Legend had it that a county named Eternal Clarity (永清县) located halfway between Beijing and Tianjin was once a bloody battlefield a thousand years ago. The conflicts lasted for about 200 years between the Northern Song Dynasty and nomadic Tartars from the north who kept attacking the Middle Kingdom. It is said that of 55 villages in the area, 36 […]
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The Nine Chapters on the Mathematics Nine Chapters Math is the most important math book in Chinese history prior to the 20th century. Most researchers believe ancient mathematics in China and in the Mediterranean worked independently up to the time when the Nine Chapters Math reached its final form that was around the first century. “The method of chapter 7 […]
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In the year of 1011 during the Northern Song, a brand new 9-storey Buddhist pagoda was complete in Nanjing, in today’s Jiangsu Province. Under the pagoda, there is a basement where this Ashoka Tower along with Shakyamuni Buddha’s bone fragments, a crystal bowl, and a number of priceless Buddhist treasures was stored after a public ceremony hosted by grand Buddhist […]
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No Man’s Lands in China’s West Lop Nur, like a giant ear looking from the air, used to be a salt lake in the middle of the desert but dried up since the early 1960s. COMMENTS FROM TWITTER Davidson Why? What happened? All Things Chinese So far there is no definitive conclusion. But it’s most likely to be caused by […]
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A royal wedding procession passes through an arched bridge in Bianliang, the capital city of the North Song Dynasty in today’s Kaifeng, Henan Province. Arched Bridges A single-arch bridge in an old waterfront neighbourhood in Suzhou, an ancient city near Shanghai. A three-arch bridge in the ancient city Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province. COMMENTS FROM MINDS Eric The Romans used the […]
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After being buried underground for over two millenniums, when the Sword of Goujian was unearthed in the 1960s, it was found in perfect condition as if just made yesterday and sharp enough to cut a hair in two.
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84-year old Chinese scientist Tu Youyou received Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm on December 10, 2015. She is the first Chinese scientist from the mainland and the first Chinese woman from anywhere in the world to receive a genuine Nobel Prize. A Wonder Drug on Malaria Lupus erythematosus is a nasty skin disease, which not only ruins […]
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In 1986, an ancient bridge site, with 112 timber bridge piles covering a field over 300m long, was unearthed in Shaanxi Province. Using carbon-14 dating, the piles were found to be about 2200 years old. Combining this factor with other evidence, including the discovery in the nearby area of more than 100 artifacts made from bronze, iron or ceramic materials with the […]
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It is a consensus view that silk fabric was invented by Chinese, but the opinions are divided as to since when Chinese started to produce silk. The tangible evidence discovered so far includes weaving tools and cups engraved with images of silkworms, unearthed from Hemudu cultural site dating back to 7,000 years ago.
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Chinese Engineers Have Built Driverless Rice Transplanters A driverless rice transplanter is at work in a paddy field in China. Rice transplanting from nursery to field is one of the most labour-intensive and physically demanding farmworks in China, which requires the workers to bend their body to reach the wetland during the entire process. The driverless auto-transplanters can surely free […]
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Infrastructure is one of the foundations for the economic development of any nation, while roads and bridges are among the most important infrastructure. Below are some bridges constructed in recent decades in China. Beipanjiang Bridge, the world’s tallest bridge that links two mountainous provinces – Guizhou and Yunnan – in southern China. A bridge in Xianju, Zhejiang Province in east […]
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Bathrooms and urban water supply system appeared in China as early as the Shang Dynasty. The earliest written reference to Chinese bath culture was recorded with Oracle Turtle Script 3,000 years ago, also during the Shang Dynasty. By then bathroom was called 湢, and the bathtubs were usually made with bronze or timber.
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