Category: Chinese Culture

Tang Dynasty 唐朝

  Tang (618 – 907) After the unified two Han dynasty, China underwent the warring and scattered Three Kingdom Period, Western Jin Dynasty, Eastern Jin Dynasty, Southern and Northern Dynasties and Sui Dynasty successively for about 400 years. In 618 AD, Li Yuan (Emperor Tanggaozu) established the Tang Dynasty, which is commonly seen as the most puissant and flourishing dynasty in Chinese history. His son Li Shimin (Emperor Tangtaizong), who led the country to the summit of Chinese feudalism, adopted series of enlightened policies and further developed agriculture, handicraft industry, commerce, weaving, tintage, ceramics, metal smelting, shipbuilding and many other technologies at that time. In 760s, Tang Dynasty had ruled the Tarim Basin, Junggar Basin, regions along the Ili River and even made influence in many cities of Central Asia. Meanwhile, communications in economy and culture with Japan, Korean, India, Persia, Arab and other countries and regions made China known to more and more countries in the world.

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Early 20th Century Changes in Chinese Apparel20世纪早期中国服饰的变化

The first ten years of the 20th century coincided with the last decade of the Manchurian Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The Boxer Uprising in 1900 against the foreign allied forces prompted the Qing government to make changes in its politics but not in the apparel of state officials. This featured the queue, or pigtail, which all Chinese men wore as a sign of allegiance to Qing rule, and the peacock feathers in officials' hats that gave Westerners such an eccentric impression of people in China and the Far East. 20世纪的第一个最初十年即是满清王朝（1644—1911）最后的十年。1900年，对抗外国联军的“义和团运动”引致了清政府政策上的改变，但是并未改变国家官员的装扮，其特色在于所有的中国男人都留有辫子，或称猪尾，以示效忠于清朝的统治，装饰于官员帽顶的孔雀羽毛，使得中国人乃至远东人给西方人留下一种古怪的印象。

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Great Sea ，My Sweet Home

Zhū Mínɡyīnɡ,nénɡ yònɡ 26 zhǒnɡ yǔyán biǎoyǎn bùtónɡ ɡuójiā hé dìqū de ɡēqǔ.bāshí niándài zhōnɡyānɡ diànshìtái de chūnjié liánhuān wǎnhuì shànɡ yíɡerén lián chànɡ sānshǒu ɡēqǔ .qūqū chénɡwéi rénménchuánchànɡ de jīnɡdiǎn.jīntiān ,wǒmén xuéchànɡ tā yǎnchànɡ de < dàhǎi ā ɡùxiānɡ >.

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About the Ancient City Wall of Pingyao

There is a saying: Pingyao Town(平遥古镇Píngyáo gŭzhèn) has three treasures, including the Ancient City Wall. The Ancient City Wall in Pingyao Town is located in the middle of Shanxi Province. First built 2,700 years ago, it was expanded in the Ming and Qing Dynasty. It is the most well-preserved wall among the ancient historical cities in China, and also an early and largest city wall in Shanxi Province. The present city wall is mainly in the form and structure of Ming, with a total length of about 6.4 kilometers(6400 meters).

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