#ZhengHe

[pasthistoricalevents]

This Day in History: Major Events of July 6th #historyevents #shorts #...

[greenfrog04]

A new avialan theropod from an emerging Jurassic terrestrial fauna

Published 6th September 2023

A new species of avialan therapod, Fujianvenator prodigiosus, thought to be one of the stratigraphically youngest Jurassic avialan from the Tithonian age of Zhenghe Fauna locality, China.

Fujianvenator prodigiosus holotype and detailed line drawing

Fujianvenator prodigiosus phylogenetics

Life reconstruction of Fujianvenator prodigiosus, art by Chuang Zhao

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[is-the-battlemech-cool-or-not]

A jumpship appears before you. It hails to you. The captain speaks "this is the zhenghe requesting permission to dock with you. Our commander would like to meet you face to face. "

The iff identifies the ship as a Belter one. However you hadn't received any news of Belter reinforcements. And a single jumpship doesnt exact bring to mind a large force.

"Unknown vessel, you are violating safe flight restrictions around SLS McKenna's Pride." "State your business." There is a pause. "Very well. Send one shuttle. Only one, quiaff?"

[southeastasianarchaeology]

Traditional Fujian Ship Fu Ning Sets Sail Again

Fu Ning, the world's largest traditional Chinese wooden sailing boat, showcases ancient maritime heritage and aims to retrace Zheng He's historic voyages. #southeastasianarchaeology #ChineseMaritimeHeritage #FuNing #ZhengHe

via Straits Times, 04 June 2024: Fu Ning, the world’s largest traditional Chinese wooden sailing boat, was constructed between 2015 and 2019 under the leadership of Chinese businessman Lin Chang Jiu. Inspired by Admiral Zheng He’s voyages, the ship showcases ancient watertight-bulkhead technology and aims to preserve and promote Chinese maritime heritage. Fu Ning was a highlight of the 2024…

[leoteaworld]

Top 10 Famous Chinese Tea (9) Silver Needle White Tea(Bai Hao Yin Zhen 白毫银针)

Type: White TeaOrigin: Fuding County, Zhenghe County of Fujian ProvinceDescription: Fleshy bright colored and covered with tiny white hairs. The flavor and fragrance should be delicate, light, fresh, and sweet. Silver Needle White Tea or Bai Hao Yin Zhen is a kind of white tea grown in Fuding and Zhenghe County of Fujian Province.Amongst all the white teas, Baihao Yinzhen is the most expensive…

[judyhopps934-mt-zd]

Here's a peek at my AP World Project that I am doing with a friend of mine.

PS: Group Work Ettiquite has nothing to do with this project. I am grateful for this particular group work setting.

[ofgraveconcern]

The guests have been seated, the wine has been poured, and the music has started to play. How will these characters of the 15th century interact, and will there be murder as the night continues? You are invited to witness…. @ofgrave.concern @historymagpie #richardiii #waroftheroses #houseofyork #houseoflancaster #margaretofanjou #vladtepes #vladdracula #zhenghe #nicolasflamel #hieronymusbosch #princesinthetower #elizabethwoodville #moctezuma #jeannedarc #joanofarc #johannesgutenberg #lucreziaborgia #williamshakespeare #medievalhistorylovers #15thcenturystyle #15thcenturyreenactment #15thcenturyart #15thcenturyfashion #dinnerparties #dinnerpartieswithpurpose #historicalcharacter #historicalcharacters #historicaldinner #historicalfantasy #historicalfantasyfiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CRrQVQSFmVo/?utm_medium=tumblr

[scienza-magia]

