Did you know that a heavy rain was responsible for the demise of a Dynasty, during which the Great Wall was built?
Did you know that Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo finished his master piece about China in prison?
And an Emperor proclaimed African giraffes as magical Chinese unicorns Qilin.
Follow the podcast, ‘Stuff you missed in Chinese history,’ to learn more fun facts during the past few thousand years in this country.
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Did you know that a heavy rain was responsible for the demise of a Dynasty, during which the Great Wall was built?
Did you know that Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo finished his master piece about China in prison?
And an Emperor proclaimed African giraffes as magical Chinese unicorns Qilin.
Follow the podcast, ‘Stuff you missed in Chinese history,’ to learn more fun facts during the past few thousand years in this country.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You may have heard the story of Wang Zhaojun. As one of the Four Beauties of Ancient China, she was the most famous princess of the Han Empire. She was sent to marry a Xiongnu ruler to make peace. But do you know how many such ‘beauties of peace’ were sent off to marry nomad rulers during the Han Dynasty?
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