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- History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...union, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilat...
7: ...n show early habitation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculativ...
14: ...[[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins...
18: ...) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeologists connect t...
22: ...]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of ... - Kuan Yin (8111 bytes)
2: ...' (also written as '''Guan Yin''', '''Kwan Yin''' etc.) is the [[bodhisattva]] of compassion as [[vene...
4: ... or '''Kwan-se-um'''. In [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], she is called '''Quan ''' or '''Quan T...
12: ...n, the representation in China was further interpreted in an all female form around the [[12th century...
16: .... Fortunately, a [[Buddha]] assembled him back together again. With eleven heads gazing to the front a...
23: | width="150" | [[Hanyu Pinyin]] - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
4: ...n metal or chiselled into stone and the forms of letters used in them is called [[epigraphy]]. Epigrap...
12: ...C., under the famous [[Qin Shi Huangdi]], who perpetrated the "burning of the books", the Prime Minist...
14: ...haracters were used sometimes phonetically and sometimes ideographically. Using the kanji manyogana as...
25: ! bgcolor="#EEEAE1" | [[Hanzi]]([[Pinyin]])
76: * [http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Chinese-symbols-customized.html Chinese ... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
3: ...ge|Chinese]]: [[Wiktionary:笙|笙]], [[Pinyin]] ''shēng'') is a [[mouth]]-blown [[free ree... - Historical capital of China (5927 bytes)
22: ...ukuo]], a nominally independent [[puppet state]] set up by the [[Japan|Japanese]] in Manchuria from 19...
83: ...I]], and after the war until [[Chiang Kai-Shek]] retreated to [[Taiwan]] in [[1949]].
107: ...d Anyang; in 2004 the [[China Ancient Capital Society]] officially added [[Zhengzhou]] as an eighth th... - Culture of China (15738 bytes)
10: ...ced by the Book of Songs, Confucius and Chinese Poet, Qu Yuan. Early Chinese instruments was based on...
12: ...ral well known Chinese poets influenced Chinese poetry, which included Cao Cao and his sons and Tao Qu...
14: ... Tang poetry was marked by the influence of two poets, [[Li Shangyin]] and [[Li Yu]], the latter who i...
16: ...try was marked by a lyric poetry known as [[Ci (poetry)|Ci]] which expressed feelings of desire, often...
18: ...y was marked by a poet named [[Yuan Mei]] whose poetry has been described as "unusually clear and eleg... - Ming Dynasty Tombs (3836 bytes)
3: ...chao2 shi2 san1 ling2'') are located some 50 kilometers due North of [[Beijing]] at an especially sele...
5: ...(the [[Forbidden City]]) in 1420 CE, the Emperor set to work on selecting his burial site and creating...
7: ...rea - enclosed by the mountains in a pristine, quiet valley full of dark earth, tranquil water and oth...
9: ...mb site is surrounded by a wall, and a seven kilometer road named the "Spirit Way" leads into the comp...
16: ....net/ChinaReport/Beijing/Landmarks-Hotspots/OutsidetheCity/Shisan_Ling-Ming_Dynasty_Tombs/Shisan_Ling-... - Chinese dragon (7565 bytes)
3: ...e '''[[China|Chinese]] [[dragon]]''' (龍; [[pinyin]]: l [[Cantonese (linguistics)|Cantonese]]: l...
5: The dragon is sometimes in the West viewed as a [[national emblem]] o...
7: [[Image:ThreeToeDragon.jpg|right|thumb|280px|Non-imperial Chines...
13: ...nese consider Huang Di as their ancestor, they sometimes refer to themselves as "the descendants of th...
23: Another interpretation: according to several sources, including his... - Confucius (21352 bytes)
6: ...se language|Chinese]]: </small>子<small>; [[Pinyin]]: Zǐ)</small>
30: ...up>'''2'''</sup> Posthumous name since [[1530]]. Between [[1307]] and [[1530]] his<br>posthumous name ...
37: ...' thoughts have been changed into a vast and complete philosophical system known in the west as [[Conf...
43: :''At fifteen, I set my mind upon learning'';
50: ... him to the growing class of ''Sh짧 (士), between old nobility and common people, which later b... - Sword (24928 bytes)
14: ...me permitted the equipment of entire armies with metal weapons. Edit: Bronze Age Egyptian armies were ...
18: ...ously, [[pattern welding]]. Over time, different methods developed all over the world.
22: ...abre]] or [[broadsword]], and the [[Jian]] (劍 [[pinyin]] jiàn) double edged.
34: ...e gaps in-between plates of armor.The grip was sometimes wrapped in wire or coarse animal hide to make...
36: ...he advent of firearms), and the early Modern Age returned to lighter one-handed weapons. - Chinese New Year (12599 bytes)
3: ...ngolians]], [[Korean]]s and [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]] who have holidays which fall on the same ...
5: ==Greetings==
7: Around the New Year people greet each other with:
9: ...ed Chinese]]: 恭喜发财; [[pinyin]]: Gōngxǐ fāc᩻ [[Hokkien]]: Keon...
11: ...ed Chinese]]: 新年快乐; [[pinyin]]: Xīnniᮠku੬謠 which translates to "Hap... - Gong (10121 bytes)
1: A '''gong''' is any one of a wide variety of metal [[percussion]] instruments. The term is Malayu-...
3: ...ongs''' are more or less flat, circular disks of metal suspended vertically by means of a cord passed ...
16: ...ave become part of the [[symphony orchestra]]. Sometimes a chau gong is referred to as a ''Chinese gon...
18: ...g. Chau gongs range in size from 7" to 80" in diameter.
22: ... unexpectedly on the road would know before the meeting which of them should bow down before the other... - Chinese River Dolphin (4152 bytes)
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Cetacea]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = [[Odontoceti]]}}
15: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:cetacea_range_map_Chinese_River_Dolphin.PNG|200px|Chi...
17: ... genus. Other names for it include '''Baiji''' [[Pinyin]]:'''Beiji''', '''Pai-chi''' ([[Wade-Giles]]), ''...
31: ... thought to be the world's most [[endangered]] [[cetacean]]. A captive specimen, a male named Qiqi was... - Ancient China (39554 bytes)
1: ...union, and was occasionally conquered by external ethnicities, of which many were eventually assimilat...
6: ...n show early habitation; however, any connection between these people and modern Chinese is speculativ...
14: ...[[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 三代; [[pinyin]]: sāndài) that the historical China begins...
18: ...) to some 4,000 years ago, but this date has not yet been corroborated. Some archaeologists connect t...
22: ...]], [[Zhengzhou]] and [[Shangcheng]]. The second set, from the later Shang or Yin period, consists of ... - Shang Dynasty (10029 bytes)
2: ...ge), the oracle's answer (prognostication), and whether the oracle later proved to be correct (Verific...
9: ...ang troops fought frequent wars with neighboring settlements and nomadic herdsmen from the inner Asian...
11: ...al novel ''[[Fengshen Yanyi]]'' is about the war between that of Yin and Zhou, in which each was suppo...
13: ...hanged their surname from their royal 子 ([[pinyin]]: zi; [[Wade-Giles]]: tzu) to the name of their ...
30: <th>Hanyu Pinyin</th> - Xia Dynasty (4866 bytes)
4: ...nd China]], Xia society is considered a slave society (奴隸社會).
18: <th>[[Hanyu Pinyin]]</th>
62: ..." colspan="5"><small>'''1''' The reign name is sometimes preceded by the name of the dynasty, Xia (...
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