Abstract
Over the centuries, China still respectfully treasures rich Asian cultures, traditions, and customs. China is now famous all over the world for its mysterious wonders and cultural & natural heritages such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Terracotta Army, etc. The Chinese history is full with the exposition of outstanding features of Chinese culture such as great thoughts of Confucius, religious beliefs, traditional festivals and customs e.g., Chinese new year, language and calligraphy e.g., Shu Fa, four great inventions of ancient China e.g., papermaking, printing, gunpowder and the compass, traditional architecture and sculpture, traditional art forms, etc. The era of history of China before the time in power of Qin dynasty is known by name as the period of Warring States. This period started from 475 BC and ends at 221 BC. Seven Warring States were included in it i.e. Qin, Wei, Han, Yan, Chu, Zhao, and Qi. Zheng was the King of Qin, who started his journey to triumph over 6 states in the period of 230 BC. Qin was the 1st emperor of this unified state of China. Thus he was known by the name of “First Emperor of Qin” or “Qin Shi Huang”. This study provides a deep insight of Chinese history and it is illustrated that major achievements in Chinese culture and history are contributed in the era of Qin dynasty.
Highlights
The Chinese culture provides an overall picture of this great country, its people, ecological environment, the history of formation and development of traditional Chinese culture from the ancient period to the present day, and the modernization of Chinese culture nowadays
The Chinese history is full with the exposition of outstanding features of Chinese culture such as great thoughts of Confucius, religious beliefs, traditional festivals and customs e.g., Chinese New Year (Chai & Chai, 2014), language and calligraphy e.g., Shu Fa (Li, 2010), four great inventions of ancient China e.g., paper making, printing, gun powder and the compass (Li, 2010), traditional architecture and sculpture, traditional art forms, etc., (Pham &Le, 2011; Chai & Chai, 2014)
The Qin state conceded a chain of speedy conquests, 1st finish the ineffective Zhou dynasty, and winning the other 6 of the 7 warring states in third century BC. It was consisted of 2 emperors, and has the shortest main dynasty in Chinese history i.e. 15 years, but an imperial system was inaugurated that ended from 221 BC, with adaption and interruption, upto 1912 AD (Zhang, 2015)
Summary
AND BACKGROUND The Chinese culture provides an overall picture of this great country, its people, ecological environment, the history of formation and development of traditional Chinese culture from the ancient period to the present day, and the modernization of Chinese culture nowadays. The Qin state conceded a chain of speedy conquests, 1st finish the ineffective Zhou dynasty, and winning the other 6 of the 7 warring states in third century BC It was consisted of 2 emperors, and has the shortest main dynasty in Chinese history i.e. 15 years, but an imperial system was inaugurated that ended from 221 BC, with adaption and interruption, upto 1912 AD (Zhang, 2015). It was the wish of the Qin as he wanted to make a state unified by planned, political and centralized power which has large military supported by a firm economy.
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