Home Life Chinese houses were made out of bamboo, brick, and paper. In the construction of a house, the first thing that was built was the bamboo frame. Bamboo sticks were dug directly into the ground, without any foundation, about three yards apart. Once the frame was ready, the roof, the ...

Tea Drinking Methods Beginning to Take Shape in the Tang Dynasty From south west China along the Yangtze River, tea entered the Tang Dynasty when Lu Yu lived, during which time it went through barbaric, prosperous and declining stages over thousands of years. The Tang Dynasty was in the middle stages of ...

Unification was achieved by the short-lived Sui dynasty (581–617).The rule of Sui was known to be harsh, with many laborers draftedto reconstruct the Great Wall and to build the Grand Canal goingfrom south to north. A system of civil service examinations wasintroduced to select scholars well versed in Confucian classics ...

By the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-589), China had witnessed disunity and chaos for about 270 years. In 577, the Northern Zhou conquered the Northern Qi and reunified the North China. The Northern Zhou, known as the reign of Yuwen family of the Xianbei ethnic group, continued for ...