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| + | "[[Everybody continually kills the Mandarin]]" --Émile Chartier | ||
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| + | "Do you know [[China]], the native land of the [[winged dragon]] and of [[porcelain]] [[tea-pot]]s? All the country is a [[cabinet of curiosities]], surrounded by an inhumanly [[the wall|long wall]] and one hundred thousand [[Tartar]] [[sentinels]].--''[[The Works of Heinrich Heine]]'' (1891-1905) by Heinrich Heine | ||
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| + | "In [[China]], 'travel record literature' (yóujì wénxué|) became popular during the [[Song Dynasty]] (960–1279). Travel writers such as [[Fan Chengda]] (1126–1193) and [[Xu Xiake]] (1587–1641) incorporated a wealth of [[geographical]] and [[topographical]] information into their writing, while the 'daytrip essay' ''[[Su Shi#Travel record literature|Record of Stone Bell Mountain]]'' by the noted poet and statesman [[Su Shi]] (1037–1101) presented a philosophical and moral argument as its central purpose."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| # A country in [[East Asia]]. Official name: [[People's Republic of China]]. | # A country in [[East Asia]]. Official name: [[People's Republic of China]]. | ||
| # Region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the [[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]). | # Region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the [[Republic of China]] ([[Taiwan]]). | ||
| # The civilisation/civilization of the Chinese people. | # The civilisation/civilization of the Chinese people. | ||
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| + | China emerged as one of the world's [[Cradle of civilization|first civilizations]], in the fertile basin of the [[Yellow River]] in the [[North China Plain]]. China was one of the world's [[List of regions by past GDP (PPP)|foremost economic powers]] for most of the [[Pax Sinica|two millennia]] from the 1st until the 19th century. | ||
| + | ==Culture== | ||
| + | The '''Culture of China''' (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex [[civilization]]s covering a history of over 5,000 years. The nation covers a large geographical region with customs and traditions varying greatly between towns, cities and [[Province (China)|provinces]]. '''''Chinese culture''''' (Chinese: 中華文化) is a broad term used to describe the cultural foundation, even among Chinese-speaking regions outside of [[mainland China]]. | ||
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| + | ;See also | ||
| + | *[[Chinese art]] | ||
| + | ==Chinese literature== | ||
| + | '''Chinese literature''' extends back thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court [[archive]]s to the mature [[fictional novel]] that arose during the Ming Dynasty to entertain the masses of literate Chinese. The introduction of widespread [[woodblock printing]] during the [[Tang Dynasty]] and the invention of [[movable type]] [[printing]] by [[Bi Sheng]] during the [[Song Dynasty]] rapidly spread written knowledge throughout China like never before. In more modern times, the author [[Lu Xun]] ([[1881]]-[[1936]]) would be considered the founder of modern ''[[Vernacular Chinese|baihua]]'' literature in China. | ||
| + | ==Architecture== | ||
| + | *[[Thames Town]] | ||
| + | *[[Under-occupied developments in China]] | ||
| + | *[[Tianducheng ]] | ||
| + | *[[Hallstatt (China)]] | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Belt and Road Initiative]] | ||
| + | *[[Century of humiliation]] | ||
| + | *[[Africa–China relations]] | ||
| + | *[[Chen Si]] | ||
| *[[Chinese art]] | *[[Chinese art]] | ||
| + | *[[Chinese capitalism]] | ||
| *[[Chinese contemporary art]] | *[[Chinese contemporary art]] | ||
| *[[Chinese culture]] | *[[Chinese culture]] | ||
| + | *[[Confucius]] | ||
| + | *[[Great Wall of China ]] | ||
| *[[Terracotta Army]] | *[[Terracotta Army]] | ||
| *[[Chinese counterculture]] | *[[Chinese counterculture]] | ||
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| *[[Tank Man]] | *[[Tank Man]] | ||
| *[[Execution van]] | *[[Execution van]] | ||
| - | + | *[[Mass surveillance in China]] | |
| + | *[[Human rights in China]] | ||
| + | *[[One-child policy]] | ||
| + | *[[Tang ping]] | ||
| + | *[[Uyghurs]], [[Xinjiang re-education camps ]] | ||
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"Everybody continually kills the Mandarin" --Émile Chartier "Do you know China, the native land of the winged dragon and of porcelain tea-pots? All the country is a cabinet of curiosities, surrounded by an inhumanly long wall and one hundred thousand Tartar sentinels.--The Works of Heinrich Heine (1891-1905) by Heinrich Heine "In China, 'travel record literature' (yóujì wénxué|) became popular during the Song Dynasty (960–1279). Travel writers such as Fan Chengda (1126–1193) and Xu Xiake (1587–1641) incorporated a wealth of geographical and topographical information into their writing, while the 'daytrip essay' Record of Stone Bell Mountain by the noted poet and statesman Su Shi (1037–1101) presented a philosophical and moral argument as its central purpose."--Sholem Stein |
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- A country in East Asia. Official name: People's Republic of China.
- Region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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History
China emerged as one of the world's first civilizations, in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. China was one of the world's foremost economic powers for most of the two millennia from the 1st until the 19th century.
Culture
The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex civilizations covering a history of over 5,000 years. The nation covers a large geographical region with customs and traditions varying greatly between towns, cities and provinces. Chinese culture (Chinese: 中華文化) is a broad term used to describe the cultural foundation, even among Chinese-speaking regions outside of mainland China.
- See also
Chinese literature
Chinese literature extends back thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court archives to the mature fictional novel that arose during the Ming Dynasty to entertain the masses of literate Chinese. The introduction of widespread woodblock printing during the Tang Dynasty and the invention of movable type printing by Bi Sheng during the Song Dynasty rapidly spread written knowledge throughout China like never before. In more modern times, the author Lu Xun (1881-1936) would be considered the founder of modern baihua literature in China.
Architecture
See also
- Belt and Road Initiative
- Century of humiliation
- Africa–China relations
- Chen Si
- Chinese art
- Chinese capitalism
- Chinese contemporary art
- Chinese culture
- Confucius
- Great Wall of China
- Terracotta Army
- Chinese counterculture
- When China Rules the World
- Social Credit System
- Tank Man
- Execution van
- Mass surveillance in China
- Human rights in China
- One-child policy
- Tang ping
- Uyghurs, Xinjiang re-education camps
