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Dates |
Beijing Theatre |
Arts
and Literature |
Politics |
Science
and Philosophy |
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"Early China"
5000-221 BC |
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604 BC: First
philosopher of the Taoist school born
Lao-tse |
2205-1818 BC: Xia dynasty
1523-1027 BC:
Shang dynasty
1027-771 BC:
Zhou dynasty |
5000 BC: Evidence of rice cultivation &
basketry 3000 BC: Domestication of sheep, cattle, and water buffalo |
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"Early Imperial China"
221 BC-AD316 |
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206 BC: Imperial
Library is destroyed 191 BC: End of the prohibition against books
155-130 BC: Liu Teh develops a library of old, Taoist, texts |
221-207 BC:
Qin dynasty 206 BC-AD 9: Former Han dynasty
140-87 BC: Reign of Emperor Wu Ti |
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"Classical Imperial China"
AD 25-1279 |
1179-1276: opera was
performed in the huge public theaters of Hangzhou
Late Thirteenth Century: Mongol conquerors patronized a
form of opera called zaju |
713-755: The height
of T'ang art
839: The official texts of the Confucian classics is engraved on stones
960-1126: Golden Age of Chinese Landscape painting |
105-121: Reign of Empress Teng
190-220: Reign of
Emperor Hsein
821: Peace Between China and Tibet |
25: Buddhism is introduced to China
156:
Death of Chang Ling, one of the founders of religious Taoism
635: First Nestorian Christian missionary arrives in Ch'ang-an
841-845: Religious Persecutions
1024: China issues the world's first paper currency
1088: Su Song's Clock
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"Late Imperial China"
1280-1911 |
1779: Four
opera troupes from East China's Anhui Province - Sanqing, Sixi, Chuntai and
Hechun, entered the capital, Peking 1894:
Mei Lan-Fang
born |
1238: Kublai Khan
establishes the Imperial Library at Beijing
1275-1292: Marco Polo travels
in China
1728: Encyclopedia published
1811-1872: Zeng Guofan, scholar and official
1812-1885: Zuo Zongtang, leading modernizer |
1167-1227:
Genghis Khan
1215: Beijing is captured by the Mongols
1841: Hong Kong is taken by Britain
1851-1862: Xian Feng is emperor
1898-1900:
Boxer
Rebellion |
1549: Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary,
attempts to enter China 1839-1842: The First Opium War
1896: Postal Service is established |
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"Post Imperial China"
1911-1949: The Republic of China |
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1912: Sun Yat-sen is made first provisional President
of the Republic 1921: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is formed
1945: Japanese surrender |
1929-1931: Disastrous famine |
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"Post Imperial China"
1949-Present: The People's Republic of China |
1966-1976: Cultural Revolution; Chinese
not allowed to perform traditional theatrical arts
1978: Chinese
permitted to perform; gap in performance proves detrimental to performance
venues; younger audiences turn to other forms of entertainment
Orphan of Zhao Family
written during this period |
1970: The
Universities are reopened |
1934:
The Long March
1950: Chinese "volunteers" enter the Korean War
1972: US President Richard Nixon visits China
1976: Tiananmen Square riots
1979: US and PRC establish diplomatic relations
1980: "Democracy Wall" is closed down
1989:
Tiananmen Square Massacre |
1950: Agrarian Law
1953-1956:
Collectivization begins
1956-1957: The "Hundred
Flowers" period |
