Xian, The Eternal City Of The Chinese City

The name of Xin-hua translates to New China and it was her powerful belief for a new China that made her determination so strong. Throughout Forbidden City her determination seemed to grow. It required a lot of guts and determination for the powerless ordinary people to take on the all-powerful government. Determination, though not her only characteristic, was certainly the strongest one, but through her determination she showed Alex a different world. To die for your country is not as heart rending than to be executed by an army who used to die for their country instead of killing their people. Xin-hua, though fictional, was one among thousands of people who died for their beliefs and still had no effect on China's Communist Party.

Tracing back the history of China, Xia Dynasty of the second millennium BCE was the earliest dynasty in China, which was centered along the Yellow River. Before China was unified, it was the time during which most of China's cultural tradition arose. Chinese civilization ascended and developed in a vast area, one-third larger than the United States if such dependencies as Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, and Tibet are included. For centuries China was almost completely isolated from the other centers of civilization by mountains, deserts, and seas. This isolation helps explain the great originality of China's culture. China has many mountain ranges and three river systems that rise close together on the high Tibetan plateau and flow eastward to

When Emperor Qin took the throne, he ordered the general Mengtian to reorganise/extend the separate walls of the former states, reaching an extent to all 7 ‘warring states’. This was to provide a more stable form of protection for habitants in his empire. 300 000 captured soldiers and conscripts lived, worked and died in the remote areas of the empire. Slaves were also commissioned to take part in the construction of the wall. Little of the wall built by Qin remains today, as it has been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the wall seen today was built by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). This structure is now a form of transporting to other states/a tourist attraction, and is labelled one of the ‘7 Wonders of the Medieval World’.

The world's longest man made structure started out as the world's biggest cemetery. In 221 BC Emperor Qin Shi Huang ordered for the construction of a great wall to protect, impress, and glorify Ancient China (history.com). His labour force was mostly made up of soldiers, peasants, convicts, and volunteers and it is estimated that 400,000 died during the construction (background essay). While the Great Wall costed Ancient China lots, it gave them protected from their biggest threats, protected merchants trading on the Silk Road, and opened China up to the rest of the world.

Perhaps the most famous thing we have inherited from Ancient China, however, is the Great Wall. One of the eight wonders of the ancient world, construction first began on this gigantic border fortification was built from stone, brick, tamped earth and wood during the Shang Dynasty in the 7th Century BC. Some of its most famous parts were constructed as the era that we know as Ancient China was drawing to a close in the 3rd Century BC by the man who would unify China into a country bearing his name, Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

The Qin Dynasty, under its first ruler, Qin Shi Huang di, would unite China as a single entity for the first time. His rule, which lasted from 221BC to 210BC, would bring together various warring factions under a single imperial authority. In doing so, this imperial authority would also attribute to itself an incredible degree of divine importance as perhaps is best demonstrated by the tomb constructed in his honor. The Qin Dynasty is remarkable for the ego and ambition of its emperor. Qin Shi Huang di may be demonstrated as a man of unparalleled conceit, with the extent of artifact evidence notable at his burial site standing in direct competition with that of any pharaoh or European king. That Qin was the first ruler to unify the parameters of what is now modern China, it may not be seen as so unreasonable that much of the artwork notable from his time was that which was built in tribute to him. Indeed, the beginnings of the Great Wall of China would come about in this time, and would be as much a testament to the remarkable vanity of Qin's ambitions as to the strategic justification for the erection of the enormous structure. However, the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang Di, contrary to the security-induced Great Wall, remains shrouded in mystery even to the present day. The plans behind its construction, the incredible detail and the sheer cruelty of what is implied by its many chambers give continued life to archeological speculation.

The Great Wall of China has been called a wonder by many who have seen it. It brings pride to the Chinese nation, and is known for being the only man made structure visible from space. The magnitude of The Great Wall is an architectural achievement as well as an example of the will power of man. Many find it hard to believe that such an amazing sight could have a history so filled with death, slavery and sadness as The Great Wall does. The Great Wall of China is one of the world's most famous architectural triumphs and has helped China throughout its history, even though its creation is marked by tragedy.

