BLOG 10: Chapter 8 - China and the World
Chapter 8
China and the World
In this chapter they talk about China being the "next superpower" country that will be headed for a major role, possibly a dominant role. China is a one of the most powerful of the civilizations where technological innovations and the economy is booming. The country, China has changed socially, culturally and economically. Chinese history has often been viewed in the West as impressive but largely static or changeless and self-contained or isolated.
China has improved during the "Golden Age". Canals were placed and linked between the northern and southern China to contribute the population equally. Plenty of other constructions were installed to help the country becoming a better lifestyle.
Two dynastic were explained in this Chapter and they are: Tang (618-907) and the Song (960-1279)
The Tang and the Song dynasties (which happened during the Gold Age of China) built a state structure what endured for a thousand years. A leading world historian has described Tang dynasty China as "the best ordered state in the world." Underlying these political and cultural system grew an economic revolution that made the Song dynasty China "by far the richest, most skilled, and most populous country on earth."
Food and water became the number one priority since the country's population was growing fast. Researches found China for being the "world most populous trading area". This is true because the bigger the population, the more trades are present.
As said previously, China's technological innovations are impressive. Their innovation and shipbuilding technologies led the world.
On page 331 they talk about something very important. On how the "golden age" of Song dynasty China wasn't as "golden" for many women. During the Tang, women would live a social life with greater freedom. Although during the Song, women had a higher system with stronger restrictions. Let's remember that men and women are separated in every domain in life. By the Song dynasty China, men would lead women and women would follow the men.
Masculinity was define not by being sportive or doing athleticism or going to war but rather doing poetry and paintings. Femininity represented women's weakness and delicacy. Women were viewed for being a distraction to men's future life.
Chinese technologies were seldom simply transferred from one place to another. Most innovations were for people around the area, in other words, local needs. Formula for gunpowder is an example that Chinese developed. It was used in cannons created in early fourteen century.
China has become economically and technologically big. Their presence has changed the country in the world.
At the end of the chapter, they talked about Buddhism,
The religion they practice is what they call "the most important gift", Buddhism. It was the only large-scale cultural borrowing in Chinese history. Buddhism became useful because it was foreign and provided comfort in the face of a collapsing society. Buddhism was associated with access to magical powers as reports of miracles abounded. Although, the religion was very well known it started to die down.
China and the World
In this chapter they talk about China being the "next superpower" country that will be headed for a major role, possibly a dominant role. China is a one of the most powerful of the civilizations where technological innovations and the economy is booming. The country, China has changed socially, culturally and economically. Chinese history has often been viewed in the West as impressive but largely static or changeless and self-contained or isolated.
China has improved during the "Golden Age". Canals were placed and linked between the northern and southern China to contribute the population equally. Plenty of other constructions were installed to help the country becoming a better lifestyle.
Two dynastic were explained in this Chapter and they are: Tang (618-907) and the Song (960-1279)
The Tang and the Song dynasties (which happened during the Gold Age of China) built a state structure what endured for a thousand years. A leading world historian has described Tang dynasty China as "the best ordered state in the world." Underlying these political and cultural system grew an economic revolution that made the Song dynasty China "by far the richest, most skilled, and most populous country on earth."
Food and water became the number one priority since the country's population was growing fast. Researches found China for being the "world most populous trading area". This is true because the bigger the population, the more trades are present.
As said previously, China's technological innovations are impressive. Their innovation and shipbuilding technologies led the world.
On page 331 they talk about something very important. On how the "golden age" of Song dynasty China wasn't as "golden" for many women. During the Tang, women would live a social life with greater freedom. Although during the Song, women had a higher system with stronger restrictions. Let's remember that men and women are separated in every domain in life. By the Song dynasty China, men would lead women and women would follow the men.
Masculinity was define not by being sportive or doing athleticism or going to war but rather doing poetry and paintings. Femininity represented women's weakness and delicacy. Women were viewed for being a distraction to men's future life.
Chinese technologies were seldom simply transferred from one place to another. Most innovations were for people around the area, in other words, local needs. Formula for gunpowder is an example that Chinese developed. It was used in cannons created in early fourteen century.
China has become economically and technologically big. Their presence has changed the country in the world.
At the end of the chapter, they talked about Buddhism,
The religion they practice is what they call "the most important gift", Buddhism. It was the only large-scale cultural borrowing in Chinese history. Buddhism became useful because it was foreign and provided comfort in the face of a collapsing society. Buddhism was associated with access to magical powers as reports of miracles abounded. Although, the religion was very well known it started to die down.
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