The Western Tsin Dynasty, 265-316 A.D. (Insets-The Western Region-The Ruins of Lou-lan)
According to most chinese history texts, there are 4 great ancient civilization:
1. Egyptian (based on niles river civilization)
2. Mesopotamia (based on Tigris and Euphrates civilization)
3. Indian (based on Indus Valley civilization)
4. China (based on Yellow River civilization)
However, Egyptian, Mesopotamia and Indian have all disappeared.
After attending a course on chinese history, I’ve learnt a number of factors that make chinese civilization unique, contributing to its continuity:
1. Geographical Factor
2. Chinese are agriculture and farming-based
3. Chinese learnt cavalry warfare from nomads to fight against nomads
4. Acculturation and Sinification nature of chinese culture
1. Beijing is China’s second largest city, after Shanghai.
2. As one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, the city will host the 2008 Summer Olympics.
3. Beijing or Peking (北京) literally means “northern capital”, in line with the common East Asian tradition whereby capital cities are explicitly named as such.
4. Beijing is situated at the northern tip of the roughly triangular North China Plain, which opens to the south and east of the city. Mountains to the north, northwest and west shield the city and northern China’s agricultural heartland from the encroaching desert steppes.
5. The city’s climate is a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification Dwa), characterised by hot, humid summers due to the East Asian monsoon, and harshly cold, windy, dry winters that reflect the influence of the vast Siberian anticyclone.
6. Average temperatures in January are at around -7 to -4 °C (19 to 24 °F), while average temperatures in July are at 25 to 26 °C (77 to 79 °F). Highest temperature ever recorded is 42°C and lowest recorded is -27°C.
7. Annual precipitation is over 600 mm, with 75% of that in summer.
8. Air pollution levels on an average day in Beijing are nearly five times above World Health Organization standards for safety.
9. Dust from erosion of deserts in northern and northwestern China result in seasonal dust storms that plague the city; the Beijing Weather Modification Office sometimes artificially induces rainfall to fight such storms and mitigate their effects.
10. People native to urban Beijing speak the Beijing dialect, which belongs to the Mandarin subdivision of spoken Chinese.
1. The gold stars that appear on Chinese flag represent five major ethnic groups that live in China.
2. More than 70 percent of all toys produced in the world are manufactured in China.
3. Flights between Beijing and Hong Kong are classified as international flights.
4. China has more than 1.600 rivers.
5. Chinese name for China is Zhongguo.
6. China is the world’s number one consumer of concrete.
7. The Muslim population in China is more than 30 million.
8. China has 34 births per minute.
9. China produces 33% of the world’s steel.
10. More than 700 000 engineers graduate every year in China.
11. Chinese city Shanghai is the most populated city in the world.
12. China won their first Winter Olympic gold medals in Salt Lake City.
13. Paper was first invented in China in 105 AD by the eunuch Ts’ai Lun. It was a loosely guarded secret and didn’t reach Europe until the 8th century.
14. All the characters that appeared in Disney cartoons were banned in China for more than 50 years.
15. The world’s youngest parents were eight and nine and lived in China in 1910.
16. Despite a population of over a billion, China has only about 200 family names Read the rest of this entry »
Do you konw how many military regions in China? Let me tell you, China is currently divided into seven Military Regions (MR).
They are Beijing military region, Shenyang military region,
Jinan military region, Nanjing military region,Guangzhou military
region, Lanzhou military region and Chengdu military region.
Shenyang Military Region:
Lead and command of armed forces of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang
and eastern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Beijing Military Region:
Lead and command of armed forces of Hebei and Shanxi provinces,
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Beijing, Tianjin
Lanzhou Military Region:
Lead and command of armed forces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai
and Xinjiang provinces (regions) throughout the Within their respective.
Jinan Military Region:
Lead and command of armed forces of Shandong, Henan provinces belongs
in the armed forces.
Nanjing Military Region:
leadership and command of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi
Province and Shanghai
Guangzhou Military Region:
Lead and command of armed forces of Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi
and Hainan provinces (regions)
Chengdu Military Region:
leadership and command of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet, four provinces
(regions) and the Chongqing Municipality
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