★From the Four Great Inventions to rare animals, from traditional festivals to modern cities, tell the stories of Chinese cities, technology, myths, festivals, and wild animals with an international visual language.

★Adopt a lively and interesting narrative style to convey environmental protection concepts and multicultural values. Suitable for global young readers to help children cross cultural differences and understand the diverse world.

★When you travel to China, what time will you be in, which city will you be in, what kind of people will you meet, what kind of festivals will you celebrate, and what kind of stories and legends will you hear? Open the book, and as soon as the time - space tunnel is opened, set off!

This series consists of 5 volumes:
"When You Travel to China - City Volume"
"When You Travel to China - Technology Volume"
"When You Travel to China - Festival Volume"
"When You Travel to China - Myth and Legend Volume"
"When You Travel to China - Wildlife and Plants Volume"

This series is a set of cultural popular science books carefully designed for global young readers. Through five theme - clear volumes, it adopts an international visual language and narrative style to let children around the world learn more about multiculturalism in a lively and interesting way.

Hello, hello ~ The mysterious tunnel is about to open. Open the book and travel through time and space with me! This time our landing point is - China!

In the "City Volume", you will see the completely different urban landscapes of ancient and modern times; In the "Technology Volume", you will personally explore the history of the Four Great Inventions and marvel at the wisdom of the ancients; In the "Myth and Legend Volume", you will hear myths and legends different from what you have heard since childhood. It turns out that Chinese gods and monsters are like this; In the "Festival Volume", you will directly feel the interesting and different Chinese festivals and understand another side of Chinese culture; In the "Wildlife and Plants Volume", you will see rare animals and plants such as giant pandas and golden monkeys, which are rarely seen in daily life...

I hope you can marvel during the journey that the world is so colorful and culture is so wonderful and diverse ~

**Inventions and Discoveries That Shaped the World**
The Compass and Its Impact ...... 30
The Invention of Paper ...... 32
How Was Gunpowder Invented? ...... 34
Bi Sheng and Movable-Type Printing ...... 36
Extension: Ancient Scientific Knowledge ...... 38

**Other Ancient Inventions and Discoveries**
How Did Ancient People Tell Time? ...... 02
Achievements in Observing Celestial Phenomena ...... 04
The Bow and Arrow ...... 06
Agricultural Tools for Plowing and Irrigation ...... 08
The Millennium Water Conservancy Project Still in Use: Dujiangyan ...... 10
How Was Alcohol Invented? ...... 12
Water and Land Transportation ...... 14
The Origins of Silk ...... 16
How to Make a Bronze Vessel ...... 18
From Pottery to Porcelain ...... 20
What Is Traditional Chinese Medicine? ...... 22
The Great Wall ...... 24
Who Built the Great Wall? ...... 26
Extension: Ancient Scientific Knowledge ...... 28

**Appendix**
Discoveries by the Chinese
Other Ancient Scientific Achievements
A Glimpse of China's Cutting-Edge Technology
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