La Cina sta per essere la prima superpotenza nel Sistema Solare

La Cina prepara ZhengHe, una missione multipla nel sistema solare. L’agenzia spaziale cinese (CNSA) ha aumentato notevolmente le attività spaziali negli ultimi anni e ha grosse ambizioni per il futuro. Sulla Luna è in piena fase operativa la missione Chang’e 4, con un lander e un rover che operano da più di un anno, mentre la sonda Tianwen-1 è in viaggio verso Marte, partita a fine luglio per quella che è la prima missione interplanetaria cinese completamente indipendente. A fine anno dovrebbe partire una nuova missione verso la Luna, che riporterà campioni di suolo a Terra, e dall’anno prossimo inizierà la costruzione della nuova stazione spaziale tutta fatta in casa. Prossimamente, invece, è prevista un’avventura spaziale nuova e un po’ particolare, per certi versi abbastanza unica nel suo genere. Si tratta di ZhengHe (in cinese semplificato 郑和, traslitterato Zhèng Hé), una missione esplorativa nel sistema solare con (almeno) due obiettivi molto distanti tra di loro. Il termine deriva dall’omonimo esploratore cinese, molto famoso nella cultura locale, un ammiraglio che nel XV secolo con più di 300 navi andò in Indonesia, in India, in Arabia e in Africa. A CNSA announcement today makes clear that China has approved a very ambitious asteroid/comet mission. It will collect samples from near-Earth asteroid 2016 HO3 & deliver them to Earth then head to main belt comet 133P via Mars flyby. That profile calls for launch in 2022. pic.twitter.com/SCCBLOSC58 — Read the full article

[argothide]

Controvertido mapa de 1763 supuestamente copiado de uno del siglo XV, el cual estaría atribuido a Zheng He y en el que aparecen América y Oceanía unos setenta años antes de la llegada de Cristóbal Colón. La Hipótesis de 1421 es una reciente y controvertida teoría elaborada por el marino británico retirado Gavin Menzies la cual afirma que Zheng He circunnavegó el globo y descubrió América a principios del siglo XV, antes que Cristóbal Colón y Fernando de Magallanes. Puede ampliar la información en wikipedia y un sinfín de fuentes accesibles. ***En un siguiente post, publicaremos las versiones que invalidan esta teoría, así como otros detalles que la amplían. #China #ZhengHe #eunucos #historiadeasia #historiadechina #teoriasdelpoblamientoamericano #navegantes #navegacion #GavinMenzies #hipotesisde1421 #nipposfera https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYPfcylc2M/?igshid=is6vsseqyqbr

[blerdsunite]

#mingdynasty #zhenghe #ajuranempire #somalia #1414 The Somali people and China have a relationship that predates the middle ages. The Ajuran empire had strong ties with China, the Ajuran which had a strong naval force and China did a lot of business. Zheng He, a Hui Muslim, he brought back the giraffe as depicted in this drawing from around 1414-15. Somalia and China picked back up where colonialism had broken their ties in 1960. The Chinese having a naval base in Djibouti now isn't exactly strange considering their history. Listening to the Tariq's and others of the world that don't know what's going on isn't helping us one bit. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw7YRK_nNRh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h0f3hoozg5dm

[psitrend]

38 rare pictures of eunuchs during the Qing Dynasty

New Post has been published on https://china-underground.com/2012/10/22/38-rare-pictures-of-eunuchs-during-qing-dinasty/

38 rare pictures of eunuchs during the Qing Dynasty

A eunuch (太監, Taijian) is a man who has been castrated in his early life for this change to have major hormonal consequences.

Related articles: how to make a eunuch in ancient China, Amazing old restored photos of China, images of the Boxer prisoners, pictures of the Xinhai Revolution, the first Sino-Japanese war prints

They have performed a wide variety of functions in many cultures: treble singers, courtiers, domestics, religious specialists, government officials, and harem servants.

Records of eunuchs in China date to the Shang dynasty, when the Shang kings castrated prisoners of war.

In China, castration included the removal of the penis as well as the testicles.

Both organs were cut off with a knife at the same time.

