This article is about history of China prior to the establishment of the People’
s Republic of China on October 1, 1949. For the history of modern political state
using "China" in its formal name name comprising Mainland China, Hong Kong and
Macau, see History of the People's Republic of China. For History of the modern
political state using "China" in its formal name comprising Taiwan, see History
of the Republic of China.Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River
(Chinese: 黃河; pinyin: Huáng Hé) valley in the Neolithic era. The written
history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600 BC - ca. 1100 BC).
Turtle shells with ancient Chinese writing from the Shang Dynasty have been
carbon dated to as early as 1500 BC.[2] The origins of Chinese culture,
literature and philosophy, developed during the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC to 256 BC)
that followed the Shang. It was the longest lasting dynasty and spans the period
in which the written script evolved from ancient oracle script to the beginnings
of modern Chinese writing.
The feudal Zhou Dynasty eventually broke apart into individual city states,
creating the Warring States period. In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huangdi united the various
warring kingdoms and created the first Chinese empire. Successive dynasties in
Chinese history developed bureaucratic systems that enabled the Emperor of China
to directly control the vast territories.
The conventional view of Chinese history is that of a country alternating between
periods of political unity and disunity and occasionally becoming dominated by
foreign peoples, most of whom were assimilated into the Han Chinese population.
Cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia, carried by successive
waves of immigration, expansion, and assimilation, merged to create modern
Chinese culture.
s Republic of China on October 1, 1949. For the history of modern political state
using "China" in its formal name name comprising Mainland China, Hong Kong and
Macau, see History of the People's Republic of China. For History of the modern
political state using "China" in its formal name comprising Taiwan, see History
of the Republic of China.Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River
(Chinese: 黃河; pinyin: Huáng Hé) valley in the Neolithic era. The written
history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1600 BC - ca. 1100 BC).
Turtle shells with ancient Chinese writing from the Shang Dynasty have been
carbon dated to as early as 1500 BC.[2] The origins of Chinese culture,
literature and philosophy, developed during the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC to 256 BC)
that followed the Shang. It was the longest lasting dynasty and spans the period
in which the written script evolved from ancient oracle script to the beginnings
of modern Chinese writing.
The feudal Zhou Dynasty eventually broke apart into individual city states,
creating the Warring States period. In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huangdi united the various
warring kingdoms and created the first Chinese empire. Successive dynasties in
Chinese history developed bureaucratic systems that enabled the Emperor of China
to directly control the vast territories.
The conventional view of Chinese history is that of a country alternating between
periods of political unity and disunity and occasionally becoming dominated by
foreign peoples, most of whom were assimilated into the Han Chinese population.
Cultural and political influences from many parts of Asia, carried by successive
waves of immigration, expansion, and assimilation, merged to create modern
Chinese culture.
Reference
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Well, China has some long history, but for a country with one billion population you would expect that. Looks like China had many dynasties and kings. I would go there, maybe one day you'd here of the Eric dynasty!
Do you know since 2006, China and India has new historic? From BBC news article on 2006, I knew that on 6th July 2006 China and India open trade route. "India will import 15 items from China, including goat and sheep skins, yak tails and raw silk.
China, for its part, will import 29 items including tea, rice and spices."
References:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5150682.stm
I don't know much about China's history that much , not just China but even my own country it can be fuzzy at times but here are some general history and I find it fascinating that I would like to share in this blog such as :
China is the third largest country in the world after Russia and Canada. It has one fifth of the world population and over 1.2 billion of people. Han and other 55 minorities Chinese have been living in China for over 5000 years.
Chinese contributes great deal to the mankind with the invention of paper, printing, powder and compass in the early days. In the last 100 years, the governments of British, Europeans, America, Russians and Japanese had done a lot of harmful things to Chinese. After China's loss of Opium War to British in 1884, all the world powers gang together attempting to slice up China. Chinese had to suffer 80 years of internal turbulence, continuous civil war, foreign interference and Japanese invasion until a communist state, People's Republic of China, was established on October 1, 1949.
Communist China went through many hurdles, reforms, hardships and difficulties in the first 30 years of its establishment. These may include the land reform, Anti-corruption movements, Hundred Flowers Brooms, Great Leap Forward, Culture Revolution and etc. Soviet tried to control China in one hand and in another hand, America, together with Europeans and Japanese, has been trying to block Communist China since its early establishment.
