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9 March - Xianfeng Emperor succeed Daoguang Emperor as Emperor of the Qing dynasty; Taiping Rebellion. December 1850 - Hong Xiuquan defeats Qing forces sent to quell an uprising in Guangxi [1] Admiral Amaral's head returned, after his assassination in 1849, by Edict of Viceroy
View of the Canton River, showing the Thirteen Factories in the background, by Sunqua, 1850–1855 Seal of Sunqua on an album of pith paintings A painting on pith paper by Sunqua. Adilnor Collection, Sweden. Sunqua (active 1830–1870) was a Chinese painter during the Qing dynasty. He was one of the best known of the Chinese artists in 19th ...
The Qing dynasty was a period of literary editing and criticism, and many of the modern popular versions of Classical Chinese poems were transmitted through Qing dynasty anthologies, such as the Complete Tang Poems and the Three Hundred Tang Poems. Although fiction did not have the prestige of poetry, novels flourished.
On 4 May 2013, an armed man broke into the main hall through a window. During the break-in, the Qing dynasty brass-plated gilded flowery chime (made in Great Britain in the 18th century) fell down from a table. Thereafter, the glass window was substituted, and the gilded flowery chime was sent to storage for expertise.
The Qing dynasty and its provinces, near its greatest extent. (1820) Governorships of the Qing dynasty Official map of the Qing Empire published in 1905. The Qing dynasty kept the Ming province system and expanded it to 18 provinces by 1850.
The Dàjìng Gé Pavilion wall, which is the only remaining part of the Old City of Shanghai wall The history of Shanghai spans over a thousand years and closely parallels the development of modern China. Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as one of China's principal trading ports. Although nominally part of China, in practice ...
The Jintian Uprising was an armed revolt formally declared by Hong Xiuquan, founder and leader of the God Worshippers, on 11 January 1851 during the late Qing dynasty of China. [1] The uprising was named after the rebel base in Jintian, a town in Guangxi within present-day Guiping. It marked the beginning of the Taiping Rebellion.
The Forbidden City (Chinese: 紫禁城; pinyin: Zǐjìnchéng) is the imperial palace complex in the center of the Imperial City in Beijing, China.It was the residence of 24 Ming and Qing dynasty Emperors, and the center of political power in China for over 500 years from 1420 to 1924.