2. INDEX
About Ancient China
People of Chinese Civilization
Religion (Dynasties)
Geography
Town Planning
Impact & Heritage
Writing
Cod of law
Art and Architecture
Famous Monuments
Economy
Discoveries & Inventions
Decline of Civilization
3. Ancient China
River based civilization
One of the places with greatest number of
monuments
A place with different emperors & rulers
A nature friendly ancient country
5. Religion(Dynasties)
Chinese civilization had 4 main dynasties :-
Shang dynasty (1570 to 1045 )bce .Capitial an-yang city.
Zhou dynasty (1045 to 256 )bce.capital city haojing.
Qin dynasty (221 to 206 BC)bce.capital city xianyang.
Han dynasty .(206 to 220)ce.capital city Chang-An.
6. Info……
Shang dynasty
Ruled over a small area
Had outside walls for protection
Frequent invasions took pace
Rulers were very strong but had to fight much.
Zhou dynasty
-ox-drawn ploughs began to be used.
Large-scale irrigation & water irrigation increased.
Horseback riding intoruced
Construction of road & canals improved communication
within kingdom.
7. Qin dynasty
Most powerful dynasty
Built great wall of china
Good government
Uniting different warring parts
Han dynasty
Good administration
3 main ministers look after war,land & money matter
Improved agriculture
Money used in trade
Emperors built beautiful palaces out of timber
11. HIMALYAN MOUNTAINS
THE PROTECTION BORDER OF CHINA
PROTECTED FROM NORTHERN THIEVES OF
SOME PARTS OF MONGOLIA
12. DESERTS
Deserts
To the north west is gobi/talkamakan desert
Protected from northern invaders .
An important source of protection
One of coldest deserts
13. Town planning
Walled urban centers
for trade
For business
For transport
For politics
For services
Cultural perfomances
Eg:-forbidden city
14. How most cities were designed?
Under the emperor’s command.
Discussion among scholars, philosophers, builders
Combination of heaven, earth and humankind.
Feng Shui (maintain harmony), Ying guo (system of
urban design and mgt), Feng li (neighborhood design).
15. Courtyards were used as common public space, gardening and natural
landscape combined with bodies of water to enrich the environment.
Within the city, market on first floor and residential on the second floor.
Unity was reflected at all levels-the neighborhood faced a common
internal courtyard- each created a nesting pattern.
“well-field system”
basic geometric and
legal module of urban-
regional planning.
DESIGN
PRINCIPLES
16. Impact & heritage
Unity of country
Famous administrations
Teaching of Confucius
The pictograms
Famous script writing
17. Writings
The earliest writing is from shang period.
Most decisions took time.oracle (signs through which gods
answered)was conducted before it.
To scratch writing oracle animal&tortoise shell & bones were
used.
Pictograms were used
18. Cod of law
Article I
Every man should most carefully carry out all the duties required byfilial piety (respect for parents) and in accordance with
the deference (obedience) owed by the younger brother to the elder ...
Article II One should always hold the family ancestors in the greatest respect...
Article III ... quarrels and legal actions should be avoided as far as possible.
Article VI Care should be given to the efficient running of the public schools.
Article IX The people should often be reminded of the penal laws ...
Article XVI Outbursts of anger should be kept under control to avoid greater dangers ensuing.
19. Art & Architecture
Calligraphy - This is art of handwriting. The Ancient Chinese considered writing an important form of art. Calligraphers would practice for
years to learn to write perfectly, but with style. Each of the over 40,000 characters needed to be drawn precisely. In addition, each
stroke in a character had to be drawn in a specific order.
Poetry - Poetry was an important form of art as well. Great poets were famous throughout the empire, but all educated people were
expected to write poetry. During the Tang Dynasty poetry became so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to
become a civil servant and work for the government.
Painting - Painting was often inspired by poetry and combined with calligraphy. Many paintings were landscapes that featured
mountains, homes, birds, trees, and water.
Porcelain
Fine Chinese porcelain was not only an important art, but also became an important export. During the Ming Dynasty blue and white
vases became highly prized and were sold to the wealthy throughout Europe and Asia. There are many types of other potteries
Silk
The Ancient Chinese mastered the art of making silk from the spun cocoons of silkworms. They kept this technique secret for hundreds of
years as silk was desired by other nations and enabled China to become rich. They also dyed silk into intricate and decorative
patterns.
Lacquer
The Ancient Chinese often used lacquer in their art. Lacquer is a clear coating made from the sap of sumac trees. It was used to add
beauty and shine to many pieces of art. It also helped to protect art from getting damaged, especially from bugs.
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21. Ancient pagodas
A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves, built in traditions originating
in historic East Asia or with respect to those traditions, common
to Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Burma and other parts of
Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas
were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist, and were
often located in or near viharas. In some countries, the term may refer to
other religious structures. In Vietnam and Cambodia, due to French
translation, the English term
Pagoda is a more generic term referring to a place of worship,
although pagoda is not an accurate word to describe a Buddhist vihara.