Communist China did make mistakes in the past. But one thing for sure, this government makes all Chinese proud of being Chinese. China can stand up again. Chinese learned from the past history how the major powers play in the world stage. China has every reason to be cautious not to fall into the same trap again.
China started the economic reform with open door policy in late 70. Since then, China has set the stages of rapid economic growth with continuous experimentation and multi-staged market reform. Although China today is still a poor country, Chinese believe that the economic booming will continue for some time in its own pace.
Politically the West and Japan led by America continuously use Human Right, Democracy, Tibet, Taiwan etc. to against China. Notwithstanding the skepticism and interference, China forged ahead to take back Hong Kong from British on July 1, 1997 and Macao December 20, 1999. Japan is the only country today that still occupies Chinese land and not willing to give it back to China.
Taiwan is being governed by the Republican, which retreated to Taiwan from Mainland China in 1949. Taiwan and Tibet are both belonged to China ever since ancient time, long before America's 200 years of history. Thus any international movement of Taiwan or Tibet independence is not against the government in power. It is against Chinese as a whole. It will fail as the history has proved many times.
Chinese is peaceful, humble and non-invasive The nation has survived for 5000 years and the unique culture, rich heritages in arts, medicine, religions and philosophies have attracted a lot of the attentions. It is a fundamental mistake to label China as a communist state. China is China, a state cultivated by Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism. To understand China, it will be better to know Chinese history and philosophies,so one day if we travel to China we can see it with our own eyes !
Source from:(http://www.index-china.com/index-english/general-s.html)
Yes…! China has the long and old history everyone knew that. They are the first highest population in the world and I like the Great Wall of China and the people (girls) one day I’ll go there when I get the change.
China's very name is composed of ideographs meaning "center" and "country" respectively, and traditional Chinese world maps show China in the center. It's also important to note that it wasn't just China that had this idea. At the height of the Chinese empire, the Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, and Thai also believed China to be the center of the universe and referred to China as the middle kingdom, untill now, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam still refer to China as the middle country.
Resource followed by :
Reynolds, V., Falger, V., & Vine, I. (Eds.) (1987). The Sociobiology of Ethnocentrism. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.
Well, like my other friends I also don’t know much about china’s history but going to but searching on the internet I got some information regarding to china’s history here it is: China, one of the countries that can boast of an ancient civilization, has a long and mysterious history - almost 5,000 years of it! Like most other great civilizations of the world, China can trace her culture back to a blend of small original tribes which have expanded till they became the great country we have today.
It is recorded that Yuanmou man is the oldest hominoid in China and the oldest dynasty is Xia Dynasty. From the long history of China, there emerge many eminent people that have contributed a lot to the development of the whole country and to the enrichment of her history. Among them, there are emperors like Li Shimin (emperor Taizong of the Tang), philosophers like Confucius, great patriotic poets like Qu Yuan and so on.
Chinese society has progressed through five major stages - Primitive Society, Slave Society, Feudal Society, Semi-feudal and Semi-colonial Society, and Socialist Society. The rise and fall of the great dynasties forms a thread that runs through Chinese history, almost from the beginning. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1st, 1949, China has become a socialist society and become stronger and stronger.
Article soruce:- http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/
Besides the prehistoric times, there are more than 70 major dynasties of Chinese history. Such a long history!
China do have a lots of dynasties and kings. But i don't think that Eric dynasty will appear in history. Ya? Maybe after Eason dynasty.
There are some dynasties that i know,
Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty -221-206 BC
Han Dynasty -206 BC-AD 220
Three Kingdoms - 220-581 AD
Sui Dynasty - 581-618 AD
T'ang Dynasty - 618-907 AD
Sung Dynasty - 960-1279 AD
Mongols - 1279-1368 AD
Ming Dynasty -1368-1644 AD
The histories of China are really massive. It even appear in the dramas and movies.
(source: http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/china/history/index.htm)
Well,from your article I can see that China really have a lots of dynasties and kings during the past centuries. I didn't know that China are rich with history and in-depth culture.However, there are some movies that shows the history of China during the past centuries and during the different dynasties. This is one of the way of exposing China's history and culture that we can see some Chinese practiced today.
I do agree with you China has a great history but why you have never mentioned of Chinese Mongolian war...Did you know that Mongolians under ruling of Genghis Khan literally "Broke the spirit" of Chinese people at that time, because when Mongol army attacked China, China had much more stronger army compared to Mongolian's but somehow Mongols defeated Chinese, slaughtered hundred of thousands of people, and established their very own Mongolian Dynasty...
