China, one of the countries that can boast of an ancient civilization, has a long
and mysterious history - almost 5,000 years of it! Like most other great civilizations
of the world, China can trace her culture back to a blend of smalloriginal tribes
which have expanded till they became the great country we have today. It is recorded
that Yuanmou man is the oldest hominoid in China and the oldest dynasty is Xia Dynasty.
From the long history of China, there emerge many eminent people
that have contributed a lot to the development of the whole country and to the enrichment
of her history. Among them, there are emperors like Li Shimin (emperor Taizong of
the Tang), philosophers like Confucius, great patriotic poets like Qu Yuan and so
on. Chinese society has progressed through five major stages - Primitive Society,
Slave Society, Feudal Society, Semi-feudal and Semi-colonial Society, and Socialist
Society. The rise and fall of the great dynasties forms a thread that runs through
Chinese history, almost from the beginning. Since the founding of the People's Republic
of China on October 1st, 1949, China has become a socialist society and become stronger
and stronger.
Basic Intro