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| China has become an important tourism destination in Asia, and the fifth large fourism country in the world. China has a big step improvement in tourism in last 20 years. At present, China is fast on its way to becoming a country with developed tourism, and constantly improving tourism facilities and services. Friendly Chinese people welcome tourists from all the world and try to make all the visitors feel like at home. | |
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| China, the "Middle Kingdom" with nearly 5,000 years of recorded history, is the cradle of one of the world s four oldest civilizations. Ancient Times (from Antiquity to A.D. 1840) "Yuanmou Man" who lived in Yunnan Province approximately 1.7 million years ago found by Anthropologists have uncovered the remains of China s earliest discovered hominid and "Peking Man" who lived in Zhoukoudian, to the southwest of modern Beijing 400,000 to 500,000 years ago, had the basic characteristics of Homo Sapiens. Peking Man walked upright, made and used simple tools, and knew how to make fire. Man in China passed from primitive society to slave society in the 21st century B.C., with the founding of China s first dynasty, that of the Xia. The subsequent dynasties are the Shang (16th-11th century B.C.) and the Western Zhou (11th century-770 B.C.). As early as in the slave society, China was one of the countries where economic activity first developed. The worlds first figured inlaid silk weaving technique was being used during the Shang Dynasty. The Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods (770-221 B.C.) marked the transition from the slave society to feudal society.  Ying Zheng, called himself Shi Huang Di (First Emperor), historically known as Qin Shi Huang, or First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty established the first centralized, unified, multi-ethnic state in Chinese history under the Qin Dynasty (221-207 B.C.). He ordered to construct the world-renowned Great Wall as well as a large palace, mausoleum and temporary regal lodges respectively in Xianyang, Lishan and other places. The life-size terracotta horses and armored warriors excavated from sites near the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang are listed as the eighth wonder of the world. After Qin, china has experienced almost 2000 years feudal society. The subsequent dynasties are: Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 220), which started the famous "Silk Road" going across Asia to Europe, from the Han capital Chang an (todays Xian, Shaanxi Province), through Xinjiang and onward, finally reaching the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. After Han, It was followed by the Three Kingdoms Period (220-265) of Wei, Shu and Wu, and later the Jin (265-420), the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589), and the Sui Dynasty (581-618), the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (907-960), the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). During the Song and Yuan dynasties, handicraft industry and domestic and foreign trade boomed. Many merchants and travelers came from abroad. Marco Polo came from Venice and traveled extensively in China, later describing the countrys prosperity in his Travels. The four great inventions?of the Chinese people in ancient times paper making, printing, the compass and gunpowderwere further developed in the Song and Yuan dynasties, and introduced to foreign countries during this time, making great contributions to world civilization. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the following Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) is the last one to end more than 2,000 years of feudal monarchical system. New Democratic Revolution Period (1919-1949) Under the influence of the October Revolution in Russia, Chinas May 4th Movement arose. The May 4th Movement marked the transition of the old democratic revolution to the new democratic revolution. In 1924, Sun Yat-sen, pioneer of Chinas democratic revolution and the founder of the Kuomintang (KMT), worked together with the Communist Party of China to organize workers and peasants for the Northern Expedition (historically known as the Great Revolution). After Sun Yat-sen passed away, the right-wing clique of the KMT headed by Chiang Kai-shek founded the Kuomintang regime in Nanjing. The Communist Party of China overthrew the rule of the Kuomintang and won a great victory in the new democratic revolution in 1949. Contemporary Period(1949- ) The People's Republic of China was founded on October 1st, 1949. Today, China is implementing reform and open polices, and has established a socialist market economy. | |
