China

[robotic]

next week, i'll be working on a booklet project about......yes, China! i am south asian, and i haven't met many east asians so i have little idea about chinese traditions, culture, geographical features etc. i was hoping people could help me out on the cultural/historical/traditional bit of China. i would be very grateful if you could post about general things you find interesting about China's history or culture.

[ellsworth81]

Talk about the Opium War - both of them actually.

[SunWuKong]

Originally Posted by robotic

next week, i'll be working on a booklet project about......yes, China! i am south asian, and i haven't met many east asians so i have little idea about chinese traditions, culture, geographical features etc. i was hoping people could help me out on the cultural/historical/traditional bit of China. i would be very grateful if you could post about general things you find interesting about China's history or culture.

who is your target audience and how big is this project supposed to be?

[hooligan]

you're taking on ... a lot. :D www.nationalgeographic.com ?

[yoMAMA]

there's so much to write about china's history and culture....

where do u want to start?

you can always write on the first emeperor of china....he's one badass mofo!

[and a bastard child, no less !]

[Tao]

write about zheng he and the ming dynasty, it's an interesting period, and an interesting character, since zheng was a macho muslim eunuch, how's that for unique history!

[Seamus]

I posted to the wrong thread, but couldn't delete this. . .

[SunWuKong]

just look around this forum itself. there are plenty of topics you can choose from.

and now, shameless self-promotion:
http://forums.yellowworld.org/showthread.php?t=7000
http://forums.yellowworld.org/showthread.php?t=9935
http://forums.yellowworld.org/showthread.php?t=9122

etc etc

[robotic]

its on an unbelieveably large scale ;_; it includes anything and everything you would want to include about China. thank you for the links, sunwukong, and the recommendations everyone! does 'zhuong guo' mean "central kingdom" in mandarin chinese?

[yoMAMA]

Originally Posted by robotic

does 'zhuong guo' mean "central kingdom" in mandarin chinese?

yes....it does.

Zhong means central,

and Guo means country/nation/kingdom.....so

There you go....middle kingdom

[SunWuKong]

Originally Posted by robotic

its on an unbelieveably large scale ;_; it includes anything and everything you would want to include about China. thank you for the links, sunwukong, and the recommendations everyone! does 'zhuong guo' mean "central kingdom" in mandarin chinese?

then i would recommend this for Chinese history. since you want to include everything, you can't really afford to go into much details about any particular period or event. i mean, we're talking about 4 or 5 thousand years here.

[robotic]

S.A = robotic

S.A. says:
i was hoping if you could help me with a project.
S.A. says:
its on china, one of the subjects we're learning in natural economy.
- DEaTh ArRiVaL - says:
ooooooooooooooo!! chin chin choo!
S.A. says:
*scratches head* chin chin?
- DEaTh ArRiVaL - says:
chineseeeeeeee !!

well (shrugs) you can hope.

[sageb1]

What about the amazing voyage of the defeated Shang people to Mexico?

Shang Dynasty
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehisto...ina/shang.html

Shang and Olmec?
http://www.taiwaninfo.org/info/sinor.../605006e1.html

Olmec civilization
http://www.crystalinks.com/olmec.html

Though the African connection brings me out on a limb, ready to claim a fusion of Shang and Xi. This then leads to the possibility that global trade routes were established from 1300 years ago.

"The Olmec people called themselves Xi (pronounced Shi).


...


The Olmec Writing is Unique. The Signs are similar to the writing used by the Vai people of West Africa. The Olmecs spoke and aspect of the Manding (Malinke-Bambara) language spoken in West Africa."

The clincher lies in Mohenjo-daro in the Indus river valley.
http://www.geocities.com/olmec982000/Indus.html

Proto-Sahara people settled the region, lived in Central Asia and in China.

[experiment888]

you could talk about languages

...how there are so many.
...different types connected to different areas.
...symbol derivation and evolution.
...and other stuff :)

afterall, it is a central topic

[SunWuKong]

Originally Posted by sageb1

What about the amazing voyage of the defeated Shang people to Mexico?

Shang Dynasty
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehisto...ina/shang.html

Shang and Olmec?
http://www.taiwaninfo.org/info/sinor.../605006e1.html

Olmec civilization
http://www.crystalinks.com/olmec.html

Though the African connection brings me out on a limb, ready to claim a fusion of Shang and Xi. This then leads to the possibility that global trade routes were established from 1300 years ago.

"The Olmec people called themselves Xi (pronounced Shi).


...


The Olmec Writing is Unique. The Signs are similar to the writing used by the Vai people of West Africa. The Olmecs spoke and aspect of the Manding (Malinke-Bambara) language spoken in West Africa."

The clincher lies in Mohenjo-daro in the Indus river valley.
http://www.geocities.com/olmec982000/Indus.html

Proto-Sahara people settled the region, lived in Central Asia and in China.

this is based on circumstantial evidence at best. for an all-encompassing project like the one robotic is doing, i personally think it's best to stick with what is widely accepted by most academics.