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Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368 CE. Excavated from Hancheng City. In ancient times, Yu the Great bored a tunnel in the nearby Mount Longmen (Dragon Gate Mountain) to alleviate the frequent flooding that occurred in the area, which led to the area being called Dragon Gate ( 龍門 ).
Sima Qian ( 司馬遷; ( [sɹ̩́mà tɕʰjɛ́n]; c. 145 – c. 86 BC) was a Chinese historian during the early Han dynasty.
Sima Qian (born c. 145 bce, Longmen, Xiayang [now Hancheng, Shaanxi province], China—died c. 87 bce) was an astronomer, calendar expert, and the first great Chinese historian.
Hejin, previously known as “Longmen,” was renamed in the Northern Song Dynasty due to the presence of the Yellow River crossing its territory. Hejin is located in Shanxi Province at a triangle where the Yellow River and the Fen River meet, and it is surrounded by the Lvliang Mountains to the north.
Overview. Hancheng, an old city of Shaanxi province, has a history of over 3,000 years. As dynasty after dynasty added their own mark to Hancheng, the relics of old temples and tombs abound throughout the city and surrounding countryside.
Sep 19, 2023 · This place contains more than 20 of the ancient architectures of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), more than any other site in Shaanxi. Resources are abundant in the natural environment of Hancheng owing to its various terrains.
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Jun 29, 2024 · Han dynasty, the second great imperial dynasty of China (206 BCE–220 CE), after the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BCE). So thoroughly did the Han dynasty establish what was thereafter considered Chinese culture that ‘Han’ became the Chinese word denoting someone who is ethnically Chinese.
