Emperor Wen of Han (Chinese: 漢 文 帝; 203/202 – 6 July 157 BCE), born Liu Heng (Chinese: 劉 恆), was the fifth emperor of the Western Han dynasty in China from 180 to his death in 157 BCE. The son of Emperor Gao and Consort Bo, his reign provided a much needed stability after the unstable and violent regency of Empress Lü.The prosperous reigns of Wen and his son …

History Early history. Yunzhong Commandery (Chinese: 雲中郡) was a historical commandery of China. Its territories were between the Great Wall and Yin Mountains, and correspond to part of modern-day Hohhot, Baotou and Ulanqab prefectures in Inner Mongolia.The central city of Yunzhong was in the suburbs of today's Hohhot. The commandery was created during King …

Salaries. During the Han dynasty, the power a government official exercised was determined by his annual salary-rank, measured in grain units known as dan, shi or shih (石, a unit of volume, approximately 35 litres (0.99 US bsh)).However, approximately half an official's salary in grain was made in payments of cash coins, the standard of which, after 119 BC, was the wushu (五銖) …

Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) inscriptions on wood and bamboo. In 1930 Folke Bergman of the Sino-Swedish expedition first discovered 10,000 tablets at Ejin Khoshuu in the Gobi Desert. Ruins of Shangdu (Xanadu) the Summer Capital of the Mongol Yuan dynasty built …

Ordos (Mongolian: ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠰ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ Ordos; simplified Chinese: 鄂尔多斯; traditional Chinese: 鄂爾多斯; pinyin: È'ěrduōsī), also known as Ih Ju, is one of the twelve major subdivisions of Inner Mongolia, China.It lies within the Ordos Plateau of the Yellow River.Although mainly rural, Ordos is administered as a prefecture-level city.

Datong is a prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China.It is located in the Datong Basin at an elevation of 1,040 metres (3,410 ft) and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 3,105,591 of whom 1,790,452 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 out 4 urban …

The Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴; pinyin: Xiōngnú, [ɕjʊ́ŋ.nǔ]) were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples who, according to ancient Chinese sources, inhabited the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 BC, founded the Xiongnu Empire.. After their previous rivals, the Yuezhi, migrated west into …

The Wuhan Yangtze Great Bridge (simplified Chinese: 武汉长江大桥; traditional Chinese: 武漢長江大橋; pinyin: Wǔhàn Chángjiāng Dàqiáo), commonly known as Wuhan First Yangtze Bridge, is a double-deck road and rail bridge across the Yangtze River in Wuhan, in Central China.At its completion in 1957, the bridge was the easternmost crossing of the Yangtze, and was often …

Contents move to sidebar hide Début 1 Drapeaux historiques Afficher / masquer la sous-section Drapeaux historiques 1.1 Chine impériale 1.2 République de Chine 2 Histoire du dessin et de son étude 3 Symbolique Afficher / masquer la sous-section Symbolique 3.1 Interprétation du drapeau 3.2 Portée symbolique 4 Construction, détails, taille, couleurs Afficher / masquer la sous …

Dream of the Red Chamber (Honglou Meng) or The Story of the Stone (Shitou Ji) is a novel composed by Cao Xueqin in the middle of the 18th century. One of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, it is known for its psychological scope, and its observation of the worldview, aesthetics, life-styles, and social relations of 18th-century China.