John Man 's book, The Terra Cotta Army is a combination of light historical entertainment and travelogue with archaeological factoids handpicked from specialist publications and interviews, the book is written in a lively and engaging style and extreme illustrated. For example he shows a picture of the First Emperors tomb and the terra cotta army pits. The pictures he has shown Man explains the dimensions and he words what he see to where we can visualized about what he is talking about . Although neither an academic historian, Man has done a creditable job of getting his facts right. He rightly dismisses the canard that each figure is the individualized portrait of an actual Qin

This turned out to be one of the most amazing archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century. The first emperor of China was Qin Shi Huang, not only was he a great ruler, he also completed many construction projects that people thought was impossible. For example, a couple of his projects is The Great Wall of China, his own tomb, and the three irrigation canals which are; Lingqu Canal, Dujiangyan Reservoir, and the Zhengguo Canal. Do you ever wonder why he was such a great ruler? Do you ever want to know his past and how he was

The archeological diggers revealed a close approximate of 200 coexisting pits containing thousands of life size terra cotta soldiers, terra cotta horses and bronze chariots and weapons. Scientists, archeologist and historians calls this “a world renowned discovery”, together with burial tombs and architectural remains with a staggering comprehensive number of over 600 sculptures and other treasures within the mausoleum of the property area of 56.25 square kilometers. The Terracotta Army or the "Terracotta Warriors and Horses" is an assembled collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. The small figures are all different and unique; with their horses, chariots and weapons, they are masterpieces of realism. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the Emperor’s sole purpose as to protect him in the afterlife. The layout of the mausoleum is constructed on the Qin capital Xianyang, divided upon the central and outer lying cities. The circumference of the central city is 2.5 kilometer and the outer cities ranging to 6.3 kilometer. The tomb is located in the southwest of the central city and faces the raising east sun. The main tomb chamber housing the coffin and burial artifacts is the core of the architectural compartment of the mausoleum. According to the historian Sima Qian (c. 145-95 BCE), workers from every province of the Empire exerted extensive amount of man hours in the tomb’s preparation near the death of the Emperor in 210 BCE, in order to construct a massive subterranean like city underneath the gigantic mountain

Usually when people think about the Great Wall of China, they are thinking about just the wall itself, or the side of it that China is in. What they don’t usually think about are the people on the other side of it. The Xiongnu, who have a very interesting and barbaric history lived on that side for a time, specifically between the Qin and Han dynasties when China was weak. Because China was weak at the time, and the Xiongnu luckily had a strong leader, they were able to execute a big part of history. That is shown through our reading from Genghis Khan and Mongol Rule, from our reading from Sima Qian’s history, and also from your PowerPoints. People back in the time of the Xiongnu had very different values, seemed much more violent, and had strong military strategies.

Before Christ was born there was a lot of important historical event all around the world. However, China had some of the most impacting historical events during these years. China is one of the four ancient civilization still up today, therefore, China is one of the strongest and smartest country during BCE. Throughout, the time period China developed both mentally and physically. China had three important dynasty that impacted the way they developed and survived. The Shang, Zhou, Xia Dynasty. According to the passage "A BRIEF HISTORY OF ANCIENT CHINA." by Tim Lambert, ‘The Xia dynasty occurred in 2000 BCE. Later the Shang dynasty occurred during 1766-1122 BCE. Lastly, the Zhou dynasty occurred 1122-256 BCE.’(Lambert, 1) All three Dynasty

In March of 1974 located approximately 20 miles east of the Chinese city of Xi’an, local farmers were digging a well in a field. They stumbled upon a large pit which led to the discovery of over 6,000 life-size terra cotta statues. After researching they learned that the site they had discovered was the burial place of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and excavations began almost immediately.

Around three-hundred thousand soldiers from the Qin Dynasty were sent to guard and build this wall. In 221 BCE, Qin conquered towns and state, which he soon created a large kingdom with. He died about eleven years after he made this big kingdom. Before his death, he had a chance to create roads, a palace, and his artists created the terra cotta army. This army had about eight thousand real-life soldiers. His biggest project was the Great Wall of China. This was made in 206 BC, because Qin’s successors were overthrown by the Han Dynasty, who ruled for four hundred years. The Han dynasty was concerned about border security, so the Qin and Han dynasty joined forces to build a wall. This wall, the Great Wall of China, was built to keep the Xiongnu

There are ancient accounts about the history of a small kingdom along the Yellow River that existed from about 2,000 BC to 1,600 BC. The main ancient accounts are in the Records of the Grand Historian (史記) that were written between about 109 BC and 91 BC by Sima Qian and another textthat is called the Bamboo Annals (竹書紀年) that was a text that was said to have been buried with the King of Wei who died in 296 BC and was rediscovered in 281 AD during the Jin Dynasty. The text was written on flat pieces of bamboo, and this is why it is called the Bamboo Annals. Are these accounts accurate? It is said that the Xia Dynasty people didn't keep written records, but that their histories were passed orally. Archeologists