From ancient times until the Sui Dynasty, castration was both a traditional punishment and a means of gaining employment in the Imperial service

Men sentenced to castration were turned into eunuch slaves of the Qin dynasty state to perform forced labor for projects such as the Terracotta Army.

From ancient times until the Sui Dynasty, castration was both a traditional punishment (one of the Five Punishments) and a means of gaining employment in the Imperial service.

In China, castration included the removal of the penis as well as the testicles. Both organs were cut off with a knife at the same time.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were about 70,000 eunuchs employed by the emperor, with some serving inside the Imperial Palace.

Certain eunuchs gained immense power that occasionally superseded that of even the Grand Secretaries, like Zheng He, who lived during the Ming Dynasty.

When the Ming army finally captured Yunnan from Mongols in 1382, thousands of prisoners were killed and, according to the custom in times of war, their young sons – including Zheng He – were castrated. (Wikipedia)

Certain eunuchs gained immense power that occasionally superseded that of even the Grand Secretaries, like Zheng He, who lived during the Ming Dynasty.

Images of Chinese eunuchs

Sources

via Eunuchi

http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/brush_shutter/essential_china.html http://www.usrf.org/news/010308-eunuchs_china.html http://gb.cri.cn/15884/2007/02/01/ http://taijian.baike.com/article-80849.html http://ilishi.blog.sohu.com/118388051.html Wikipedia

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[acrazybayernfan]

Tonight I dreamed of Iga loosing her match against Qinwen Zhengh 6-3, 5-7, 2-6. The Chinese tenniswoman is a real danger and Iga last match wasn’t so convincing so I’m really afraid. On another hand the last time I dreamed about a sport result it was before the Bayern/Baca quater-final, in my dream we were loosing 2-0 with two goals from Suarez (seeing Suarez celebrate a goal against your team is the worst possible type of nightmare, I assure you) and then everyone knows how it really ended. So perhaps that’s a good sign for Iga.

[szalacsi]

history

“I’m from Malaysia.��

China has traded with Malaysia for 2000 years. In those years, they had been the world’s biggest powers many times. Never once they sent troops to take our land. 

Admiral Zhenghe came to Malacca five times, in gigantic fleets, and a flagship eight times the size of Christopher Columbus’ flagship, Santa Maria. He could have seized Malacca easily, but he did not. 

In 1511, the Portuguese came. 

In 1642, the Dutch came. 

In the 18th century the British came. 

We were colonised by each, one after another. 

When China wanted spices from India, they traded with the Indians. When they wanted gems, they traded with the Persian. They didn’t take lands. The only time China expanded beyond their current borders was in Yuan Dynasty, when Genghis and his descendants Ogedei Khan, Guyuk Khan & Kublai Khan concurred China, Mid Asia and Eastern Europe. Yuan Dynasty, although being based in China, was a part of the Mongolian Empire. 

Then came the Century of Humiliation. Britain smuggled opium into China to dope the population, a strategy to turn the trade deficit around, after the British could not find enough silver to pay the Qing Dynasty in their tea and porcelain trades. 

After the opium warehouses were burned down and ports were closed by the Chinese in ordered to curb opium, the British started the Opium War I, which China lost. Hong Kong was forced to be surrendered to the British in a peace talk (Nanjing Treaty). 

The British owned 90% of the opium market in China, during that time, Queen Victoria was the world’s biggest drug baron. The remaining 10% was owned by American merchants from Boston. Many of Boston’s institutions were built with profit from opium. 

After 12 years of Nanjing Treaty, the West started getting really really greedy. The British wanted the Qing government: 

 1. To open the borders of China to allow goods coming in and out freely, and tax free. 

 2. Make opium legal in China. Insane requests, Qing government said no. 

The British and French (with supports from the US), started Opium War II with China, which again, China lost. 

The Anglo-French military raided the Summer Palace, and threatened to burn down the Imperial Palace, the Qing government was forced to pay with ports, free business zones, 300,000 kilograms of silver and Kowloon was taken. 

