In 1280, calendar was completed, and Kublai Khan called it "Shushi Calendar". The Shushi calendar was most perfect calendar in world at that time. This calendar has been used in China for 300 years and is longest calendar in ancie...

After fall of Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty attempted to inherit its legacy and carried out extensive canonization activities in Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. However, Ming dynasty never stationed troops in Qinghai-Tibet, making this lega...

Vietnam, known in ancient times as "Jiaozhi" or "Annan", was part of Central Dynasty of Qin Dynasty. However, starting with Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Vietnam became independent and became a nation-state in Indochina peninsu...

Information from Dictionary of Poetry of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties A large number of literary investigations occurred, due to which writers of early Ming Dynasty did not dare to comment on current events, so so-called "Taige s...

In same year of Xiantong, there was no peace in China. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom produced wind and rain in south, Nian army fought in north and west, and Hui people created divisions in northwest and Yunnan. And all three coope...

In 1871, a ship from Ryukyu Kingdom was caught in a hurricane and drifted to coast of Taiwan. More than 50 people on board were killed by local "shengbans". According to common sense, this issue should be negotiated between Qing D...

Aiming at Li Hongzhang's extreme views, Hunan Governor Wang Wenshao, Shandong Governor Ding Zhen, and Shaanxi and Gansu Governor Zuo Zongtang clashed with each other. In fact, Serbian Defense Faction did not advocate abandonment o...

During Ming and Qing dynasties, China's average temperature dropped to its lowest point in nearly 10,000 years, and academics called it "Little Ice Age." From end of Qing Dynasty to present, average temperature in China is still a...

4. Fuzhou Shipping Bureau: Cradle of Chinese Navy The Mawei Shipyard, also known as Mawei Shipping Bureau Shipyard, was first organized by Zuo Zongtang and finally completed by Shen Baozhen. It was largest shipyard of Qing Dynasty...

The "Peony Society Incident" by Japan in 1874 had a great impact on China's coastal defense, so Chinese coastal defense industry began to develop by leaps and bounds. A year later, Li Hongzhang began to build Beiyang Fleet. He gra...