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China has
been a major travel destination of the world and
attract more and more tourists from all over the
world.China will be more important to the 2lst
century. Fascination with Chinese past, Chinese
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China History
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| China History |
| SUI (581-618) |
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The Sui dynasty unified China in AD581 after more
than 400 years of disunity,  yet
it only lasted 38 years. Much was accomplished during this
dynasty's short reign-a population census, reformation
of the bloated regional administration of the bloated regional
administration system and consolidation the southern regions.
One of the Sui's most important legacies was building the
Grand Canal (da yunhe  ),
which linked Huangzhou in the south to Beijing in the north.
The network of canals aided and enhanced economic and cultural
exchange between the south and north and would greatly
influence China's development. The downfall of the Sui
dynasty came with several military excursions into Korea.
These disastrous wars were prohibitively expensive and
brought the dynasty to bankruptcy. Peasant rebellions erupted
throughout the countryside and Li Yuan, a Sui government
minister ended the Sui dynasty when he founded the Tang
dynasty. |
TANG (618-907)
The Tang dynasty was one of China's most prosperous
and culturally rich periods.
Under the rule of the second Tang emperor, Taizong,
the economy flourished and empire experienced an era
of stability. Moreover, he was considered an enlightened
ruler for his open style of governing. |
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Not long after Emperor Taixong,
Wu Zetian became the only female empress in China's history.
She remembered as a harsh but capable ruler who attracted
people of talent to her court.
The Tang dynasty reached its peak under the stewardship
of Emperor Xuanzong .His rule heralded a long period of expansion,
prosperity and stability, but towards his later years, the
dynasty declined and before long regional military commanders
seized the opportunity to rebel. The greatest peril the dynasty
faced was the devastating rebellion of An Lushan, an ethnic
Sogdian, who was the adopted son of Xuanzong's favorite concubine,
Yang Guifei. |
Many of the emperor's closest advisors
blamed Yang Guifei, who was nicknamed "the Fat Concubine," for
the decline of the empire. The emperor was so enamored
by her charms that ignored state affairs and spend his
time with frolicking with his favorite instead. Coming
from a poor family, Yang Guifei took this opportunity to
enrich herself and her family. Eventually the emperor's
officials forced the emperor to order her to commit suicide
while fleeing from An Lushan. After this episode, Xuangzong
fell into a deep depression and abdicated the throne. Tang
poet Song of Everlasting Sorrow(chang hen ge  ).
The imperial examination system became highly developed
under the Tang. While in theory anyone, even a poor peasant,
could take part in the examinations, in practice only those
rich enough to afford the years of study could advance
through the highly competitive system. Poetry also achieved
remarkable heights of artistry during the Tang dynasty.
Many China's most talented poets, such as Li Bai, Du Fu
and Bai Juyi hail from this era.
The Tang dynasty was the largest power in Asia, extending
towards Central Asia with its cultural reach playing a
key role in the development of Korea and Japan. Numerous
envoys and students from foreign countries frequent visited
Tang dynasty allowed for frequent cultural exchanges, making
the Tang dynasty the most cosmopolitan and open of all
China's dynasties. |
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The Tang legal code and Chinese characters were some
of China's most important exports to Korea and Japan. Thousands
of students from both countries went arrived in China to
study and Chinese teachers traveled abroad to spread their
wisdom. Buddhism continued to spread throughout China where
it became Sinicized, furthering its popularity. An eclectic
milieu of religions-Zoroastrianism, Nestorian Christianity,
Manichaeism, Judaism and Islam were brought into China.
Technology also traveled along the Silk Road. Arab trades
spread papermaking techniques. Wood block printing was
invented during the Tang dynasty, with the Diamond Sutra
(jingang jing  ),
printed in 868, being the earliest example of a book made
using this technique. In late Tang battles, weapons employing
gunpowder were used.
As the Tang dynasty reeled from An Lushan's rebellion,
which last for over eight years, increased power was given
to military officials to deal with the rebels, but in turn
they began to acquire power and cave out kingdoms of their
own. In AD 907, the Tang dynasty was overthrow. The dynasty
once again began anew. The period following the collapse
of the Tang was a time of devastation and turbulence. It
was during this period of upheaval that China's economic
center shifted from the Chinese heartland of the Yellow River
valley in the north to the south. The economic migration
south, coupled with frequent invasion from the north would
create a cultural and psychological divide in the Chinese
psyche based along the Yangtze River. |
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