China has many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as 中国; 中國; Zhōngguó in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mand
He zun rubbing and transcription; framed is the phrase 宅𢆶𠁩或 (宅茲中國); zhái zī zhōng yù; 'inhabit this central state'.
The brocade armband with the words "Five stars rising in the east, being a propitious sign for Zhongguo (中國)", made during the Han dynasty
The Nestorian Stele 大秦景教流行中國碑 entitled "Stele to the propagation in China of the luminous religion of Daqin", was erected in 781, during the Tang dynasty
The 1446 Korean document, Hunminjeongeum, compares Joseon's speech to that of Zhongguo (Middle Kingdom), at the time the Ming dynasty. Korean and other neighbouring societies referred to various Chinese regimes and dynasties as "Middle Kingdom"
China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia. It is divided into 33 province-level divisions, including two special administrative regions. Beijing is the capital, while
Names of China
…China has many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as 中国; 中國; Zhōngguó ('Central State' or…
A set of Western Zhou-era ritual bronzes, c. 1000 BCE
Soldier statues of the Terracotta Army, buried alongside Qin Shi Huang c. 210 BCE
Section from the Song-era landscape painting, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, early 1100s
A Ming dynasty section of the Great Wall of China