the history of china. a brief chinese chronology xiac.21st-16th century b.c. shangc.16th-11th...

The History of China

A Brief Chinese ChronologyXia C.21st-16th century B.C.

Shang C.16th-11th century B.C.

Western Zhou C.11th century B.C.-770 B.C.

Eastern Zhou (Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods)

770-221 B.C.

Qin 221-207 B.C.

Western Han 206 B.C.-A.D. 24

Eastern Han 25-220

Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu and Wu) 220-265

Western Jin 265-316

Eastern Jin 317-420

Southern and Northern Dynasty 420-589

Sui 581-618

Tang 618-907

Five Dynasties 907-960

Northern Song 960-1127

Southern Song 1127-1279

Yuan 1271-1368

Ming 1368-1644

Qing 1644-1911

Republic of China 1912-1949

People's Republic of China 1949-

From Yuanmou Man

toBeijing Man

伏羲

神农

燧人Three Sovereigns

Five Emperors

Yangshao Culture and Longshan Culture

Now 6,ooo or 7,ooo years ago, Chinese in the colorful pottery culture and the black pottery culture. The Yangshao Culture was a matriarchal. The Longshan Culture was a patriarchal.

The Shang Dynasty

Shang dynasty bronzes in the manufacturing industry has greatly expanded. In the latter part of Shang dynasty, the Si Mu Wu Ding 875 billion kg, was discovered the world's largest unearthed .

Tortoise shell with oracle questions (Shang dynasty) is looking for an animal bones of an ancient writing is but a word. on the yin dynasty ruins unearthed 150,000 for a moment of the total number of tortoise shell to reach 160 million, including word 4600 more, was recognized. there are more than 1000.

Confucius is a big thinker and educationalist. He is the Confucianism school of thought founder. Confucius the ancient civilization development has made the immortal contribution for China. Confucius's students reorganize his words and deeds a collected sayings body book, is called as "Confucian analects", this book has the very tremendous influence to the later generation.

In 221 B.C., Qin Shi Huang unified China, and then standardized the script, currencies, weights and measures, established the system of prefectures and counties, and constructed the world-renowned Great Wall.

The Qin Dynasty

The life-size terracotta horses and armored warriors are known as the eighth wonder of the world, attracting swarms of Chinese and foreigners.

During the Kingdoms period, Chinese territory was divided between the states of Wei, Shu, Wu.

When Sui Dynasty, the massive grain wealth transports to the nation from the south, for this reason, A.D. 605 years, Emperor Yangdi issues an order to open cutting the penetration north and south Grand Canal. The Grand Canal take Luoyang as the center, the south reaches Yuhang (now Zhejiang Hangzhou), north reaches Zhuojun (now Beijing Tong Xian), span more than 2000 kilometers.

The Grand Canal

Wu Zetian is the only female emperor in the Chinese history , she changes the dynasty named “Zhou”. Wu Zetian rich strategy, can choose a person for a job, has the political power to reach 40 remaining years of life, after dying, Tang Zhongzong repositions.

Xuanzong in Tang dynasty, was China the most prosperous time in Chinese history , which was known as “the New Year prosperous times”( 开元盛世 ) .But because the old age dotes on noble concubine Yang, breeds “the An Shih Rebellion( 安史之乱 ) ”, Chang An falls to the enemy, henceforth the Tang Dynasty is unable to recover. 　

Yang Yuhuan

The Tang Dynasty artisan burns blue with each kind of mineral, green, the yellow three kind of gorgeous colored earthenware, therefore calls the tang dynasty tricolored glazed pottery. The tang dynasty tricolored glazed pottery work many are the character or the animal burial puppet, each one modeling is vivid, lifelike, is the art treasure. 　

The Silk Road is goes abroad on a diplomatic mission western region opening by Zhang Qian, take Chang An as the beginning, after Gansu, Xinjiang, to Central Asia, West Asia, and joins Mediterranean Sea various countries on land to pass the path”, because transports by this road west in the cargo is biggest by the silk product's influence, therefore it is called "The Silk Road".

Renowned like Xuan Zang learns from experienced people on foot solitarily toward India, crosses the desert, to turn the snowy mountain, jumps over the cordillera high mountains, rushes to the vegetation bog, the narrow escape, lasts for 19 years, the traveling schedule 50,000 Chinese miles. 　　

Yue Fei resist gold is the name of song, he leads up to the recovery was Jin Jun occupied territories, but the song dynasty Qin Hui and other people to "unwarranted" charges to death. Yue Fei was buried in the west lake in Hangzhou.

Yue Fei

Kublai Khan is Genghis Khan's grandson. In 1271 he has established the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1271--1368 years), is called Yuanshizhu Emperor. Yuan Dynasty after establishment process and establishment, started to expand the war massively, has had the major impact on the world history development process. 　

The Yuan Dynasty

During Ming Dynasty , Ming Chengzu details Jie Jin and so on 3000 people to edit "the Yongle encyclopedia", which is the biggest Chinese scale category book. The transcription was burnt down grabs by the England and France Allied armies.

The Ming Dynasty

From 1405 to 1433 nearly 30 years, the fleet successively 7 under Western world which was led by Zheng He .

Zheng He

“Kang does the prosperous times”, said that “the Kang Yonggan prosperous times”, are under our country feudalism Qing Dynasty earlier period rule prosperous society.

The Qing Dynasty

After Xianfeng emperor died, the emperor's son carries pure takes a seat. Cixi mobilized Xin the tenth Earthly Branch coup detach, the design to arrest eight ministers. Luan is sealed as the discussing politics king, on December 2, 1861, two palace queen mother imperial spiritual cultivation palace, attended to state affairs; And changes the reign title is “Tongzhi”.

Republic of China is leads by Mr. Sun Yat-Sen, founds the republican country after the Bourgeois democratic revolution struggle.

Republic of China

On October 1, 1949, 300,000 persons collected in Beijing the Tiananmen Square hold founding ceremony, Central People's Government President Mao Zedong announced dignified: The People's Republic of China establishes officially