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World Heritage in China

In 1985 China joined the World Heritage Convention to participate in the protection of the world’s cultural and natural heritage. Since 1987, China has repeatedly recommended cultural and natural heritage sites to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
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Mount Jiuhua

Mount Jiuhua (lit., “Nine Flowers”) is located southwest of the capital of Qingyang county in Anhui province. The scenic mountain area measures about 100 square kilometers and is said to feature ninety-nine peaks and eighteen vistas.
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Huizhou Culture

When one thinks of Huizhou, it is the cultural region and not modern Huangshan city that comes to mind. Huangshan is an administrative district that was carved out from the cultural Huizhou by administrative measures. The Huizhou people think of, however, covers the six counties of Shexian, Xiuning, Wuyuan, Jixi, Yixian, and Qimen.
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Famen Monastery

The Famen (Dharma Gate) Monastery is located in Famen township, Fufeng county in Baoji city, Shaanxi province. Legend has it that during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–220), a pagoda was built to enshrine the śarīra (cremation relics) of Shakyamuni; the monastery was constructed around this pagoda.
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Sino-African Cultural Exchange

Because of the great distance between East Asia and Africa, contact between China and African lands was limited in early times.
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Ba-Shu Culture

In discussing what is now sometimes called the Ba-Shu culture it is important to remember that originally the Ba and Shu were peoples of differing customs, ethnicity, and history.
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Western Xia Dynasty

Although Xi Xia, or Western Xia studies is an emerging discipline, records and research on the Xi Xia empire go back a long way. It was not until about one hundred years ago that the study of the dynasty’s formation and development started to be treated as an academic discipline.
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Jin Yong

Jin Yong (1924–), is the pen name of Zha Liangyong, also known as Louis Cha Leung-yung, who is best known for his martial arts novels, journalism, and social activism.

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The Great Wall

The Great Wall, more than two thousand years old, was constructed to protect China against the incursions of northern nomadic tribes.

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Beijing—Capital of China

Beijing, capital of the People’s Republic of China, has a history spanning over three thousand years. It ranks among China’s “four great ancient capitals,” along with Nanjing, Xi’an, and Luoyang. It is one of the few cities with more than five cultural heritage sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

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June 24, 2016

Cradles of Chinese Civilization: Yellow River and Yangtze River

All ancient human civilizations originated in river basins, mostly alluvial valleys. Mesopotamia (the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the Nile, the Indus, and China’s Yellow River (Huanghe) and Yangtze River (Changjiang) gave birth to the four great ancient civilisations.

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June 24, 2016

Tang Poetry

China is a nation of poetry. It is not an exaggeration to say that poetry has been the most influential literary genre in China and that the Chinese have had a tendency to poetize prose, fiction, and drama.

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June 24, 2016

New Year Pictures

The Chinese people value celebrations of the lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, during which almost every family pastes “spring couplets” on both sides of their front doors. Some families also post “spring pictures” on interior doors or in rooms. These pictures are collectively known as New Year pictures.

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June 24, 2016

Cantonese Opera

Cantonese opera, with a nearly 300-year history, is one type of traditional Chinese opera. In 2009, it was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

Period

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Liu Shengyi June 24, 2016

Early Mythology of China

Shenhua (myths) are legends and stories which employ supernatural images to mirror the ancients’ understanding of the world’s origin, natural phenomena, and social life in an imaginative way.


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Xiao Feng June 24, 2016

Bing Xin

Bing Xin (literally “ice heart”), original name Xie Wanying (1900–1999), was born in Changle, Fuzhou city, Fujian province. Her pen name comes from the verse “my heart is pure as ice in a jade cup,” written by the Tang poet Wang Changling (698–756).


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Personage

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Zhu Chengru June 24, 2016

Imperial Palace

The Imperial Palace in Beijing is recognized as one of the world’s five great residences together with the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in Britain, the Kremlin in Russia, and the White House in the United States.


  • First Emperor of Qin
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Geography

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Liu Shuyong June 24, 2016

Hong Kong

Hong Kong, officially known as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China, is an international metropolis and the world’s third largest financial center after London and New York.


  • Historic City of Suzhou
  • Macau
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Guo Xiaowu June 24, 2016

Origin and Evolution of Chinese Characters

Chinese characters are pictograms. Who created them? A popular belief from as early as the Warring States period (fifth–third centuries b.c.e.) has it that the Chinese characters were created by Cangjie, a legendary scribe under the Yellow Emperor.


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  • Ancient Capital Xi’an
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World Heritage in China
Gunpowder and Firearms in Ancient China
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Chinese Scholars’ Temperaments and Interests
Famous Monasteries in China
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China Today
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The People’s Republic of China, or in its abbreviated form China, is situated in eastern and central Asia on the western coast of the Pacific Ocean where it has a long coastline.
Chronology of Sovereigns
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Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou, Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Three States, Western Jin, Eastern Jin, Southern Dynasties, Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Ten States, Northern Song, Southern Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing
Historical Maps of China
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Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, Eastern Jin and Sixteen Kingdoms,
Northern and Southern Dynasties (Song and Wei), Northern and Southern Dynasties (Chen, Qi, Zhou), Sui,Tang, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Liao, Northern Song, Jin, Southern Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic of China and People’s Republic of China.

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