Also, for your information, Genghis Khan's army adopted the culture, language and even the alphabets and writing skills from Chinese people because Mongolians were very brutal and did not have any education, they would give their lives for their so called "Tengri", the sky deity.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengriism
http://www.accd.edu/sac/history/keller/mongols/empsub1.html
http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h11mon.htm
China, one of the countries that can boast of an ancient civilization, has a long and mysterious history - almost 5,000 years of it! Like most other great civilizations of the world, China can trace her culture back to a blend of small original tribes which have expanded till they became the great country we have today.
It is recorded that Yuanmou man is the oldest hominoid in China and the oldest dynasty is Xia Dynasty. From the long history of China, there emerge many eminent people that have contributed a lot to the development of the whole country and to the enrichment of her history. Among them, there are emperors like Li Shimin (emperor Taizong of the Tang), philosophers like Confucius, great patriotic poets like Qu Yuan and so on.
Chinese society has progressed through five major stages - Primitive Society, Slave Society, Feudal Society, Semi-feudal and Semi-colonial Society, and Socialist Society. The rise and fall of the great dynasties forms a thread that runs through Chinese history, almost from the beginning. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1st, 1949, China has become a socialist society and become stronger and stronger.
China is one of the biggest country of the world by area, population and economy. World’s largest population rank is belongs to china. China has lot people with lot of tradition and history. Many emperors conquer china from the age of ancient till modern age of the world. When many emperors came in they made their own history and some of them are unforgettable. I think it’s not easy to learn for any human to know about the Chinese history from ancient time to modern era. Great wall of china is one of the example of Chinese history.
I really wish I could visit China one day. Hopefully in this lifetime. I found a few interesting facts about China's history from this webpage (http://community.travelchinaguide.com/forum2.asp?i=23488). Here are some interesting onces:
1)Paper was invented in China around 105 A.D., by the eunuch Ts'ai Lun. According to the official history of the Han dynasty (3rd century A.D.), Ts'ai Lun was given an aristocratic title after he presented Emperor Ho Ti with samples of paper. In 751 A.D., Chinese papermakers were captured by the Arabs at Samarkand, and by 794 A.D. several state-owned paper mills operated in Baghdad. The Arabs were manufacturing paper in Spain around 1150. It was not until 1590 that the first English paper mill was founded, at Dartford.
2)Chinese Emperor Shi Huang-Ti built a network of 270 palaces, linked by tunnels, and was so afraid of assassination that he slept in a different palace each night.
3)The purpose of the Great Wall of China, was not especially to keep out the Huns from the north. The Huns could easily find places along the stretch that they could scale with ladders. But they couldn't get their horses across. Without their horses, they weren't very effective warriors.
There are more on that page. You should go and check them out.
China's History is really long and can't finish talking about it, because there are many events that took place. Here are all the Dynasties of China:
Chinese Dynasties Period
Prehistoric Times 1.7 million years - the 21st century BC
Xia Dynasty 21st - 16th century BC
Shang Dynasty 16th - 11th century BC
Zhou Dynasty Western Zhou (11th century BC - 771 BC)
Eastern Zhou
---- Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC)
---- Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC)
Qin Dynasty 221 BC - 206 BC
Han Dynasty Western Han (206 BC - 24 AD)
Eastern Han (25 - 220)
Three Kingdoms Period 220 - 280
Jin Dynasty Western Jin (265 - 316)
Eastern Jin (317 - 420)
Northern and Southern Dynasties Northern Dynasties (386 - 581)
Southern Dynasties (420 - 589)
Sui Dynasty 581 - 618
Tang Dynasty 618 - 907
Five Dynasties and Ten States Five Dynasties
---- Later Liang (907 - 923)
---- Later Tang (923 - 936)
---- Later Jin (936 - 946)
---- Later Han (947 - 951)
---- Later Zhou (951 - 960)
Ten States (902 - 979)
Song Dynasty Northern Song (960 - 1127)
Southern Song (1127 - 1279)
Liao Dynasty 916 --- 1125
Jin Dynasty 1115 --- 1234
Yuan Dynasty 1271 --- 1368
Ming Dynasty 1368 --- 1644
Qing Dynasty 1644 --- 1911
Rference:
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/index.htm
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