简介：<正>WhatdidIknowabout5,000yearsofChinesehistorywhenIlandedatPeking?Well,IknewtheGreatWallwasveryoldandtheSilkRoadmysterious.I’dheardofGenghisandKublaiKhan,andMarcoPolo,ItalianguesttotheImperialcourt.MycuriositywasarousedbyPekingMan.IhaddifficultyconnectingPekingandBeijing,MaoTseTungandMaoZedong,KuomintangandCommunism,CantoneseandPinyin.Mr.Turner,myGrade11Historyteacher

简介：AgoldByzantinecoinoftheAnastasiusIera(491-518)wasunearthedlastOctoberfromaNorthernWeiDynasty(386-534)tombinLuoyang,HenanProvince.ThefindcausednoparticularstirinChina’snumismaticcircles,however.OverrecentdecadesPersianandRomangoldcoinshaveoccasionallycometolightinhistoricalsitesalongtheancientSilkRoad.

简介：THEBeijingNaturalHistoryMuseumwasthefirstnaturalsciencemuseumestablishedafterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublic.Itencompassesspecimencollection,preservation,and

简介：<正>Yiheyuan,ortheSumrnerPalace,isthebest-keptexistingroyalgardeninBeijing.Withaconcentrationofthebestofancientbuildingsaswellasstylesofgardening,itisavirtualmuseumoftraditionalChinesegardening.ItisthelargestancientpreservedgardeninChinaandaformersummerretreatforEmperorsandthechosenfew!Thesiteincludesmorethan100ancientstylepavilions,mansions,towers,halls,temples,bridgesandan

简介：IFChinesehistoryandciviliza-tionwereatree,Beijingwouldbeatitstop,andXianyangatitsroot.Just25hilometersfromXi’aninShaanxiProvince,Xianyangwascapitalof13dynasties,andissiteof27imperialmausoleumsand1,000tombsofnobles,courtiersandcelebrities.ItisawonderlandforanyoneinterestedinChineseantiquity.