Han Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty is an important aspect of Chinese history. Lasting from 618 AD to 907 AD, under the control of many great emperors, the Tang Dynasty received the nickname “The Golden Age of Ancient China” because it was a very prosperous time. They are well known for their poetry, painting, tricolored glazed pottery, and woodblock printing. It followed the Sui Dynasty, which failed under Emperor Yang. He was a tyrant and because of this, the people rebelled and the Sui Dynasty was overthrown…

centers. Buddha from Jangcheon-ri tomb is similar to images found in Gandhara region. Similarities can be found between Korean, Chinese, and Gandharan ways to portray Buddha. Earlier Buddhist art in Silla was impacted by art of Northern Qi and Suy dynasties, since Silla had diplomatic connections with China. For…

The Han and Qin Empires are particularly good at showing the contrast between successful and unsuccessful Empires. They both developed in a similar part of China, and are only separated by about 100 years. The Han Empire probably owes some of their success to learning form the example of the Qin Empire and not repeating the same mistakes. Shihuangdi Qin ruled by the philosophy of Legalism, which advocates extremely strict laws and harsh punishments. His extreme punishments gave him control, but…

As the first dynasty which dominated the ancient Chinese 4.6 million square kilometers’ land in the history, Qin empire has so many pioneering policies and systems that greatly affect the later generation. The research about the policy, economic, and social background of Qin contributes to the understanding of the ancient Chinese history. To recognize and study the Qin’s civilization, this article chooses its economic system as the topic and intends to explore three main aspects of it based on…

advanced in literature, the decorative arts, and painting, which flourished under the rule of the Ming, and later Ming goods were in high demand, when trading goods between countries. From Gunpowder to Guns: Gunpowder was first used to excavate mines, build canals, channel irrigation, set off fireworks, and kill off disease-carrying bugs. But later, the Chinese put the gunpowder into long tubes, which was used to threaten their opponent. Gunpowder was used to explosives, catapults, and mostly…

China before zxia and Shang dynasties there was the Zhoo dynasty who came around 1000 bc 256 bc and there was Constant conflict warring period. the Zhou and China moved away from social order and harmony Zhou was China's most influential scholar ,He was born in Born in 551 bc And died in 479 bc They were Concerned primarily with restoring social stability and order And they also Believed in mortality They Could work if organized around five basic relationships Confucius ways were ,Father /child…

and Qin Dynasties of ancient China showed similar periods of Decline. The Tang and the Qin dynasty's are very different from each other, but at the same time, they do have some similarities during the period of decline. The first explanation of how the dynasties of Ancient China are different is during the period of decline the Tang dynasty got selfish and ignored the need of the poor. They did provide for them and let them suffer under their power. This was different from the Qin dynasty…

The concept of individual sacrifice for the greater good, ‘our land’ and community is an ideal held high in many cultures and this is no different to Chinese culture, past and present. The movie Hero displays this concept during the time in which china was a handful of separate country-states, known as ‘the warring states period’. Although there are the ideals of ‘our land’ in the film there is also the fact that community and uniting china is not an ideal that is liked by all. To display this…

Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher that was responsible for the official ideology, Confucianism, of China. He wrote many books and one of them is called The Analects, which is believed to be written by his students. The Analects contains a collection of Confucius’ sayings and ideas. In this book, his teachings focused on creating ethical models of family and public interaction, and setting educational standards. In this book, readers can realize that Confucius had a good…

South Korean Holiday’s South Korea has a very rich culture full of many different traditions. These traditions date back thousands of years. A major part of their tradition are holidays like Seollal and Chuseok. Soellal and Chuseok. This essay will discuss different holidays of the Korean Calendar. The first holiday of the year is Seollal. Seollal is the Korean name for Lunar New Years and also the first day of the Lunar Calendar. () The holiday usually falls between January 27th to January…