Since then, China’s resources flew out freely through these business zones and ports. In the subsequent amendment to the treaties, Chinese people were sold overseas to serve as labor. 

In 1900, China suffered attacks by the 8-National Alliance (Empire of Japan, Russian Empire, British Empire (including India), France, USA, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary). 

Innocent Chinese civilians in Peking (Beijing now) were murdered, buildings were destroyed & women were raped. The Imperial Palace was raided, and treasures ended up in museums like the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris. 

In late 1930s China was occupied by the Japanese in WWII. Millions of Chinese died during the occupancy. 300,000 Chinese died in Nanjing Massacre alone. Mao brought China together again from the shambles. There were peace and unity for some time. But Mao’s later reign saw sufferings and deaths from famine and power struggles. 

Then came Deng Xiao Ping and his infamous 'black-cat and white-cat' story. His preference in pragmatism than ideologies has transformed China. This thinking allowed China to evolve all the time to adapt to the actual needs in the country, instead of rigidly bounded to ideologies. It also signified the death of Communism in actually practice in China. 

The current Socialism+Meritocracy+Market Economy model fits the Chinese like gloves, and it propels the uprise of China. Singapore has a similar model, and has been arguably more successful than Hong Kong, because Hong Kong being gateway to China, was riding on the economic boom in China, while Singapore had no one to gain from. 

In just 30 years, the CPC have moved 800 millions of people out from poverty. The rate of growth is unprecedented in human history. They have built the biggest mobile network, by far the biggest high speed rail network in the world, and they have become a behemoth in infrastructure. They made a fishing village called Shenzhen into the world’s second largest technological centre after the Silicon Valley. 

They are growing into a technological power house. It has the most elaborate e-commerce and cashless payment system in the world. They have launched exploration to Mars. The Chinese are living a good life and China has become one of the safest countries in the world. 

The level of patriotism in the country has reached an unprecedented height. For all of the achievements, the West has nothing good to say about it. China suffers from intense anti-China propagandas from the West. Western Media used the keyword “Communist” to instil fear and hatred towards China.

Everything China does is negatively reported. They claimed China used slave labor in making iPhones. The truth was, Apple was the most profitable company in the world, it took most of the profit, leave some to Foxconn (a Taiwanese company) and little to the labor. 

They claimed China was inhuman with one-child policy. At the same time, they accused China of polluting the earth with its huge population. The fact is the Chinese consume just 30% of energy per capita compared to the US. 

They claimed China underwent ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang. The fact is China has a policy which priorities ethnic minorities. For a long time, the ethnic minorities were allowed to have two children and the majority Han only allowed one. The minorities are allowed a lower score for university intakes. There are 39,000 mosque in China, and 2100 in the US. 

China has about 3 times more mosque per muslim than the US. When terrorist attacks happened in Xinjiang, China had two choices: 

1. Re-educate the Uighur (CENSUDED by Youtube) before they turned (CENSUDED by Youtube). (**Here I could not copy the exact word, since today it is censored by YouTube if I write it next to the indicated ethnicity. It is the one used to identify those crazy people who are killing people thinking that by doing this they will be able to go to paradise**). 

2. Let them be, after they launch attacks and killed innocent people, bomb their homes. China chose 1 to solve problem from the root and not to do killing. 

How the US solve terrorism? Fire missiles from battleships, drop bombs from the sky. 

During the pandemic, When China took extreme measures to lockdown the people, they were accused of being inhuman. 

When China recovered swiftly because of the extreme measures, they were accused of lying about the actual numbers. 

When China’s cases became so low that they could provide medical support to other countries, they were accused of politically motivated. Western Media always have reasons to bash China. Just like any country, there are irresponsible individuals from China which do bad things, but the China government overall has done very well. 

But I hear this comment over and over by people from the West: I like Chinese people, but the CPC is evil. What they really want is the Chinese to change the government, because the current one is too good. 

