Great Wall (Chángchéng 长城)|Chángchéng 长城 (Great Wall)
Andrew FIELD An aerial view of the Great Wall shows its expansive reach and fortification points across the mountains. PHOTO
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T02:15:47+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Architecture, Geography, Site|
Andrew FIELD An aerial view of the Great Wall shows its expansive reach and fortification points across the mountains. PHOTO
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T02:12:09+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Site, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Architecture, Geography|
Ronald G. KNAPP The two-level bridge spanning the Yangzi River at Nanjing, an engineering marvel built and designed entirely by
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T02:12:09+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Architecture, Geography, Site, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture|
Ronald G. KNAPP The segmented open spandrels (arches) that support the Zhaozhou Bridge, built during the Sui dynasty, were a
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T02:12:08+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Geography, Sculpture and artisanry, Cities|
Ellen HUANG As early as the sixth century CE, the city of Jingdezhen produced ceramics. It went on to specialize
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T02:12:07+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Architecture, Geography, Cities|
Yan SUN Sculpted bronze heads with gilded masks from the Sanxingdui Museum. The sacrificial pits at the Sanxingdui site, accidentally
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T02:12:07+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Site, Science, Technology, and Medicine, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, History, Arts, and Culture, Architecture, Geography, Technology, Environment|
Stephen F. CUNHA A view of the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest feat of engineering, which will supply China
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:53:26+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography|
Ford introduced its new global small car, the Fiesta, at the Beijing Auto Show. In China it will be built
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:53:26+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Geography, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China|
L. Shelton WOODS A statue of the Manjusri bodhisattva, or guardian king, from Mahayana Buddhism, to which Korean Buddhists belongs.
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:53:25+00:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography|
John C. HORGAN A man pushes his motorbike through flooded streets in the aftermath of typhoon Matsa in Shanghai. PHOTO
By Ashlesha Patil|2012-01-23T01:53:25+00:00January 23rd, 2012|History, Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Event, Event, Geography|
Unryu SUGANUMA The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976 lasted only fifteen seconds but was one of the worst natural disasters