Holidays, Tourist Attractions and the Economy

-Chinese New Year- biggest event in culture, beginnign of New Year, families clean house top -bottom and have huge parties and feasts. This is where lion dancing mainly takes place.

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-Earth God Day- February 2nd and everyone spends the whole day worshiping the earth and leaving treats on shrines for the spirits.

-Palace Museum- holds over 650,000 pieces of Chinese bronze, jade, porcelain, painting, calligraphy. Move from mainland in 1949 when KMT fled to Taiwan

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-Exports- electronics, textile, rubber and plastic products, basic metals

-Imports- electronics, chemicals, transportation, oil

-Make more on exports than on imports- 203.7 billion to 174.7 billion-Trade Deficit

-Market economy-capitalism+democracy-determination of prices of goods and services by the division of labor

-Natural Resources- coal, limestone, natural gas, marble

-Agriculture- pork, rice, eel, sugarcane, fruits and vegetables, poultry, shrimp

-Unemployment rate- 5.76%-most are farmers or work in factories

-National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial- made in 1975 to remember president Chiang Kai-shek who died that year. He was president from 1949/50-1975

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-Kinmen- Monument on Taiwan's coast that shows the marks left from previous wars fought there. It is the first line of defense for Taiwan and that explains the bullet ridden walls and torn up houses. It was built to show what war does to land and people of Taiwan. Memorable events here are the 2-28 and the bombardment. 2-28 was when nationalists started a riot and two were killed and a cigarette sellar was injured. Also, a monument displaying Chairman Mao Zedong's accomplishments is located here.

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