| 2737
B.C.
1600-1000 B.C.
1000-250 B.C.
770-476 B.C.
604-490 B.C.
555 B.C.
278 B.C.
277 B.C.
259 B.C.
247 B.C.
220B.C.-581
A.D.
221 B.C.
221-207 B.C.
221-206 B.C.
205 B.C-220 A.D.
127,121 &119 B.C. 140-87 B.C.
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Shen
Nung discovers tea
Neolithic China: small individual regions near Yellow River
Zhou Dynasty: Chinese defeated by armies from Zhou. Border created
around 9 small regions
Great Wall sections built alone as early as Spring Autumn Period
Lao Tse's life (many different date possibilities)
Over 1.8 million people sent to build a section of the wall
(Nanhou to Shanxi)
Chu State was defeated
Qu Yuan drowned himself (the Dragon Boat Festival is based on
this event)
Qin Shi Auangdi is born
Qin Shi Huangdi becomes king of Qin province, begins building
mausoleum
Period of division: division between northern and southern China
Unification of China
Unified construction of Wall ordered by Qin Shihuong of Qin
Dynasty
Qinshihuang, of the Qin Dynasty, orders all males over the age
of 15 to build a wall to protect against the Huns' attacks
Qin Shihuong unites China (First Emperor)
Han Dynasty (oldest mentions of Lion Dance)
Emperor Wu sends 3 expeditions to fight northern Xionguu tribe
Great Wall renovations started in han Dynasty |
| 1
Christian Era |
Beginning
of Western Calendar |
433
A.D.
455 A.D.
469 A.D.
542 A.D.
618 A.D.
620 A.D. |
Attila
the Hun becomes king of the Huns, rules until 453, when he dies
Erlah, son of Attila, killed in battle, leads to fall of the
empire
The Hunnic Empire ends
Bodhimharma discovers tea
Earliest moon festival
Lu Yu writes C'ha Ching (Tea Bible) |
| 716-907
A.D. |
Tang
Dynasty (Lion Dance at its peak) |
| 951-960
A.D. |
The
Lion Dance's Tai Pin Melody Composed (during Chow Dynasty) |
| 960
A.D. |
During
the Song Dynasty when earliest known theatre appeared. |
| 1270-1368
A.D. |
Yuan
Dynasty, during which Chinese Opera experienced its
"golden age" |
1273
A.D.
1280 A.D.
1351 A.D. |
Yuan
Dynasty is started and supports foot binding for all women
Mongolians invaded China and set up the Yuan Dynasty
Liu Fu Tong devised a plan to overthrow the Mongolian Run dynasty,
and the Yuan Dynasty is overthrown |
| 1406
A.D. |
Construction
of the Forbidden City began |
| 1420
A.D. |
Construction
of Forbidden City completed |
1369-1644
A.D.
1644-1911 A.D. |
The
years of the Ming Dynasty, on whose clothing Beijing Opera bases
their costumes
Quing Dynasty:China expands further west |
| 1645
A.D. |
Foot
binding is banned but ban is soon revoked |
1911
A.D.
1911 A.D.
1911 A.D.
1925 - 2000 A.D. |
Foot
binding officially outlawed
The fall of the dynasties
State support for Taoism ends
People's Republic of China: Geography of country as it is today |
| 1927
A.D. |
Communists
attempt a coup to overthrown nationalist government and fail. |
1949
A.D.
1949 A.D. |
Communists
win the civil war and the nationalists flee to Taiwan.
Marked restriction on all religions, including Taoism |
| 1958
A.D. |
Great
Leap Forward is instituted. This campaign forced peasants to
work to hard and then allowed the government to take too much
of the crops. 30 million people died of famine as a result. |
| 1966-1976
A.D. |
The
years of the Cultural revolution when arts, such as opera, were
limited to plays only reflecting the "New Society". |
| 1966
A.D. |
The
Cultural Revolution is started after Mao encouraged young people
to revolt against the ruling class. Hundred of people labeled
as pro-capitalists were killed. |
1974
A.D.
1976 A.D.
1976 A.D.
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Local
farmers find Terra Cotta figures while sinking a well
Mao dies. The Cultural Revolution ends.
Two pits of Qin Shi Huangdi's mausoleum, excavation begins |
| 1978
A.D. |
The
year when opera reflecting the "Old Society" was
allowed to be shown again.
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| 1989
A.D. |
Mausoleum
pits of Terracotta Warriors open to public |
| 2008 |
The
Olympics in Beijing |
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