Beijing History
Beijing History
Posted under Beijing History on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 by Travel Beijing
How did Beijing come into being?
According to the historical records and the research by historians and geologists，the area around Beijing was a gulf two or three million years ag0．Geographical distribution of Beij ing is like this：Beij ing was called“Beijing Gulf”because it is...
Beijing Ming Dynasty History (1368—1644AD)
Posted under Beijing History on Sunday, 7 February 2010 by Travel Beijing
In 1368，Zhu Yuanzhang，the founder of the Ming Dynasty，successfully led the rebellion and overthrew the Yuan Court and established the Ming Dynasty(1 368—1 644)with its capital in Nanjing so Beijing was no longer the capital．In the same year Zhu Yuanzhang dispatched his general Xu Da ...
Beijing Yuan Dynasty History (1215 AD)
Posted under Beijing History on Sunday, 7 February 2010 by Travel Beijing
The Jin Dynasty lasted no more than 60 years，and then the Mongolians intruded．In the early 1 3 th century，the Mongolians in the north gathered strength rapidly．In 1 2 1 5 a cavalry force under Genghis Khan broke through the Nankou Pass，south of the Great Wall and captured Zhongdu...
Beijing Jin Dynasty History (1153AD)
Posted under Beijing History on Sunday, 7 February 2010 by Travel Beijing
In 12th century，the Nuzhen tribe from the Songhua River in the northeast drove out the Khitan Liao and in 1115AD thev set up the Jin Dynasty with the capital in Huining(today Heilongjiang Province)．Later they occupied Yanjing in 1122．In order to maintain their control over the Yellow...
Beijing Liao Dynasty History (947一1125AD)
Posted under Beijing History on Sunday, 7 February 2010 by Travel Beijing
In the 10th century，the Khitan，a Mongolian tribe from the West Liao River area in northern China established the Liao Dynasty in 947．And than the Tang Dynasty was succeeded by the Song in the south and the Liao in the north．In 936 Liao 0ccupied“Youzhou”and named it Nanjing(Southern...