Fortunately China is not a multi-party democratic country, otherwise the opposition party in China will be supported by notorious NGOs (Non-Government Organization) of the USA, like the NED (National Endowment for Democracy), to topple the ruling party. 

The US and the British couldn’t crack Mainland China, so they work on Hong Kong. Of all the ex-British colonial countries, only the Hong Kongers were offered BNOs by the British. Because the UK would like the Hong Kongers to think they are British citizens, not Chinese. 

A divide-and-conquer strategy, which they often used in Color Revolutions around the world. They resort to low dirty tricks like detaining Huawei’s CFO & banning Huawei. They raised a silly trade war which benefits no one. Trade deficit always exist between a developing and a developed country. 

USA is like a luxury car seller who ask a farmer: why am I always buying your vegetables and you haven’t bought any of my cars? When the Chinese were making socks for the world 30 years ago, the world let it be. 

But when Chinese started to make high technology products, like Huawei and DJI, it caused red-alert. Because when Western and Japanese products are equal to Chinese in technologies, they could never match the Chinese in prices. 

First world countries want China to continue in making socks. Instead of stepping up themselves, they want to pull China down. The recent movement by the US against China has a very important background. 

When Libya, Iran, and China decided to ditch the US dollar in oil trades, Gaddafi’s was killed by the US, Iran was being sanctioned by the US, and now it’s China’s turn. The US has been printing money out of nothing. The only reason why the US Dollar is still widely accepted, is because it’s the only currency which oil is allowed to be traded with. 

The US has an agreement with Saudi that oil must be traded in US dollar ONLY. Without the petrol-dollar status, the US dollars will sink, and America will fall. 

Therefore anyone trying to disobey this order will be eliminated. China will soon use a gold-backed crypto-currency, the alarms in the White House go off like mad. 

 China’s achievement has been by hard work. Not by looting the world. I have deep sympathy for China for all the suffering, but now I feel happy for them. China is not rising, they are going back to where they belong. Good luck China.”

[lotuspiertopbi]

It was pretty easy to assume that dying would be the worst thing that would ever happen to someone. Shen Yuan now had the unfortunate position of being living proof that sometimes even after death worse was yet to come. Although he realized pretty quickly he'd transmigurated it had taken him distressingly long to realize exactly where he was, which had led to equally convenient and inconvenient developments. 

Ones he now wished he'd been able to avoid.

The System tinged ominously at his hesitation and his new 'Shizun' looked at him with an expression similar to a beaten puppy. Reluctantly, Shen Yuan stepped across the threshold of his new room and laid down his small collection of personal items.

'Shizun' hovered at the entrance looking as if he wanted to speak but thinking better of it. He gave Shen Yuan a sweet smile that lit up his entirely too handsome face.

"I'll make something for you to eat," 'Shizun' said firmly. "Wen-shimei says that your food intake needs to be carefully monitored so you'll have your meals here until you're off the diet she's set."

Shen Yuan nodded keeping his face carefully blank, it both hid his mind numbing panic and kept up the distant vibe the character gave off. 'Shizun' waited a moment longer, smile not faltering, before giving the softest sigh and a quiet parting, closing the door as he left to grant his student some privacy. And finally, after days of near constant observation, Shen Yuan was alone.

He fell on the bed, head in his hands and tried not to hyperventilate. 

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck–

The steady stream of curses had been on a low repeat in the back of his mind since he woke up. His 'Shizun' was Luo Binghe, the main character of that stallion novel Shen Yuan had an abusive relationship with Proud Immortal Demon Way.

