Guide to
China's Culture and History: in-depth online resources
Introduction to China: history, dynasties, geography, regions, peoples, society, economy,
transportation, more, from the Library of Congress
Overview of
Chinese History and China: The World's Oldest Civilization
China: History &
Timelines
[ Top ]
Chinese Dynasties 2000 BC - 1911 AD:
Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Sung, Jin, Lioa, Yuan, Ming,
Qing or Manchu - and a look at the major political and cultural events of each time period
Chinese Dynasty
Maps: showing territory ruled by the
Zhou [NE China much like Shang], then Qin, Han, Tang, Sung, Yuan, Ming, Qing, including a
map comparing Shang and Zhou
regions
Guide to China's Dynasties: after the Neolithic, the dynasties from Shang to Western and Eastern Chou [Zhou] to Ch'ing - 3000 BC to 1912 AD
Shang Dynasty 1700-1050 BC: the rise of Chinese civilization begins with bronze manufacturing,
military might with horse-drawn
chariots and composite bows and arrows, agriculture, and complex
religious rituals, early writing on oracle bones, art including jade amulets and ritual
blades
China: Geology, Geography
& Maps [ Top ]
Maps
of Asia and Siberia: in-depth collection of online maps
Maps of China: five maps provide a look at China's location in Asia, mountains, rivers,
cities, Mongolia, Lake Baikal and Siberia, more
Chinese Dynasty
Maps: showing territory of various
rulers
Maps
of China - Neolithic & Links to Maps by Dynasty
Ancient Art & Culture: [ Top ]
China's Art Across the Ages:
from painted Neolithic pottery to
Shang Dynasty jade mask to pottery striding horse to Han Dynasty curled-tail dog of
pottery [ see large image ]
from burial of Emperor Jingdi
The Importance of Trade to Chinese Art:
2,000 years of trade from the Han to Qing Dynasties
Pottery from Neolithic China: including a tripod vase in black pottery, in the shape of an owl - a
popular image - from the Yangshao Culture, and more pottery from China's Neolithic and from Shang
and Zhou Dynasties.
See also Guide to Pottery from the earliest times in China, Japan, Siberia,
as well as the Americas
Chinese Pottery &
Ceramics: illustrated with examples from early Dawenkou and
Longshan cultures to Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties
Chinese Artifacts:
from early Neolithic stone tools and a
pottery pig, to Neolithic pottery, Shang
bronzes including a vessel in the
shape of an owl, a Shang
bronze mirror, a Zin
bronze mirror in circle shape with raised dot, Han
Dynasty clay warriors, much more
China's Arts
- Chronologically: from Yang Shao
pottery to bronze ritual vessels to jade daggers and scepters, a rare bronze vessel in owl form,
a p'an or
shallow vessel with beasts, and more
from various dynasties, and the evolution of the pen or p'an or shallow tray
China's Art &
Antiquities: painted pottery, bronze vessels, jade, paintings,
and more, plus a guide to China Knowledge in arts, culture, history
Ancient Bronze Age of China:
pictures, descriptions of wine and food
vessels, decorative animals including ram's head, dragons, and the animal or beast mask
called t’aot’ie, and more early bronze objects from Xia, Shang
and Zhou, and the evolution of the taotie mask
Bronze Vessels: browse Art/Handicrafts to find pictures, descriptions of Shang ritual
bronze vessels for food and wine: ding, li, gui, jue, jia, pan, you, zun, others, plus Shang & Tang
bronzes including jue, ting
China -
5,000 Years: jade, bronze, grave
goods, ceramics, painting, more - each shown from several early Chinese dynasties,
including Zhou jade burial
mask reminiscent
of Ipiutak ivory burial mask from Bering
Strait
See also Guide to Jade and Ancient Chinese
Jade - An Introduction
Enduring
Art of Jade Age China: carvings of a jade stag, dagger with bird
motif, masked human, more - all nephrite jade
History of Ancient Jade in China: a 6,500-year history illustrated with a jade ax and
animal and bird figurines, the bi disk, cong which could have carved faces with round
eyes, jade burial garments, more
China's Neolithic Art: painted pottery, jade bi disk,
followed by:
· Shang
Dynasty Art: 2,000-1,000 BC, pottery, bronze, jade
· Zhou & Han
Dynasties: 1,000 BC - 1 AD, jade, bronze vessels, bells
· Eastern Han Dynasty: 1 -
500 AD, stoneware with celadon glaze
· Tang & Song
Dynasties: 500 - 1,000 AD, tomb guardian, painting
Treasures from a Lost
Civilization: ancient art from
Sanxingdui, Sichuan, including rare bronze masks, statues, more, Shang period and later
China: 100 Treasures: selections of ancient art from different regions
Splendors of Imperial China: selections of art from various dynasties
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