Aim:

• To study the Chinese Leader YANG TI

• To be informed about most important buildings in China

Outline

• Yangti and his methods in governing

• Grand Canal, The Great Wall

• Keen Lung

Emperor

Sui dynasty

Last Second

was

of

money

amount

construction

palace

reinforcing

The Great Wall

spentlavish

of

on

of on

SUI YANG TI

Grand Canal

connects

built

Yellow River

Huiai River

Yangzte River

with

Korea

atacked to

army

defeated

but

was

Graet Wall

himself

a ruler

a benefactor

people

his

proved

intelligent

and

of

Although

Although

reached

the throne

the murder

a brother

by

of

reigned

no more

than

23 years

in

Sui dynasty

BUT

BUT

completed

nearly

canals

5 thousand milesof

such as

Grand Canal

Bayan

victories

master

Chinese armies

field

was winning

for his

and

driving

from the

Chinese

of the north

southand

skilled

war

their generals

incompetent were generally

were notin

and

they

held out with

desperate

courage

obstinacy

long after

other races

and

would have given in.

The Great Wall

Construction

7th century

of

started

in the

defense

purposes

was built for

object

visible

spacemoon

only

man-madeis

to be

from from

The Grand Canal

World’s

oldestlongest

canal

Building

began in

486 B.C.

during

Wu dynasty

1795 km

24 locks

60 bridges

is

Keen Lung residinghappened to be

his summer palace

Jehol

the Wall

beyond

at

at

BUT

BUT Keen Lung peremptory

instructions

thatthere was to be

no delay

sending

in

the EnglishPekin

up to

Keen Lung

is said to have

wished

to go

further

Kanghi’s grandsonwho was

References

• http://hamlin.cc.boun.edu.tr/~inelmen/china04w.doc

• National Geographic (March2004)

Kublai

engaged

Pekin

task

difficult

necessary

consolidating

authority

and

was

at

in the

of

his

Wu Dynasty

EasternWestern

first period second period

kingdoms

in which

China

divided into

200 little

Iron

toolsChina

in whichwas used for

in

important

history

capital

nine ruling

dynasties

Buddhist Center

was

in

as

of

and as a divided

East town West town

is

to to

However His official utterance

was limited to

the reciprocation

of

the sentiments

of

His Britannic Majesty

friendly