During the Northern and Southern Dynasties periods, authors composed many short writings that related a type of matter or event that they called “strange.” There were the accounts of strange concerned marvelous objects from foreign places, the wonderful feats of magicians and alchemists, event involved meetings between humans and ghost. These accounts are called in Chinese zhiguai or “accounts of the strange.” As the most important early example of the zhiguai genre, the book Sou shen ji (In Search
Dunhuang, China. I found three "goods" that were really important, and I thought affected the world then. The three "goods" were Silk, Horses, and Silver. Gansu Is Province Located Northwest Of China. It's Neighbors Are Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, And Qinghai. The Yellow River Flows Through The South Part Of The Province. The Silk Road Was Not Started In Gansu, But Merchants Would Stop At Dunhuang To Get Camels Before They Enter The Taklamakan Desert. Hexi Corridor Is One Of The Most Important Routes For
The very first global challenge that I identified is global poverty. Poverty is based mostly on the lack of income or wages that the poor is receiving. Based on the “11 Facts of Global Poverty”, more than 3 billion people in the world live with less than $2.50 per day and nearly half of that amount live in extreme poverty, with just $1.25 per day (2015). This problem extends to the extreme where the article also stated “22,000 children die each day due to poverty”, which has a serious affect on the
Sichuan Massacre Lily Maynard Chloe’Ann Hoffman Allie Lathrom Tyler Fox Zayne Nowak The Sichuan Massacre was caused by a man name Zhang Xianzhong. Zhang Xianzhong was born in 1606 in the Dingbian, Shaanxi province of China. Zhang was a Chinese rebel leader and he was close to the Ming Dynasty. After a terrible famine in the northern province of Shaanxi in 1628. After the famine Zhang became the leader of a group of freebooters. When attacking or looting they used hit and run tactics to plunder though
This people who were infected by this zombies will be attended by specialists and be cured before it is too late. The rest of the healthy citizens will be evacuated in all types of transportation and taken to Gansu, China. Now, people from the CDC are going to all parts of China, to every town and city and they are being informed and taught on how to be prepared before and after the zombie apocalypse starts. Before the apocalypse people are being told to wash
The Great Wall of China is 21,196 kilometers long or 13,171 miles long. One of the biggest relics is the Ming Dynasty Great Wall: its length is 8,851 kilometers or 5,500 miles long. The original great wall was built from 770-476 BC. The wall that was built in 770-476 BC is not the wall that is standing today. The wall that is standing today is the wall that was built in 206 BC. The emperor of China during the building of the great wall was Qin Shi Huangdi. The great wall was built during the Qin
My interest in the Giant Panda started when I was six years old, and went to the zoo with my first grade class. I was mesmerized by these beautiful bears with amazing color. The panda bear has black ears, black patches on its eyes, black legs and black arms that stretches across the panda bears back. It might have been their color pattern that I love so much that attracted me to them. I collect small panda bear figures, that I keep on the top shelf in my room. When I was younger I had no idea about
China Travel Guide, Travel to China China travel guide to the Middle Kingdom Home to almost twenty percent of the world's population, China is one of the most exciting places to visit and live. Aside from its rich history and culture, wonderful tourist spots have become major attractions not only to locals but to millions of foreigners from different parts of the world. Picturesque scenes are available in almost every major city and visiting all of these major sites needs a lot of time, effort
The Great Wall of China The Great Wall of China is truly one of the greatest architectural achievements in recorded history. The longest structure ever built, it is about 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles) long and made entirely by hand. This wall is said to be visible from the moon. It crosses Northern China, from the East coast to Central China (Karls, 1). This massive wall is not only one of the ancient wonders of the world, but it also has been the inspiration of many writers and artists. With
major renovation started with the founding of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, and took 200 years to complete. The wall we see today is almost exactly the result of this effort. With a total length of over 6,000 kilometers, it extends to the jiayu Pass in Gansu Province in the west and to the mouth of the Yalu River in Liaoning Province in the east. What lies north of Beijing is but a small section of it. (Karls) The Badaling section of the Great Wall snaking along the mountains northwest of Beijing was
When people talk about China, I believe the first thing that comes to mind is Beijing, the capital city of China. The reason that Beijing city is so popular is because one of the seven great wonders of the world is located in Beijing, and that is the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China is the only man-made structure that is visible from space, and looks like a huge dragon lying on the surface of the earth. It makes people wonder how this man-made structure had been built and why it was built
the elevations range from five-thousand to ten-thousand feet. Torrential rains and dense mist throughout the year characterizes these forests, often shrouded in heavy clouds. Pandas are only naturally found in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi. The forests in these provinces are very damp and rainy. Shelter and habitat is a huge part in making a panda survive, but they also need the warm and cozy fur. Pandas are easily found by people in zoos, because they have their
An endangered species is a species of organisms that is likely to become extinct due to natural or man-made changes in the environment. The animal which is most popular for its dangerously small numbers is the panda, which has become the poster child for endangered species. Unfortunately, there are only about a 1,000 pandas left in the wild. However, more than 300 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers throughout the world. The home of pandas can be found in the remote, mountainous regions of China
Introduction The Great Wall of China is an internationally identifiable emblem and is a pervasive parable that is used to demarcate modern China’s national character, political attitudes, history and culture. The Great Wall is an immense man-made structure that has stood the test of time and much like the centuries’ old Chinese culture. It has also come to symbolize the rich history of the Chinese people and indication of their strength and ability as a nation. The Wall inspires admiration from other
The heritage of ancient china Ancient china left a great legacy of inventions that changed the way we live. Some of the great inventions are printing, paper, gunpowder, kites, seismograph and the compass. Compass Figure 1: top 20 Ancient Chinese inventions Source : (http://www.chinawhisper.com/top-20-ancient-chinese-inventions/) The earliest reference to a magnetic device used as a "direction finder" is in a Song dynasty book dated to 1040-1044. Here there is a description of an iron "south-pointing
Endangered Species: Red Panda The red panda, also called lesser panda and red cat-bear, is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. The red panda is slightly larger than a domestic cat with a bear-like body and thick russet fur. The red panda has been classified as Vulnerable by IUCN as its wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals. The population continues to decline and is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and
the Chinese court official Cai Lun is widely regarded to have first described the modern method of papermaking (inspired from wasps and bees) from wood pulp in AD 105, the 2006 discovery of specimens bearing written characters in north-west China's Gansu province suggest that paper was in use by the ancient Chinese military more than 100 years before Cai in 8 BCE [1]. Archæologically however, true paper without writing has been excavated in China dating from the 2nd-century BCE. In America, archaeological
3. INTRODUCTION It is said that freshwater will be the first natural resource to be depleted due to its pollution that is growing increasingly, threatening the ecosystem health and may causing various problems of nutrition and health on a global scale, especially in semiarid regions,such as North Africa and the Middle East. The water scarcity can limit the social and economic development especially on the reagions mentioned above. Thinking about it, it is necessary to create new alternative methods
In modern society, governments in both developed and developing countries contribute financial resources to various forms of research and development (R&D). This type of investment assists society to function more effectively, because of inventions and innovations in many sectors, such as health, education, technology and science. In this way, social growth is encouraged at both a national and international level, which further supports improved business and commercial expansion. Based on this,
Briahna Bishop March 28, 2016 Dr. Zeng M/W 8:00 a.m The Giant Panda Express The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a beloved creature known to the world. However, it is also a creature that is critically endangered and faces extinction. As human advancements obliterate the habitats and influence the lifestyle of the Giant Panda, research is conducted to uncover the cause of the Giant Panda’s current predicament and to improve the methods of conservation to save the Giant Panda. Information