In Proud Immortal Demon Way by Airplane Shooting Towards the Sky, Luo Zhenghe was a kind immortal who dedicated himself to rising above the status of his Heavenly Demon blood which he had always kept secret even from his closest friend and eventual first wife Sect Leader Ning Zhengying. He was betrayed though by his ambitious student Shen Qiu, eventually Shen Qingqiu, who always hated and resented his Shizun and was obsessed with his martial aunt the Sect Leader. Shen Qingqiu discovered the truth about his Shizun's heritage and revealed it. Luo Binghe was then cast into the Abyss. Here he found Xin Mo, the infamous sword and his Golden Finger, coming to the realization that he would always suffer. Like a true scum villain, Shen Qingqiu, dragged the others of his generation into the plot, innocent deceived bystanders, thus assuring the destruction of his own Sect by the Saintly Ruler, Luo Binghe, who cast off his Sect Name and went back to his birth one. Luo Binghe eventually gathered a harem in the hundreds, starting with the Flowers of the Peak aka his fellow Peak Lords, and became Lord of all Three Realms. More relevant to Shen Yuan's current crisis, Luo Binghe exacted bloody revenge on his once trusted student and those who defended him.

Shen Yuan would very much like not to be the traitorous jealous student who turned on his Shizun and as a result was brutally murdered.

【Congratulations! You have unlocked a special location: Shizun's back room. For actions, ‘Shen Qiu’ will receive +100 Points for Character Depth and Relationship Growth. Current points: 130 Points. Please continue your efforts! 】

【Your bound role has been updated to: Luo Binghe, Qing Jing Peak Lord's Personal Disciple, 'Shen Qiu'.】

Fuck you System, Shen Yuan–Shen Qiu despaired, wailing internally. 

Snippet from WIP, Role Reversal AU

[kadaryanto97]

Cheng Ho Muslim Tionghoa Misteri Perjalanan Muhibah di Nusantara (cetak ulang ke 4) Penulis: Prof. Kong Yuanzhi Penerbit: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia ISBN: 978-979-461-785-4 Dimensi: 15 x 22 cm Jenis Cover: Softcover Jenis Kertas: Book Paper Jumlah Halaman: 343 halaman Tahun Terbit: 2011 Original Harga Rp115.000 diskon 15% Rp92.000 Sinopsis Banyak orang yang tidak mengenal Cheng Ho daripada yang mengenal Cheng Ho. Catatan perjalanan muhibah Cheng Ho ini diangkat kembali adalah untuk bahan kajian ataupun renungan bagi generasi yang akan datang bahwa pada abad ke-14 telah ada seorang bahariwan asal Tiongkok yang telah berlayar ke Asia Afrika dengan memimpin kurang lebih 208 kapal yang tidak tertandingi oleh pelaut mana pun sampai saat ini. Tujuan sebenarnya Cheng Ho melakukan pelayaran ini selain bersilaturahmi juga ingin menyebarkan dan memperkenalkan agama Islam kepada penduduk setempat bahwa Islam merupakan agama yang rasional dan universal. Dalam setiap pelayarannya, Cheng Ho pun telah melakukan manajemen strategi Nabi Muhammad SAW., manajemen Tao Zhugong, manajemen Confuciusme, dan manajemen Lautze yang telah diterapkan 600 tahun yang lalu. Dengan menerapkan empat manajemen tersebut, Cheng Ho dapat mengatur dengan apik sistem kerja dari awak kapalnya sesuai dengan tugas masing-masing. Semoga mutiara-mutiara hikmah mengenai misi persahabatan dari Tiongkok dan dakwah yang disampaikan oleh Cheng Ho ini menjadi pemikiran bersama ke arah pembauran di masa kini dan ke depannya. #chengho #zhenghe #masjid #sampookong #masjidchengho #indonesia #surabaya #semarang #lightroom #sejarah #bukumurah #islamnusantara #muslimtionghoa #sampokong #bukubestseller #bukubagus #tokobukuonline #buku #dirumahaja #dinastiming #instagram #jawatimur #chm #cnenghomansion #museum #peranakan #gallery #babanyonya #malaysian #culture https://www.instagram.com/p/CBlsmcpl03Q/?igshid=1n1srzdvqpu2t