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History of China
Questions about Chinese people, events, customs and cultures, including the various Chinese dynasties in existence throughout nearly 5000 years of China's history.
6,134 Questions
Most of the time, we coudn't use good or bad to judge an emperor.
He was good, because he He unified the language, currency and measurements. He built the Great Wall, which had protected chinese from the invasion of the nomadic people in the north for thousands of years. He conquered the other six kingdoms, ended the Zhou dynasty and become the first emperor of China. Without him, Chinese would speak in different languages ,write in different characters, use different currency, and today's China even wouldn't exist.
But he was very bad. He was definitely a tyrant. He killed a lot of people in the war, and numerous people died in the projects of building the Great Wall ,his palace and his mausoleum. In order to control the ideology, he set innumerable books on fire, and buried alive many scholars (most of them were confucians ).
He wanted his dynasty to last forever, but because of his cruelty, his dynasty ended very soon after he died.
Hoei Shin was born in the 5th century. He was a Buddhist monk. He discovered America and mentioned about his discovery in his writings.
How did Chinese civil war start?
The war began in 1927, after the Northern Expedition.[4] The war represented an ideological split between the Western-supported Nationalist KMT, and the Soviet-supported Communist CPC. The war began in 1927, after the Northern Expedition.[4] The war represented an ideological split between the Western-supported Nationalist KMT, and the Soviet-supported Communist CPC.
What country's sphere of influence included southern china?
China has a strong sphere of influence because of its economic power. They now manufacture a majority of products purchased in the US.
China was ruled by a series of dynasties fo how many years?
1271-1368 A.D. The Yuan Dynasty lasted 97 years according to archaeologists
The treaty of Nanking gave Hong Kong to?
Cantonese
The Treaty of Nanking is the agreement which marked the end of the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China resulting in the creation of the crown colony of Hong Kong, which remained under British control until 1997
What group won China's civil war from 1946-1949?
The CCP won the civil war. Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China in October of 1949.
What countries Mao Zedong hate?
Mao had paranoiac hatred of any country which threatened to dominate China imperially; these included Japan, the USA, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. This did not, however, stop him from securing alliances of convenience with nations that he feared. For the most part, state diplomacy during the Mao period was handled by his Premier, Zhou Enlai, and Mao focused primarily on domestic policy (with some exceptions, such as his aggressive support of Chinese involvement in the Korean War).
Who overthrew the qing dynasty?
The Qing Dynasty was overthrown by a popular revolution in 1911. The Chinese Republic lasted in some form until 1949 when it was usurped by the People's Republic of China.
What happened to Jiang Jieshi and his nationalist forces after the Chinese civil war?
Jiang Jieshi (Chaing Kai-Shek) escaped to the island of Taiwan with some of his remaining forces and established the Republic of China. Chiang died in 1975, and the authoritarian rule of the island gradually became more democratic.
Which dynasty defeated the Chou dynasty?
Dang, you must not know anything about China.
Anyway,
The answer to your question is The Shang Dynasty.
The Shang Dynasty defeated the Chou Dynasty.
What do Chinese people wear on Chinese New Year and why?
Most commonly, on Chinese new year, they wear red clothes. That is because it is believed that, on CNY, the demon comes to earth to eat people. Then they discovered that the demon did not like red, so they hang up red things and wear red on Chinese new year.
Genghis Khan also known as Temujin unified the Mongol tribes and headed one of the largest empires of all time. He is also known for sharing the spoils of war with his Mongol warriors, unusual for the time.
How did Buddhism help to reunify china under the tang dynasty?
well buddism is from india and india is friend with the jappenese and vietnemiese and today is friends with china and shairs buddhism with the chinese and buddhism held the chinese to belive in other religions as long as they know they can belive in buddhism in or around 1500 B.C. Answer by: Amber Hunnington lives: in Hunnington Beach ,CA age: 16
Why did the Chinese leaders Jiang Jieshi and Mao Zedong unite?
Nationalist leader Jiang was fighting a civil war against communists led by Mao.
Ghenghis Khan conquered China and established the Chinese Yuan Dynasty. Ghenghis Khan became an emperor in the Chinese tradition and established a court at Peking.
Why do people migrate to China?
Most people who moved to China during the Age of Imperialism (especially from Europe, the USA, and Japan) did so in order to trade goods with the Qing Empire, not always with that empire's consent.
What was the animal in Chinese New Year 1991?
The animal that represented the Chinese New Year in 1991 was the sheep.
Which dynasty followed the yuan dynasty?
The dynasty after Yuan dynasty is Ming Dynasty. Hope that's help
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answer 2 Yuan 1279 - 1368; Ming 1368 - 1644; Qing 1644 - 1911;
Republic of China 1911 - 1949; Peoples Republic of China 1949 - present.
