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 Yuan Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1272, Khanbaliq officially became the capital of the Yuan Dynasty.
In 1279, Guangzhou was conquered by the Yuan army, which marks the end of the Southern Song and the onset of China under the Yuan.
However, the corruption in the Yuan Dynasty began during the reign of Chengzong.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Yuan_Dynasty   (3092 words)

  
 Qing Dynasty information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
During its reign, the Qing Dynasty consolidated its grip on China, partially integrated with Chinese culture, and saw the height of Imperial Chinese influence.
The Qing Dynasty would be eventually overthrown in the Xinhai Revolution when Empress Dowager Longyu, when faced with massive opposition, abdicated on behalf of the last emperor, Puyi, on February 12, 1912.
The Qing Dynasty was not founded by the Han Chinese, who form the majority of the Chinese population.
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Qing_Dynasty   (6374 words)

  
 Yuan Dynasty Zaju
Liu Bingzhong was one of the few Han officials of the early Yuan Dynasty accorded trust by the new governance, and this was solely by virtue of his family background.
The nomadic Yuan rulers despised the old traditions of the Central Plains area, and made staggeringly drastic changes, one of which was institution of a complex social hierarchy in which racial discrimination dominated.
In the face of their "under-class" social status, Han scholars of the Yuan Dynasty were forced to adopt new ways of life in order to survive.
www.chinavoc.com /magicn/yzaj.asp   (1711 words)

  
 An introduction to Chinese painting
The Sung royal family was forced to flee southward in the 12th century and reestablished itself at the city of Hangzhou (Hangchow).
Ma Yuan was often called "one-corner Ma," as he would restrict much of his painting to a single corner of the work, leaving the rest blank.
Rocks and trees, downplayed in the Ma-Hsia tradition, are powerfully presented by the Yuan painters.
www.china-on-site.com /painting/intro.htm   (1380 words)

  
 AnywhereChina.com - History Page - Tang Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Tang Dynasty is regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization--equal, or even superior, to the Han period.
They told the emperor that there was a pomegranate tree that was covered by dew in the palance(that means auspice), and invited all eunuches to see that.
The Tang dynasty was utterly exhausted by this terrible conflict.
www.anywherechina.com /history/dynasties/tang/tang.htm   (1298 words)

  
 Envisioning Yuan Ming Yuan (Garden of Perfect Brightness) Xing Xing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
During Qing dynasty, the northwest suburb of Bei Jing, starting from the foot of West Mountain, was a piece of plain land rich in springs, and with valuable resources such as mountains and hills for constructing all styles of gardens.
Yuan Ming Yuan (1709-1860), as it was, was completely burned down and disappeared one hundred and thirty five years ago, in wild flames and barbarous plundering.
Yuan Ming Yuan was in parallel with the Forbidden City itself, became in reality center of a new city of palaces, and thus carried this political name of Yuan Ming Yuan until now.
www.cs.ubc.ca /spider/wang/ymy/whole-map.html   (5443 words)

  
 Han Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
During the Han Dynasty China officially became Confucian state and prospered domestically: agriculture handicrafts commerce flourished and the population reached 50 Meanwhile the empire extended its political and influence over Vietnam Central Asia Mongolia and Korea before it finally collapsed under a of domestic and external pressures.
In 105 During Eastern Han Dynasty an official inventor named Cai Lun invented the technique for making fine The invention of paper is considered a in communication and learning dramatically lowering the of education.
Prestige of a founded dynasty during the reigns of first emperors were barely able to hinder the however Confucian scholar gentry turned on eunuchs their corrupted authorities when consort clans and struggled for power in subsequent reigns.
www.freeglossary.com /East_Han   (2166 words)

  
 Origin of the surname Yuan, Yuen
The Yuans are the descendents of the ancient king Yu Shun.
During Han Zhang Dis reign in the Dong Han Dynasty, Yuans of four generations in the same family held five key positions (equivalent to prime minister).
At the end of Xi Jin, because of the Yuans achievements, the name Yuan was considered as one of the four most reputable last name in China together with Wang, Xie and Xiao.
www.yutopian.com /names/10/10yuan33.html   (342 words)

  
 History of China - China History - China
The Han Dynasty emerged in 202 BC; it was the first dynasty to embrace Confucianism, which became the ideological underpinning of all regimes until the end of imperial China.
The unification is the second shortest dynasty in the history of China after Qin Dynasty, and during this time, millions laboured on the Grand Canal of China, still the longest canal in the world to date.
Yuan's imperial ambitions were fiercely opposed by his subordinates and, faced with the prospect of rebellion, Yuan broke down and died shortly after in 1916, leaving a power vacuum in China.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/History_of_China   (5968 words)

