Northern Wei

great wall of China is important because it represented a symbol of China. Around 220 B.C.Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China, ordered that earlier fortifications between states be removed and a number of existing walls along the northern border be joined into a single system that would extend for more than 10,000 li and protect China against attacks from the north. Qin Shi Huang was the one that ordered to build the great wall of China. The Great Wall Of China stretched from…

the competitiveness Because of the influence of the traditional archery, and also the political and military needs, the popularity of the competitive sports culture in the Northern Dynasty shows an obvious comparison with the Southern Dynasty where peaceful sports are more popular. This is due to the different political and social environment. The Southern Dynasty is in a relatively stable state, and people there lived a decadent and dissolute life. The noble despised the soldiers and the…

Painting of riverside scene at Qingming festival, is the creative work of Zhang Zeduan of northern Song Dynasty. This painting is found in the palace museum as a national treasure in the Beijing City. The 528.7cm by 24.8cm scroll represents economic activities in urban and countryside areas. People of all ranks and their daily lives from the city of Bianjing during Qingming Festival which occurred in the Northern Song Dynasty are captured in this painting as well. The painting has three parts; a…

Great Wall of China The symbol of china is recognized as the Great Wall of China’s history. The wall was built because of Qin Shi Huang he built it because he want barbarians and nomads to stop invading china. Building the wall did not prevent the barbarians and nomads from trying to get across and it is still a powerful symbol of strength of china. The Great Wall of China was traced to the third century B.C. , some of the walls were dated from hundreds of years earlier. When the wall as dated,…

The Great Wall of China, located in northern China, is a collection of walls made of stone, brick, wood and other materials put together to create one. In length they total up to more than 13,000 miles. It was built across China to contain and protect Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the many different groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several of these walls were dated back to being built in as early years as the 7th century, but it was not until later, these joined…

Buddhism and Buddhist practice originated in India and although the idea of the Shakyamuni Buddha were foreign to China, this figure can be distinguished as a Chinese piece of art during the Mid Tang Dynasty through its clothing, patterns and unique medium. Currently found in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Probably Shakyamuni, the Historic Buddha is lifted and sits on top of an elaborately detailed base. The figure sits on a cloth that drapes down and flows over the supporting base. The…

in Bethulia and North Wei Dynasty (386-557 A.D.) in China. Therefore, both Judith and Mulan shared similar reasons of their “Call on Adventures”. Both of them were born in the time when some other empires wanted to overrun their homeland. In 2 B.C., the city of Bethulia, where…

taxes causing the smaller landowners tax to rise. This upset the smaller landowners, adding to the rebellions that were already taking place and making it worse for when ”the yellow River overflowed its banks and changed its course, destroying the northern Chinese irrigation system” (Craig 210). With the Yellow river changing course and effecting an immense amount of agriculture, the Mandate of Heaven had officially been removed. At one point near its peak the Han had gained land and increased…

sleep for 100 years. Mulan is based on a true story but is actually it is an ancient Chinese poem titled the Ballad of Mulan, because it is a legend, it is unknown when Mulan may have lived although she was believed to have lived during the Northern Wei dynasty which lasted from 386CE to 534CE. The historic aspects of the films that are not accurate is, for her there was no intelligent horse and no small red dragon as there was in the Disney version of the…

considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The history of the Great Wall began in the first millennium, when feudal states constructed defensive walls along their borders. The state of Chu was the first to build a wall, followed by the Qi, Yan, Wei, Zhao and Qin (Schwartz). Each of the states built walls to defend themselves and had soldiers stationed at the wall to keep intruders out. When these states existed the wall was about 3,100 miles long and each of the six different states…