country of contradictions and mysteries, ancient history and high art.Ancient China entails its own special ideology, philosophy and knowledge.It is the only country where the culture and the state peacefully coexist with each other, without hindering the development of the past four millennia in a row.
Interestingly, the name "China" is present only in Russian and Ukrainian languages.This word comes from the name of the tribe of the Khitan, who lived in the Far East, near the border of the State.In Europe, the Celestial Empire is known as "China".This place name is derived from the name of the Chinese Qin Dynasty.In the Roman Empire, which introduced the Old World with the eastern edge, it was called "the land of silk."But the Chinese themselves call their homeland Zhong th - Central, Middle Kingdom - a country of the Middle Kingdom.
Science in ancient China was highly developed.While here believe that their country is in the middle of the planet, at the highest point of land.Hence the name "Celestial."Ancient country occupied the territory between the East China and Yellow Sea, the Yangtze River valley, and Alashan Gobi desert.The western boundary is denoted by a powerful backbone of Tibet.It was ancient China and the scientists gave the world a large number of discoveries, without which modern man can not do.Compass, paper, printing, gunpowder, porcelain, silk - it's not all their inventions.
particularly well here was the development of medicine.In ancient China paid more attention to the harmony of body and soul, because they believed that every disease is closely related to the energy centers.On the basis of this theory, and based many of improvement that are popular today.Man is seen as a small speck in the universe, which is closely connected with it, subject to its laws.That country has come to Europe teachings of Feng Shui, divination book of changes, many martial arts.
Ancient China - a land of amazing sights and magnificent nature.There are a lot of buildings whose age is measured for millennia.There are wonders of the world, both natural and man-made.And all these interesting places complement each other.
territory of the country heavily slashed the river.Valley many of them are ideal for agriculture.From time immemorial the Chinese cultivate rice, millet, mulberry, collect tea, use wood and lacquer mulberry trees.From crafts people of excellence achieved great success in pottery, porcelain production, jewelery.There used copper, tin, nickel, gold and silver.
Ancient China as early as 1500 BC owned irrigation systems, which are not much inferior to modern.Then arose the first surprisingly complex writing system using hieroglyphs.With China spread to the entire world, Confucianism and Taoism.
It is difficult to overestimate the contribution of ancient China to the development of human civilization.A lot of what we owe to the Chinese!