The modern pagoda is an evolution of the Ancient Nepal stupa, a tomb-like
structure where sacred relics could be kept safe and venerated.[1] The
architectural structure of the stupa has spread across Asia, taking on many
diverse forms as details specific to different regions are incorporated into
the overall design
22. Monuments
Great Wall Of China
Built :220-206 bce
Who :Qin shi huangdi
Height :16m
Area: 6,000 kms long
24. ForBidden City
Built :1406 to 1420
Location :north china
Who:ming emperor
Forbidden City, Beijing Palace Museum, Chinese Imperial Palace.
Lying at the city center and called Gu Gong in Chinese, it was the
imperial palace for twenty-four emperors during the Ming and
Qing dynasties
25. Terracotta Army Museum
It is a museum in south east china
Displays ancient terracotta armies & soldiers
One of the biggest ancient museums
Has real & clay made armies
26. Ancient Chinese people traded salt, iron, fish, cattle, and silk.
Silk was traded for goods and services – Silk route
Through the famous Silk Route, they also traded externally: goods from China
could wind up in Greece.
At the eastern end of the route, the Chinese traded with people from India,
providing them with silk and getting lapis lazuli, coral, jade, glass, and pearls in
exchange.
Fish, farmed and irrigated the land
The ancient Chinese first used cowrie shells for money in China as early as
1800 BC.
Then people used metal imitations of cowrie shells, and then metal strings of
beads called cash.
Economy
27. Economy
• Cowry shells were used as the medium of
exchange / money in the late Xia Dynasty (21st
century BC).
• Those from the Shang Dynasty usually had
“teeth” on one side and a hole for stringing on
the flat polished other side.
• As natural cowries were limited in quantity,
copies made of stone, other seashells, bone and
bronze were also in circulation.
• Bronze replicas of cowries became the first
Chinese cast coins.
http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china1.htm
28. inventions
Silk - Silk was a soft and light material much desired by the wealthy throughout the world. It became such a valuable export that the
trade route running from Europe to China became known as the Silk Road. The Chinese learned how to make silk from the cocoons of
silkworms. They managed to keep the process for making silk a secret for hundreds of years.
Paper - Paper was invented by the Chinese as well as many interesting uses for paper like paper money and playing cards. The first
paper was invented in the 2nd century BC and the manufacture later perfected around 105 AD.
Printing - Wood block printing was invented in AD 868 and then moveable type around 200 years later. This was actually hundreds of
years before the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg in Europe.
The Compass - The Chinese invented the magnetic compass to help determine the correct direction. They used this in city planning at
first, but it became very important to map makers and for the navigation of ships.
Gunpowder - Gunpowder was invented in the 9th century by chemists trying to find the Elixir of Immortality. Not long after, engineers
figured out how to use gunpowder for military uses such as bombs, guns, mines, and even rockets. They also invented fireworks and
made great beautiful displays of fireworks for celebrations.
Boat Rudder - The rudder was invented as a way to steer large ships. This enabled the Chinese to build huge ships as early as 200 AD,
well before they were ever built in Europe.
Other - Other inventions include the umbrella, porcelain, the wheelbarrow, iron casting, hot air balloons, seismographs to measure
earthquakes, kites, matches, stirrups for riding horses, and acupuncture.
29. Discoveries
Porcelain
A far cry from the potentially life-saving seismographic invention of the Chinese comes the aesthetically
pleasing discovery of porcelain, which was a type of pottery made with kaolin clay. The fortuitous
discovery of how to make this type of ceramic material also probably came during the Han Dynasty. The
full form of white porcelain came later, probably during the T'ang Dynasty. Today porcelain may be
better known as a material used in bathrooms than crockery. It is also used in dentistry as a crown
replacement for natural teeth.
Tea
Tea has been so important in China that even the story of silk includes a probably anachronistic cup of it.
Legend says silk was discovered when a cocoon fell from a mulberry bush into a cup of imperial tea. This
is similar to the legend of the discovery of tea where an emperor (Shen Nung (2737 B.C.)) drank a cup of
water into which leaves from an overhanging Camellia bush had fallen.
31. Decline
About 100 A.D. the Han started to decline. The bureaucracy became corrupt and the power of the central government
weakened.
Local landlords became more powerful as government control and supervision declined.
They increased the tax burden on the peasants and took many of their farms.
As peasant unrest grew, a revolutionary movement emerged called the Yellow Turban.
The Yellow Turbans were Daoists; their attempts at revolution failed.
Compounding this political weakness and peasant unrest was the effect of several devastating epidemics that wiped
out nearly half the population.
With all this internal turmoil,
the weakened Han dynasty could not fend off the advance of the Hun invaders.
Even though the Han fell and initiated a period of chaos, there was not a permanent disruption of Chinese civilization.
Briefly, the Sui dynasty ruled.Then in 618 the Tang dynasty emerged as one of the most glorious in Chinese history.
They reinstated Confucian thought and revived and improved upon the Han style of bureaucracy.
After the Hun invasions and the fall of the Han dynasty, the Chinese never had to reinvent their civilization
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