Discovery in Shandong pushes back Great Wall's origin by 300 years
Excavation in Guangli village uncovers walls dating to the Zhou Dynasty, revealing the oldest known section of the Great Wall ...
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Experts Spend Six Years Researching the Origin of Scattered Bones in a Tomb, Results Leave Them Stunned
Researching the Origin of Scattered Bones in a Tomb, Results Leave Them Stunned Studies of ancestry took great interest in ...
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The Great Wall of China is 300 years older than previously thought
The construction spans over 20,000 kilometers across 15 Chinese regions. The construction of the Great Wall began 300 years ...
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The view of New Qing History: based or baseless?
2070–1600 BC), the Shang people in Shang (1600–1046 BC), and the Zhou people in both Western ... that the rulers of the Qing dynasty, represented by Emperor Yongzheng, did not position ...
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Chinese zodiac animals: The tiger and what it represents
Some historians believe the Chinese zodiac took shape during the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), while others trace its origins back to the Western Zhou dynasty (1046 B.C.-771 B.C.). Throughout ...
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All about Mid-Autumn Festival: holiday’s history, how to celebrate, where to donate and recycle mooncakes in Hong Kong
More than 3,000 years ago during the Zhou dynasty (1025-221BC), ancient Chinese emperors worshipped the harvest moon in autumn. Appreciating the moon became more popular during the Tang dynasty ...
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Song Dynasty: China’s Golden Age of Innovation (960-1279)
The Song dynasty ruled China from 960 to 1279, marking a period of economic prosperity, technological advances and cultural ...
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Chinese films enhance narrative and innovate storytelling with help of cultural relics
1600BC-1046BC) and Zhou (1046BC-256BC ... Chinese painting masterpiece created by Zhao Ji (1082-1135), also Emperor Huizong during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). "Contemporary art ...
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This Mid-Autumn Festival, learn all about the ancient Chinese tradition of writing riddles on lanterns - and solve some yourself
According to Pak, the Chinese have been celebrating the yearly autumn harvest since the Shang dynasty (c ... Song’s Capital of Hangzhou written by Zhou Mi. These riddles, or dang mai, were ...
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One of the Seven Wonders of the World is Not What We Thought – The Mystery Behind the Great Wall of China Has Scientists Shocked
Archaeologists digging in Shandong province, China, have unearthed evidence that the Great Wall is older than we thought—by about 300 years. Between May and ...