Yuan Dynasty

The Boxer rebellion in China in 1900 has many interesting parallels to events in the early 21st century. It saw an uprising in a non-western country against what was seen as the corrupting influence of western practices and ideologies. In some respects a foretaste of the current war against terrorism, in that a basically grass roots organisation fought what they saw as a holy war against a technologically superior collection of foreign powers to preserve their values and beliefs. On one side of…

With the onset of the Six Dynasties period from 220 CE to 589 CE, there was a shift towards poetry that emphasized love and the relationship between a man and a woman. The Six Dynasties era was pivotal in shifting the attention from naturalistic poetry to poems of love, and this culminated in a collection of poems called New Songs from the Jade Terrace. The…

The Forbidden City The Forbidden City, known as Gu Gong in Chinese, was the imperial palace throughout the Ming and Qing dynasties—the years 1420 to 1912. It lays at the center of Beijing. It currently houses the Palace Museum. The Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political center of Chinese government for nearly five hundred years.The most noticeable and vital aspects of the Forbidden City are the history, architecture, and…

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…

Yuan Cai’s, The Problems of Women, is a passage from a book written by Yuan Cai. The chinese elite and literate males are the sources’ audience. The book gives advice for other men that are like him and the head of a household. This passage is interesting to me because it pertains to gender and sex roles in the twelfth century. This passage tells me that the culture the author lived in had certain marital and sex standards for males and females. This document is an excerpt from a book written by…

Because of the wall's association with the First Emperor's supposed tyranny, the Chinese dynasties after Qin usually avoided referring to their own additions to the wall by the name "Long Wall".[14] Instead, various terms were used in medieval records, including "frontier(s)" (塞, sāi),[15] "rampart(s)" (垣, yuán),[15] "barrier(s)" (障, zhàng),[15] "the outer fortresses" (外堡, wàibǎo),[16] and "the border wall(s)" (t 邊牆, s 边墙, biānqiáng).[14] Poetic and…

The Tang Dynasty’s political philosophy, meritocracy is one of the most exceptional, innovative methods of choosing government officials. The dynasty shows it’s trustworthy and fairness to the people of China by giving people even the peasants and the traders a chance to see if they have the skills and the brains to help China become a prosperous, successful country it had ever been. The government…

One of the saying that expresses Li is “respect the aged and love the young”. This is also considered a social responsibility and behavioral standard from Confucius. A story of “Taste Liquid Medicine for Mother” shows the virtue of Li. During Han Dynasty, the Emperor Wendi would taste the medicine first and then give it to her mother himself. His action is to make sure the liquid medicine was not too hot because the herbal medicine is boiled with water. Another saying that “a teacher for a day…

nother outbreak occurs in China. The Chinese people are starting to grow anger for one main reason. They are mad because foreigners are take their jobs. The businesses of China are hiring foreigners because they have better knowledge and technology. Christian missionaries are helping the Chinese people by teaching them new customs. Some of the Chinese people are started to rebel against the missionaries. The majority of the people that went against the Chinese were known as “boxers” to the…

Johnny Lee 9-10-16 Period 3 Museum Project I chose LACMA, or the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, for my museum. It is located on Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. It is on Museum Row, next to the La Brea Tar Pits. It started in1965 and currently is now the largest art museum in the west side of the United States. I learned many things about paintings, sculptures, writing, and much more. I had visited the Alternative Dreams: 17th-Century Chinese Paintings from the Tsao Family Collection,…