  
 Qing Dynasty - China History - China
The Qing Dynasty was founded not by the Han Chinese people who form the overwhelming majority of the population of China proper, but by the Manchus, a semi-nomadic people not even known by that name when they first rose to prominence in what is now northeastern China.
Taking advantage of the political instability and popular rebellions convulsing the Ming dynasty, the highly organized military forces of the Manchus swept into the Ming capital of Beijing in 1644, and there remained until the Qing dynasty was overthrown in a Xinhai Revolutionrevolution in 1911, with the last emperor abdicating early in 1912.
The Qing dynasty was characterized by a system of dual appointments by which each position in the central government had a Manchu and a Han Chinese assigned to it.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Qing_Dynasty   (4919 words)

  
 Origin of KWOK family in Chinese History
So this how the surnames of Families started and to be continue from generation to generation, carrying on the same Family name.
Origin of the surname Guo, Kuo, Kuok, Kwok is the "Yutopian" website, which mentioned in the West Chou Dynasty, the brother of CHOU Wen Wang (Wang or Wong = the King), CHOU Ji Zhong was awarded the Guo (Kwok) kingdom, in around (770-719 B.C.) by CHOU Ping Wang.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, heroes from the four corners arose and "pursued the Deer in (Chung Yuan) the Central Plain" {a metaphor for pursuing to be the ultimate ruler of the Land.} Of the many men, KWOK Tze Hing led a small force.
members.aol.com /gordonkwok/kwok_origin.html   (2208 words)

  
 TAIWANESE HAKKA
The family tree books have the tendency to use the famous people as their ancestors.
This migration was secondary to the pressure of population increase.
The migration records in the family tree books of the later stages especially the #4, #5 may be more meaningful and real.
home.i1.net /~alchu/hakka/toihakka.htm   (3931 words)

  
 Ancient Chinese Archaeology and Artifacts
Here is where 13 emperors of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) were buried, and the area is known as the Ming Tombs.
During the Ming Dynasty established by Han Chinese coming from an agricultural society in central China, people believed the existence of an after-world, where the dead "lived" a life similar to that of the living.
Changling is the tomb of emperor Yongle (reigned 1403-1424), the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty whose personal name was Zhu Di, and of his empress.
www.crystalinks.com /chinartifacts.html   (1717 words)

  
 coins of ancient China - 255 BC to AD 221.
About the time the Chin Dynasty established control over China (and possibly a little earlier), the Pan Liang (or 1/2 Liang) coinage was introduced at this weight standard (about 6 grams), but very quickly the connection between the weight and the monetary unite ceased to apply.
The new penalty was confiscation of property, enslavement to the state for the counterfeiter, his family, and the entire families of his five nearest neighbors.
The Han dynasty did not exactly end in AD 221, as Liu Pie, a legitimate member of the House of Han opposed Ts'ao-pei, establishing himself in Szechuan Province as first Emperor of the Minor Han Dynasty.
www.calgarycoin.com /reference/china/china2.htm   (6731 words)

  
 Yuan Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Yuan Dynasty (Mongolian: Dai Ön Yeke Mongghul Ulus; Chinese: &20803;&26397; yuán cháo) lasting officially from 1271 to 1368, also called the Mongol Dynasty, was the name given to the significant ruling family of Borjigin in Asia.
He soon traded this coat for a small tribal army and joined the Keriat, a confederacy of Mongol tribes led by Wang Khan.
The last of the Yuan Dynasty were marked by successions of struggle, famine, and bitterness on behalf of the Chinese people.
yuan-dynasty.area51.ipupdater.com   (1723 words)

  
 Family touch
Xu Yuan Homestyle Restaurant was adapted from a small courtyard house, the residence of the family chef of an official who moved from Guangdong to Beijing in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
The eighth generation of the family inherited both the cooking skills and the courtyard and set the place up as a restaurant.
On one of the walls hangs a big fl and white picture of a tree growing in the middle of a Beijing courtyard.
www.chinadaily.com.cn /citylife/2006-12/22/content_765219.htm   (367 words)

  
 The Moon Festival
According to the Chinese history, the festival dates back to the Tang dynasty 618 A.D. which was to celebrate the biggest and brightest full moon of the year, the harvest moon.
During the Yuan dynasty (A.D.1280-1368) China was ruled by the Mongolian people.
Leaders from the preceding Sung dynasty (A.D.960-1280) were unhappy at submitting to foreign rule, and set how to coordinate the rebellion without it being discovered.
home.comcast.net /~budip/Article/MoonFestival/moonfestival.html   (1272 words)

  
 Mongols and Yuan China by Sanderson Beck
The Toba people, who founded the Northern Wei dynasty (386-534), were mostly Mongolian, as were the Khitans, who were also in north China and founded the Liao dynasty (947-1125).
Zhu Yuanzhang was born on October 21, 1328 in a family of impoverished farmers.
By the end of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 at least 700 plays were written, of which 160 are still extant.
www.san.beck.org /3-6-Mongols.html   (11119 words)

