Wu Sangui

江山風雨情 Love Against Kingship EP#23

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Duration: 10:22
Updated: 05 Oct 2013

In AD1627, the young Chongzhen Emperor succeeds his brother, the Tianqi Emperor, as the ruler of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chongzhen strives to save the dwindling Ming Empire from collapse and seeks to restore it to its former glory. However, the government has been plagued by corruption since his predecessors' time, and the common people have rebelled against the ming government under the leadership of Li Zicheng. Besides, on the northern frontier, Hong Taiji, the ambitious warrior-king of the Manchurian Qing Dynasty, is actively preparing his armies for an invasion of Central plains Yuan Chonghuan and Hong Chengchou are both capable military leaders appointed by Chongzhen to counter the Manchu invaders, but they meet with different fates - Yuan chong huan is executed by slow slicing for treason after Chongzhen believes false accusations that Yuan is plotting against him; Hong is forced to surrender to the Manchus after his defeat at the Battle of Songjin, and he aids the Qing forces on their campaign against the Southern Ming Dynasty later. In 1644, the Ming capital Beijing falls to Li Zicheng's rebel army, and Chongzhen commits suicide by hanging himself on a tree. Shortly after, Wu Sangui, a Ming general defending the border, defects to the Qing Dynasty and opens Shanhai Pass, allowing Qing forces to enter and overrun the rest of Ming China. The cause of Wu's defection is attributed to his beloved concubine Chen Yuanyuan, a legendary beauty. Chen was initially held hostage in Beijing to prevent Wu from betraying the Ming Empire. She was later seized by Liu Zongmin, one of Li Zicheng's generals, when the rebels captured the capital. In anger, Wu agreed to side with the Manchus to deal with the rebels.

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Ming Dynasty : In Memory of The Ming Dynasty of China 明行賦：紀念明朝

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Duration: 6:40
Updated: 12 Jul 2013

This video shows the rise and downfall of the Ming dynasty, or The State Of The Great Brightness (Ming). I did not made this video, but I posted it nonethele...

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The Great Wall of China

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Duration: 1:39
Updated: 07 Jan 2013

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the ...

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超萌的内衣广告，两个俄国妹纸要不要这么萌啊！！！.f4v

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Duration: 1:01
Updated: 11 Jul 2013

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The Taoist Golden Temple in Kunming, China

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Duration: 9:42
Updated: 12 Jun 2013

Terry Hodgkinson aka "wandering ninja" takes his time and wanders through the Golden Temple in Yunnan province of China. "I love the harmony this Taoist Temp...

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History of China: American Views on Anti-Western Sentiment - Cold War Documentary Film (1967)

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Duration: 77:10
Updated: 16 Jul 2012

The Qing Dynasty (1644--1911) was the last imperial dynasty in China. Founded by the Manchus, it was the second non-Han Chinese dynasty. The Manchus were formerly known as Jurchen residing in the northeastern part of the Ming territory outside the Great Wall. They emerged as the major threat to the late Ming Dynasty after Nurhaci united all Jurchen tribes and established an independent state. However, the Ming Dynasty would be overthrown by Li Zicheng's peasants rebel, with Beijing captured in 1644 and the last Ming Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide. The Manchu then allied with the Ming Dynasty general Wu Sangui and seized Beijing, which was made the capital of the Qing dynasty, and proceeded to subdue the remaining Ming's resistance in the south. The decades of Manchu conquest caused enormous loss of lives and the economic scale of China shrank drastically. Nevertheless, the Manchus adopted the Confucian norms of traditional Chinese government in their rule and was considered a Chinese dynasty. At the turn of the 20th century, a conservative anti-imperialist movement, the Boxer Rebellion violently revolted against foreign suppression over vast areas in Northern China. The Empress Dowager, probably seeking to ensure her continual grip on power, sided with the Boxers as they advanced on Beijing. In response, a relief expedition of the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China to rescue the besieged foreign missions. Consisting of British, Japanese, Russian, Italian, German, French, US and Austrian troops, the alliance defeated the Boxers and demanded further concessions from the Qing government. In the 1920s, Sun Yat-Sen established a revolutionary base in south China, and set out to unite the fragmented nation. With Soviet assistance, he entered into an alliance with the fledgling Communist Party of China. After Sun's death from cancer in 1925, one of his protégés, Chiang Kai-shek, seized control of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party or KMT) and succeeded in bringing most of south and central China under its rule in a military campaign known as the Northern Expedition. Having defeated the warlords in south and central China by military force, Chiang was able to secure the nominal allegiance of the warlords in the North. In 1927, Chiang turned on the CPC and relentlessly chased the CPC armies and its leaders from their bases in southern and eastern China. In 1934, driven from their mountain bases such as the Chinese Soviet Republic, the CPC forces embarked on the Long March across China's most desolate terrain to the northwest, where they established a guerrilla base at Yan'an in Shaanxi Province. During the Long March, the communists reorganized under a new leader, Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung). The bitter struggle between the KMT and the CPC continued, openly or clandestinely, through the 14-year long Japanese occupation (1931--1945) of various parts of the country. The two Chinese parties nominally formed a united front to oppose the Japanese in 1937, during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), which became a part of World War II. Following the defeat of Japan in 1945, the war between the KMT and the CPC resumed, after failed attempts at reconciliation and a negotiated settlement. By 1949, the CPC had established control over most of the country. (see Chinese Civil War) At the end of WWII in 1945 as part of the overall Japanese surrender, Japanese troops in Taiwan surrendered to Republic of China troops giving Chiang Kai-shek effective control of Taiwan. When Chiang was defeated by CPC forces in mainland China in 1949, he retreated to Taiwan with his government and his most disciplined troops, along with most of the KMT leadership and a large number of their supporters. Major combat in the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949 with Koumintang (KMT) pulling out of the mainland, with the government relocating to Taipei and maintaining control only over a few island. The Communist Party of China was left in control of mainland China. On 1 October 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China. "Communist China" and "Red China" were two common names for the PRC. The economic and social plan known as the Great Leap Forward resulted in an estimated 45 million deaths. In 1966, Mao and his allies launched the Cultural Revolution, which would last until Mao's death a decade later. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_china

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TheGreatWallofChina- A World's Marvel

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Duration: 4:17
Updated: 19 Feb 2012

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the ...

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Forbidden City, Palace Museum, Beijing, Municipality of Beijing, China, Asia

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Duration: 4:41
Updated: 12 Jun 2013

The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in the centre of Beijing, China, and n...

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Arquitectura, Ciudad Prohibida de China ARQUBA.COM (5de5). National Geographic Megaciudades

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Duration: 7:06
Updated: 26 Mar 2013