#205 - Hangzhou: A City by the Bay
You might not be able to go on a real holiday - but today we take a little audio trip to the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang... famed across the millennia for its beautiful bay, canals, and the famous West Lake.This is no ordinary tourist get-away, thoug...
December 13, 2020
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Episode 205 · December 13, 2020
#205 - Hangzhou: A City by the Bay
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You might not be able to go on a real holiday - but today we take a little audio trip to the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang... famed across the millennia for its beautiful bay, canals, and the famous West Lake.
This is no ordinary tourist get-away, though, because we'll be skipping across time, looking at the highlights of its early history.
Time Period Covered:
ca. 5,000 BCE- ca. 960 CE
Major Sources:
Cotterell, Arthur. The Imperial Capitals of China – An Inside View of the Celestial Empire.
Giles, Lionel (tr.) Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
Loewe, Michael and Edward L. Shaughnessey. The Cambridge History of Ancient China.
Mote, F.W. Imperial China.(900-1800).
Rossabi, Morris. China Among Equals: the Middle Kingdom and its Neighbors, 10th-14th centuries.
Schmidt, J. D. Within the Human Realm: The Poetry of Huang Zunxian, 1848-1905.
Yan, Zi. Famous Temples in China.
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