  
 Sun Family Tree
NOTE: In the event of adoption, I have placed the adopted family member as a son of the person that adopted him/her.
His wife was Lady Yuan, the daughter of Yuan Yao.
He served as Prefect of Shou Chun under Yuan Shu and would’ve joined Sun Ce, but he was too far away and could not make the trip.
www.kongming.net /novel/trees/sun_detailed.html   (2281 words)

  
 Dining   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Said to be in memory of a great patriot poet of the then State of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.), Qu Yuan (Ch'u Yuan), who drowned himself to protest his emperor who gave in to the bully State of Chin.
For fear that fish may consume his body, people of Chu threw launched their boats and started throwing rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves into the river where he was drowned to feed the fish.
The first day is marked by a family dinner of good luck and the worshiping of gods with five grains.
www.wku.edu /~yuanh/China/holiday.html   (3222 words)

  
 The Confucius Temple, Family Seat, and Woods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The entryway to this temple passes through a precinct that is dotted with ancient trees and that leads the visitor through a passageway of cypresses.
To the east of the Confucius Temple is the family seat.
Going through the Sage Woods Gate, one arrives at an arboretum that was planted, tree by tree, by the many generations of disciples of Confucius.
www.chinamuseums.com /the_Confucius.htm   (706 words)

  
 Time for Kids | Homework Helper | Go Places | China | History Timeline
The history of China is also the history of China’s many governing dynasties (a series of rulers from the same family).
It is the first Chinese dynasty to leave a historical record.
Under the Yuan, the city that is now Beijing becomes the capital of China.
www.timeforkids.com /TFK/hh/goplaces/article/0,20343,536988,00.html   (381 words)

  
 List of Emperors of the Yuan Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of Emperors of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
Yuan Dynasty (after expelled from China by Ming in 1368) 1368 - mid 15th century
The imperial family belongs to the Borjigin clan of the Kiyan superclan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Emperors_of_the_Yuan_Dynasty   (364 words)

  
 Dynasty Warriors Character Guide > Profiles > Shu > Xing Cai
biography, her mother was a cousin (or niece) of Xiahou Ba, and therefore a niece (or grand-daughter) of Xiahou Yuan.
Zhang Fei met Xing Cai's mother one day when she was out gathering wood — though she was only 13 or 14 years old, he abducted her and married her.
Dynasty Warriors copyright © Koei Co., Ltd., and KOEI Corporation.
www.yueying.net /dw/?page=profiles.shu.xing_cai   (458 words)

  
 The Monarchist League of Canada
As well as being the great family tree of Canadian history, the Royal Family also connects us directly with the wider panorama of recorded human history, embracing the four corners of the world and many of its races.
Since some of those people sprang from the family of the Prophet, The Queen herself is a descendent either directly or collaterally of Mohammed.
Makhir was a Jewish Prince of the Davidic Royal House sent by Caliph Harun-al-Rashid as ambassador to the Emperor Charlemagne at the end of the 9th century.
www.monarchist.ca /archives/ethnic.htm   (1305 words)

  
 Origin of the surname Yu
They were the descendents of Yan Di, and were awarded the land of ChunYu (An Qiu in Shandong).
In 806 A.D., Xian Zhong became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Since Xian Zhong's first name is "Chun", the Chun Yu tribe was forced to drop "Chun" and change their name to "Yu" (its a taboo to have the same name as the emperor).
www.yutopian.com /names/03/3yu28.html   (373 words)

  
 Yuyuan Garden (Yu Yuan Garden): Shanghai City Guide
Yu in Chinese means pleasing and satisfying, and this garden was specially built for Pan's parents as a place for them to enjoy a tranquil and happy time in their old age.
During the late Ming Dynasty, it became very dilapidated with the decline of Pan's family.
One is a maidenhair tree which is 21 meters tall (about 70 feet).It is said that the tree was planted by the host of the garden 400 years ago.
www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/shanghai/yuyuan_garden.htm   (868 words)

  
 Ma Yuan: Scholar by a Waterfall (1973.120.9) | Object Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Ma Yuan: Scholar by a Waterfall (1973.120.9)
Ma Yuan, a fourth-generation member of a family of painters, was a leading artist at the Southern Song painting academy in Hangzhou.
In this album leaf, which shows a gentleman in a gardenlike setting, the jagged rhythms of the pine tree and garden contrast with the quiet mood of the scholar, who gazes pensively into the bubbling rapids of the cascade.
www.metmuseum.org /toah/ho/07/eac/hod_1973.120.9.htm   (182 words)

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