简介:Generallyspeaking,TibetanBuddhismplayedaveryimportantpartinthepoliticsoftheYuanDynasty:ithadacceleratedthealliancebetweenMongoliaandTibetononehandandalsobroughttheTibetandistrictunderthejurisdictionofChina'sCentralGovernmentontheother.Meanwhile,TibetanBuddhismhadbecomeextremelyconceitedbecausethewholeDynasty,especiallytheimperialcourt,esteemedittoo
简介:ImperialMingDynastyPaperMoneyNotesAnumismatistdiscussesthehistoryandfascinationofChinesecurrency.WHATISaMingNote?WhyisaMingNo...
简介:DuringHuangtaiji's17-yearrule,significantchangesoccurredinShenyang.Thecitywasexpandedfromfourtoeightgates.Straightstreeswerebuiltandbelltowerswereconstructed.Afterthat,fourpagodasandtemples--theEastPagoda,YongguangTemple;SouthPagodas,GuangciTemple;WestPagodas,YanshouTemple;andNorthPagoda,FalunTemple-werecompleted.
简介:Oneoftherecurringsituationsinworldhistoryinvolvesthetensionbetweensettled,primarilyagriculturalpopulationsandthoseofthedesert,steppeorsemi-aridenvironmentsthatserveasahometomainlypastoralornomadicgroups.Sincemuchofrecordedwrittenhistorycomesfromtheregionofsettledsocieties,ourviewoftheseeventsisoftenone-sidedandmanytimesisseen(bythewritersoftheseannals,and,alas,toooftenbytheirreaders)asaconflictbetweencivilizationandbarbarism.
简介:Tibetans,oneoftheoldestethnicminoritiesinChina,aremainlydistributedinthevastwesternregionsofmodernTibet,Sichuan,Qinghai,GansuandYunnan.StudentsandscholarsofthelonghistoryofTibetanculture,aswellasthebreadthandprofundityofTibetanBuddhism,havealwaysconcentratedtheirattentionontheroleofmeninthishistoryandlargelyignoredwomen.Actually,inthehistoryofthesocio-
简介:Sino-FrenchJointVentureDynastyWineryCo.,Ltd.,sincetheestablishmentin1980,hashadahistoryofsteadydevelopmentof28years.Inthepast28years,DynastyWinerycontinuesthemarketexpansion,andincreasingthemarketshare,andstrengtheningtheinfluenceofthebrandandthecompany.Tillnow,"DynastyWine",hasbecomepopularamongtheconsumers.28yearsagoin1980,Remy-MartinGroupofFrancesignedacooperationagreementwiththevineyardofStateFarmTianjinBureau,andtogetherthey
简介:AsanexampleofChineseartsandcrafts,porcelainisanimportantelementofChineseculture.Inancienttimes,whentransportandcommunicationswereextremelybackward,thecontinuousflowofporcelainitemsbetweenHanChineseandTibetansplayedanessentialroleintheirmaterialandculturallife.Putspecifically,thecloserelationshipbetweenporcelainandHan-Tibetanculturalandartisticexchangescanbeobservedasfollows:
简介:AftertheOpiumWarin1840,Chinawasmoreandmoresemi-colonized.Aroundtheturnofthe20thcentury,thenationalstrengthoftheQingEmpirewasquicklyweakening.Asaresult,theQingCourtexercisedaweakerruleoverTibet,anditspoliticalrelationshipwithTibetwasconsequentlyaffected.OntheproblemsofhowtoresistforeigninvasionsandhowtohandleTibet'sinternalaffairs,theQingCourtand
简介:MuchresarchhasbeencarriedoutonthethreeCombinedPacificationCommissionsandChiefMilitaryCommands(宣慰使司都元帅府),andontheCommissionforBuddhistandTibetanAffairs(宣政府)sincepublicationoftheessay,HowtheYuanCentralGovernmentManagedTibetanLocalAffairswrittenbyHanRulinsomefortyyearsago.
简介:TheXiaoyu-Ding-CauldronwasunearthedduringthefirstyearsofDaoguang,EmperoroftheQingDynasty,atLivillageofQishanCounty,ShanxiProvince.ThecauldronitselfdisappearedintheperiodofTaipingHeavenlyKingdom(TaipingTianguo).Thecurrentcopyoftheinscriptionistheonlyonepreserved.Theinscriptiononthecauldronconsistsof400characters,itisoneofthelongesttextsofthosedatingtotheearlyperiodoftheWesternzhouDynasty.Sincethetextisfragmentaryandnojoiningtextsremain,thetextcannotbereadcompletely.TheinscriptionwasfirstmentionedbyGuoMoruoinResearchontheMetalInscriptionsoftheZhouDynasty.ThenChenMengjiareconstructedtheinscriptioninthe1950'sinhis"DatingontheBronzeVasesoftheWesternZhouDynasty"andfurther