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This is a very interesting video: Chinese History in 20 Minutes (actually, it is less than 18 minutes long). This may seem impossibly brief but the information is accurate and the story is told concisely but really very well. It is not so...

Watch this ancient Chinese scribe figure out how to use a fixed set of characters to write limitless words in his language. How? By combining meaning writing (logographs) and sound writing (rebus)! The result is a set of helpful hints...

This video describes the various religions of China throughout the dynasties, and associated beliefs.

This video describes the various hairstyles throughout the Chinese dynasties.

This video describes the various makeup routines present throughout Chinese history.

This video describes the various fashion practices of ancient China across the dynasties.

Thus video is a short lecture on the religions of ancient China.

Explores ancient Buddhist cave shrines in China, including why the sites were created and the major sponsors and patrons.

A servant statue, Western Han Period (206 BCE – 9 CE). Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France.

Daily life in ancient China changed through the centuries but reflected the values of the presence of gods and one's ancestors in almost every time period. Villages like Banpo show evidence of a matriarchal society, where there was a priestly...