chinese Leter

Jade pig statue 

Natalie Bell
Dear People of the Future,
I live in the state of Ch’in it there is a lot of green land and mountains. Every morning I wake up wondering if I will be next to go to war against the other six warring states. My enemies are the other states. So far, we are in the lead. The word is that we are winning because we are one of the biggest states. The biggest challenge to us is the state of Qin, because  we are so close in size. We wear something called a tunic, it’s like a long t- shirt the rich wear tunics that have very special designs and that are made of silk or they would wear long silk robes. Like for example, the emperor would wear the long silk robes, while the poor have to make their own tunic which are made out of hemp ramie. Ramie is vegetable fiber noted for its length and toughness. For fun we make art and play games like Yo-yo, Chinese Dominoes,  jump rope, and fly kites.

Chinese painting of kids playing with yo-yo

Our government is headed by an emperor and a royal family. Our government is ruled by an emperor and he hires officials who actually kind of runs our part it is really complicated and a lot of people don’t get it .

Are houses are made of mud and sticks if you are poor and stone, bamboo, and wood if you are in the middle, and if you are a part of the royal family, your house is amazing. It’s really colorful, you have a nice coy pond and the roof tops are curved in and there is a lion statue which is called Shishi.   The Shishi are mostly made of Bronze or Stone and covered in wax so that it gives it a shine and they range in colors, but the most common colors are white, gold, and green. The emperor’s palace also may have Chinese dragons on them and some are gold, green, and red. For art, we do pottery like make bowls, sculptures, and vases, We also do some painting, bronze, Chinese embroidery, Chinese kites, paper cutting, and carved chinese jade,and make statues out of it which are really beautiful.A lot of stuff we make can be made of metal, jade.We are very proud of our art, culture, and traditions.
Sincerely,
Chan