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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
By what time period does evidence of cultural sharing in Neolithic China begin?
The Neolithic Revolution occurred first in the so-called "Fertile Crescent" or Mesopotamia in what is now modern Iraq. It also occurred independently (probably) at later dates in China, the Americas and possibly in parts of Africa and New Guinea. Agriculture and pastoralism diffused from Mesopotamia to Egypt, Western Europe and the Indus Valley (modern Pakistan).
Why did the Chinese come to Belize?
The Chinese first came to Belize when it was still British Honduras, and they were brought there as indentured servants. More recently, in the 1990s they came to take advantage of an immigration program in Belize where you could gain citizenship by investing money in the country. Many opened family-owned shops with their investment money. The Chinese have faced considerable prejudice in Belize and their businesses are often targeted for crime. The number of Chinese in Belize has fallen over the last decade as many Chinese have moved to neighboring countries.
What is the Chinese lantern festival celebration?
Chinese New Year is one of the most outstanding and joyous festive events in the world. During two weeks in January-February all people in China, as well as a great number of overseas Chinese, celebrate the favorite holiday, arranging family dinners, street festivals, carnival processions and fireworks.
The holiday ends on the 15th day of the first lunar month of New Year according the Chinese calander. On the day of the first full moon, and from the ancient time Chinese greet the moon, hanging out a numerous colorful lanterns. This tradition is called the Lantern Festival or the Yuan-Xiao Festival in Chinese, where Yuan is a name of the first lunar month and Xiao means "night".
In honor of the full moon, people wear white clothes this day; they hang lanterns in parks and gardens, on pathways to houses, on streets and markets. Chinese believe that the charming light of lanterns helps to open a way to prosperity and happiness.
There are some nice ancient Chinese traditions that can help you to celebrate the Lantern Festival to your family circle. It will give you a feeling of togetherness with your family and good friends. What is more, joining the great magical energy of the festival, you will be able to appeal to heaven for good fortune, well-being and love.
I know it was long, but !!! :)
How do the Chinese celebrate the People's Republic of China?
I can not list all of them here. I will give you some major one.
1. 5/1 labor day
2. 6/1 children's day
3. 10/1 I don't know what the English name. this is the day when China free.
4. 3/8 Women's day
5. 9/10 Teachers' day
6. Chinese new year.
What was the most Important innovation of the Han Dynasty?
I would say it would be the currency that united china during the Qin dynasty!
Hope I helped!
Why didn't China conquer the world?
China is the Middle Kingdom, it is a center of wisdom and enlightenment, and everything outside can be considered barbaric. The Chinese learned long ago that tributary nations require as much support as they provide. The Chinese have only had desire to conquer the world for a few fleeting moments in history, usually when the ruling people were not Chinese natives, and then they realized they are far better off being content with what they have.
Who did the actual labor of the great wall of China?
slaves and captives built the great wall of china, but it was constructed by Qin Shi Huang
How did the people in ancient China adapt to their surroundings?
They fished, farmed and irrigated their land.
Why do the Chinese use the Chinese dragon on Chinese New Year?
Chinese Dragans have long-thin bodies like snakes, horns like a deer.
snake like body cow ears deer horns lizard legs fish scale eyes of a demon claws of a eagle that's not all you can go towww.Google.com and image results and search Dragon
Who was the leader during china's civil war?
Mao Zedong and he gave the name 'People's republic of China' (中华人民共和国).
Why was the period between 1467 and 1568 called the age of the warring states?
The warring states period was an era of disorder in Ancient China, when powerful warrior-cheiftains, called the daimyo, seized control of old federal estates and set up a new type of government: feudalism.
Chinese refer to people from China or have ancestors whom originate from China. Asians are people who are from Asia. While Chinese are asians, asians are not necessarily Chinese.
Taiwan is an island which has a different government than the Chinese mainland because the losing non-communist forces during the Chinese civil war fled to Taiwan leaving the communists to take over the mainland. The official title of Taiwan is the 'Republic of China'
How did the people communicate in ancient china?
By using messengers and roads that they built.
Many also wrote letters.
Who was the first communist leader in china?
Mao Tse Tung This is a great website because it helps all the homeschoolers in the world. This was on my final exam!
What natural material did the ancient Chinese use to make their paper?
The paper was inveted by the Chinese so that they could write smoothly
It probably invented paper to record thing they traded, what they produced, and other thing.
Before they had used paper for writing they actually used it for clothing such a jackets and shoes and other things
How was the Ming Dynasty established?
Guo Zixing build a empire called the Song dynasty, this is not the Song dynasty which reigned from 927 to 1279, they consisted of peasents who were unhappy with the Mongol's rule and decided to rise against them. Another commander was Liu Futong. After these 2 people died, Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, became the commander of these troops and then in 1368 built the Ming Dynasty and successfully chased the Mongols out of the central plains.
What are the central beliefs of Confucianism?
Confucians believe that all people are good, that you should respect and follow your elders, ancestors should be worshiped, education is strongly emphasized, and Yin and Yang represent opposite forces that balance out everything in life.
Li: includes ritual, propriety, etiquette, etc.
Hsiao: love within the family. Love of parents for their children and of children for their parents
Yi: righteousness
Xin: honesty and trustworthiness
Jen: benevolence, humaneness towards others. The highest Confucian virtue
Chung: loyalty to the state.
How did Chinese benefit from tea?
As tea is made using boiled water they had less exposure to dangerous waterborne bacteria and parasites than Europeans did for thousands of years. Europeans instead drank large amounts of alcoholic beverages to reduce exposure to dangerous waterborne bacteria and parasites, with the result that they were also drunk most of the time (when the Chinese could be clear headed and sober).
Yes, now more and more Chinese aremigrating,especially, those living in countryside are flowing into urban. Why?
As the development of society, the level of education and medical treatment is rising. Only the income from farmland can not meet the rising need. But the sons and daughters of farmers need education, and their parents wants their children can have better future life than themselves, so they seek other ways to earn more money. So they migrate to cities, engaging at the most toilsome and dirty jobs.vggv
Why did people flee China in the 1940s?
In 1949 the nationalists under chiang Kai-shek arrived in Taiwan from the Chinese mainland. Along with them came more than 1.5 million refugees fleeing communist rule. Fearing a communist invasion, the nationalists kept a large army in the hope of someday retaking the mainland. They also blocked other political groups from sharing in the government.
What were some of the clay figures found in Qins tomb?
The tomb of Qin was found in 1974, by Chinese peasants who were drilling a well.
