Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Chairman Mao
Historian - Frank Dikötter His book - Mao's Great Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958–62
A Murder Beside Yanhe River - Huang Gedong executed by Chairman Mao Zedong's letter :
A Murder Beside Yanhe River - Huang Gedong executed by Chairman Mao Zedong's letter :
Monday, September 8, 2014
China's Chronology
List of Chinese Dynasties and Modern Governments
Dynasties | Period | Capital | Founder | Historical Relics | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prehistoric Times | 1.7 million years - the 21st century BC | |||||
Xia Dynasty | 2070–1600 BC | Xia County in Shanxi Province | Yu | Bronzeware | ||
Shang Dynasty | 1600–1046 BC | Xiangqiu in Henan Province | Tang | Bronzeware | ||
Zhou Dynasty | Western Zhou | 1046–771 BC | Xi'an | King Wu of Zhou | ||
Eastern Zhou | Spring and Autumn Period | 770–476 BC | King Ping of Zhou | Philosophical and Religious Literature | ||
Warring States Period | 475–221 BC | Philosophical and Religious Literature | ||||
Qin Dynasty | 221–206 BC | Xi'an | Qinshihuang | Terracotta Army,the Great Wall | ||
Han Dynasty | Western Han | 206 BC–AD 9 | Xi'an | Emperor Liubang | The Silk Road | |
Xin Dynasty | 9–23 | |||||
Esatern Han | 25–220 | Luoyang | ||||
Three Kingdoms | Wei | 220-265 | Luoyang | Cao Pi | ||
Suhan | 221-263 | Chengdu | Liu Bei | |||
Wu | 222-280 | Nanjing | Sun Quan | |||
Jin Dynasty | Western Jin | 265–317 | Luoyang | Simayan | Tomb fresco | |
Eastern Jin | 317–420 | Nanjing | Simarui | |||
Southern and Northern Dynasties | 420–589 | Sacred Grottos | ||||
Sui Dynasty | 581–618 | Xi'an | Yangjian | The Grand Canal | ||
Tang Dynasty | 618–907 | Xi'an | Liyuan | Literature | ||
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms | 907–960 | Kaifeng | ||||
Song Dynasty | Northern Song | 960–1127 | Kaifeng | Zhao Kuangyin | ||
Southern Song | 1127–1279 | Lin'an inZhejiang | Zhao Gou | |||
Liao Dynasty | 916–1125 | Liaoning | Yelü Abaoji | |||
Dali Kingdom | 937–1254 | Dali | Dali Ancient Town | |||
Western Xia Dynasty | 1032-1227 | Yinchuan | Rock Carvings | |||
Jin Dynasty | 1115–1234 | Beijing | Aguda | |||
Yuan Dynasty | 1271–1368 | Beijing | Genghis Khan | Novels | ||
Ming Dynasty | 1368–1644 | Beijing | Hongwu Emperor | The Great Wall, the Forbidden City | ||
Qing Dynasty | 1644-1911 | Beijing | Nurhaci | Summer-palace, the Forbidden City | ||
Republic of China | 1911-1949 | Nanjing | ||||
People's Republic of China | From 1949 | Beijing | Chairman Mao |
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