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Marriage documents of the late Qing and Republican Era are valuable to legal studies, folklore, economics, everyday life history and stylistics. Photo: FILE
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- Great Canal plays crucial role in Ming-Qing era
Horizontally, the Grand Canal connects the most important eastern region of China and flows through a number of large and small regions with different natural and socia…
- Modern Chinese credit agencies vary from Western models
The Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank founded by famed modern Chinese banker Chen Kuang-fu, which instituted the first credit department in China Photo: FILE
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- City drainage in ancient China reflects spirit of craftsmanship
The ancient city of Pingliangtai, located in Henan Province, dates back about 4,300 years. It is one of the earliest cities found in China and a monumental representati…
- Administration of officials in ancient China offers valuable lessons
In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the imperial examination system was installed to root out patronage and nepotism and to select those who have knowledge of government aff…
- Yuan Dynasty witnessed peak of ancient Chinese maritime exchange
The picture shows the port of Quanzhou in southeast China’s Fujian Province, which was called Zayton in ancient times and constituted an important part of th…
- ‘Early China’ differs from ‘early Chinese civilization’
Pictured are ritual crafted bronze objects consisting of an altar table and 13 wine vessels, which date back to the Shang and Western Zhou dynasties (c. 1600&ndash…
- Origin of Hakka sub-ethnic group dates back to Ming era
However, as mentioned above, the Hakka dialect has been recorded in local chronicles compiled in the mid-Ming Dynasty, proving that the formation of Hakka sub-ethnic gr…
- Flexible salt policy leads to governance dilemma in Ming era
Historically, in local society adjacent to salterns, poor people spontaneously traded small amounts of salt to maintain their livelihood, leading to what is called ille…
Time:01/09/2020 Hits:19Marriage documents of the late Qing and Republican Era are valuable to legal studies, folklore, economics, everyday life history and stylistics. Photo: FILE …