The canal’s dikes were opened in 1855 to flood the approaching troops of the Taiping Rebellion Northern Expedition. The canal languished for decades due to various factors, including the challenge of navigating the Yellow River, the growing development of an alternative sea route for grain ships...
The generally accepted combined figure of soldier and civilian deaths for World War I is 10-12 million. This figure pales next to The Taiping Rebellion of 1850-1864 that resulted in 40 million deaths, and is quite similar to the 10 million deaths of The Thirty Years' War of 1618-1648. ...
The initiators of the Taiping Rebellion tried to ban foot binding, but the practice was still continued well into the twentieth century. Today, it the foot binding is seldom practiced. But many of China’s older women still suffer from the pain of their disability. Related Posts Fascinating F...
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Xiangshan Park to Ximenqiao Bus Stop and transfer bus no.22 to the West Railway Station. This trip will take about 80 minutes. The scenic spot doesn’t limit your visiting hours. You can go out before the close time. It will close at 19:00 in the peak season and 18:30 in the off...
Earlier, the first recorded use of toilet paper was made in 589 by the scholar-official Yan Zhitui (531–591), and in 851 an Arab Muslim traveler commented on how he believed the Tang era Chinese were not careful about cleanliness because they did not wash with water (as was his people...
Taiping Rebellion, political and religious upheaval in China that was probably the most important event in China in the 19th century. It lasted from 1850 to 1864 and took an estimated 20 million lives. Read here to learn more about the Taiping Rebellion.
The Japanese government took this as a direct affront, and the Japanese public was outraged. The situation was made more tense later in the year when theTonghakrebellion broke out in Korea, and the Chinese government, at the request of the Korean king, sent troops to aid indispersingthe ...
Boxer Rebellion, officially supported peasant uprising (1900) that attempted to drive all foreigners from China. ‘Boxers’ was a name that foreigners gave to a Chinese secret society known as the Yihequan (‘Righteous and Harmonious Fists’). Learn more
Modern research shows that the Juchen-Manchu speaka language belonging to thesparsebut geographically widespreadManchu-Tungussubfamily of theAltaic languages. At an early date, probably about the 1st centuryad, various Manchu-Tungus-speaking tribes moved from their homeland in or near northeastern Manchu...