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Countries of the World
Soul of Dragon

A saying from Confucius:"How happy we are to have friends from afar!"
孔子云：有朋自远方来不亦乐乎

About Me

Hey,man! Welcome to my blog.You can call me Kenneth or my Chinese name Kun.I am a young laywer worked in Shanghai,China. Writing this blog is mainly because I love China and hope the rest of the world has a better understanding about Chinese history and culture.As a fact,China is a civilization with such a long history and various cultures.Therefore,in my blog,I only tell the most important things based on my understanding.If you think my blog is readable and wanna know more,you can send me e-mail.(dandis1988@hotmail.com) No matter who you are and where are you from,if you like China and Chinese culture,we can be friends.

According to the latest research, the creativity source of the Chinese Dragon must be the Chinese Alligators lived in Yellow River and Yangzi River. The cradles of the Chinese Civilization are also Yellow River and Yangzi River valleys. The ancient Chinese hunters(maybe the first profession of human beings) found the alligators were too fierce to be caught and wished to be as tough as them. Therefore , they drew them on the bodies, painted them on the bowls, made up tales about them and called them ‘Long’(the Chinese Pronunciation of ‘Dragon').

China is an East Asian country with a large territory, a huge population and an ancient history. With written records dating back 4,000 years, it is recognized as one of the four great ancient civilizations of the world, together with ancient Egypt, Babylon and India. Moreover, it is the only ancient civilization that has continued to this very day.

The First Emperor of China
Ying Zheng(259 - 210 B.C.)

In 221 B.C., Ying Zheng, ruler of the State of Qin and a man of great talent and bold vision, ended the 250-odd years of rivalry among the independent principalities during the Warring States Period, establishing the first centralized, unified, multi-ethnic feudal state in Chinese history—the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.). He called himself Qin Shi Huang or “First Emperor of Qin.” He standardized the written script, weights and measures, and currencies, and established the system of prefectures and counties. The sovereigns of the next 2,000-odd years followed the feudal governmental structure established by him. He mobilized more than 300,000 people over a period of a dozen years to build the Great Wall, which stretches for 5,000 km in northern China. Qin Shi Huang had work on his enormous mausoleum started early in his reign. The terracotta warriors of the “underground army” guarding the mausoleum, unearthed in 1974, amazed the world. The 8,000 vivid, life-size pottery figures, horses and chariots have been called the “eighth wonder of the world.”

The Underground Army of Qin shihuang
In Lintong County, thirty-five kilometers east of the Chinese city Xi’an, a tomb was found that contained a whole army, armed and ready for battle. This army was created for burial complex of the first Emperor of China, Emperor Qin Shihuang.The first emperor of China wanted this army which helped him to conquer China will do the same in heaven.

Mr.Federre:Are you ok?

The Tank of Qin shihuang?

The Great Wall

What is the Great Wall for?
From B.c. Seven Century to B.c. Three Century that is called the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, The princes of many little states began to fight and swallow up each other. They all built the long city wall for self-defence.
B.c. 221 Year, QinShiHuang consolidated all six states, He pulled down the wall between the states one side, the other side he built the new city wall in the north to defense the Hun. He command MengTian general and thousands upon thousands people to build the new city wall, it stretch more than five thousand kilometre in an unbroken chain, which is the oldest Great Wall

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