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Season 1 Episode 49
If Wuhan was the place in China that received most attention in 2020, Henan Province has certainly captured its share of attention this year. Henan i…
4 years, 11 months ago
Epigraphy: Ancient Markings and Enduring Love
Season 1 Episode 48
Even if we trace archaeology back to da Vinci and Raphael, there is another related discipline that began much earlier. Epigraphy, the study of ancie…
5 years ago
Magic Oxen: Containing Floods
Season 1 Episode 47
By August 2, at least 302 people had died and some 50 were registered as missing due to the catastrophic floods that swept through parts of central C…
5 years ago
A Short History of Archaeology in China: Digs and Dreams
Season 1 Episode 46
At one time, archaeology was not a place for outsiders. But in recent years, it has captured the public imagination in China with movie blockbusters …
5 years ago
Ancient Sports: Off Target Archery
Humans in prehistory period relied on hunting and gathering to survive. When agriculture was developed, hunting became an important sport and enterta…
5 years ago
Grand Canal: Changing the Course of History
Season 1 Episode 44
The construction of the Hangou canal began in 486 BCE, 1,090 years before Emperor Yang launched his canal project. It became the earliest part of wh…
5 years, 1 month ago
Dragon Boats on Grand Canal: The Rule of Water
Season 1 Episode 43
“The same water either supports or overturns boats on it,” Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang in the 7th century, often cited these Confuci…
5 years, 1 month ago
Academic Success: A Country Pig Chasing City Cabbage
Season 1 Episode 40
Zhang Xifeng, a 17-year-old student at Hengshui High School of Hebei Province, went viral. In his speech on Anhui TV program Super Speaker, Zhang co…
5 years, 1 month ago
The Apprentices: Opportunity and Discrimination
Season 1 Episode 42
There were 200 million skilled workers in China at the end of 2020, only 26 percent of the country’s total workforce.
Given this, vocational educatio…
5 years, 1 month ago
Public Museums and Private Collectors: Historical Seals
One day, more than 2,000 years ago, Emperor Yuan of China’s Western Han dynasty and his concubines were watching animal baiting. Suddenly a black bea…
5 years, 1 month ago