Kayley Tambling
Ms. Owens
10/28/14
Ming Dynasty Did you know that in China “Ming” means bright? The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644. This was a period of native chinese leadership that came in between Mongol and Manchu rule. Hongwu Emperor or “Zhu Yuanzhang” was the founder of the Ming Dynasty or “Brilliant” Dynasty. The Hongwu Emperor founded the Ming Dynasty in 1328, he died in 1398. He was the first Ming ruler to explore ways to protect China against the Mongol incursion. The beginning of the Ming Dynasty was very interesting. The most important part of the Ming Dynasty was called the middle of the Dynasty, and the fall of the Dynasty was the same as the Yuan Empire. The Ming Dynasty began to rule China in the year 1368, they stopped ruling China in 1644. The founder of the Ming Dynasty was named Zhu Yuanzhang, he called the Ming Dynasty the Brilliant Dynasty. He also got the Mongol Empire to help the Ming Dynasty rule China and helped china rule between to foreign conquests. The Mongol empire also followed the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty. 1368 is when Zhu took control of China and made Jin Ling known as Nanjing, the capital. In 1628 Li Zheng lead a peasant revolt against the Ming Dynasty. Li Zheng rallied the peasants with a promise he made, the promise was to divide land equally and eliminating the grain takes. 1420 was the year the 13 Tombs were built, the Tombs were built for the 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty at Tianshou Mountain, northwest of Beijing. Then placement of the Tombs covered about 75 square miles, and was carefully thought out and shows the Chinese belief in the importance of the relationship between man and nature. In 1642 the Ming Dynasty army floods Kaifeng in an effort to prevent Li Zicheng from taking over the Ming Dynasty. In the year 1644 Li Zicheng rebel forces march into Beijing and emperor Chongzhen hangs himself behind the forbidden city. With the last Ming emperor gone, the Ming Dynasty comes to an end and is now briefly under the Shun Dynasty. When Zhu Yuanzhang named himself emperor by traditonal thinking, a powerful ruler was announcing that he had the “Mandates of Heaven” to rule essentially that heaven picked him to be the ruler. It is interesting that the empires of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing all started and ended the same was. Each dynasty was established by powerful and long-lived rulers. The middle of the Ming Dynasty was in the …show more content…
The Ming army destroyed the Yuan Dynasty’s palace in Beijing when they first captured the city. They also started construction of a new capital city, therefore Emperor Yongle lasted from 1407-1420. The Ming empire seems to have remained like the Yuan and Song Empires. Some of the places you can tour are the forbidden city which was a largely constructed emperor Yongleis, The Great Wall Of China which most of the existing section of the wall were built during the Ming Dynasty, and The Ming Tombs which was an imperial cemetery that covers an area of 120 square kilometers, and there are 13 Ming Dynasty emperors buried there. Beijing and Nanjing Were 2 major cultural sites that served as the capitals of the
Ms. Owens
10/28/14
Ming Dynasty Did you know that in China “Ming” means bright? The Ming Dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644. This was a period of native chinese leadership that came in between Mongol and Manchu rule. Hongwu Emperor or “Zhu Yuanzhang” was the founder of the Ming Dynasty or “Brilliant” Dynasty. The Hongwu Emperor founded the Ming Dynasty in 1328, he died in 1398. He was the first Ming ruler to explore ways to protect China against the Mongol incursion. The beginning of the Ming Dynasty was very interesting. The most important part of the Ming Dynasty was called the middle of the Dynasty, and the fall of the Dynasty was the same as the Yuan Empire. The Ming Dynasty began to rule China in the year 1368, they stopped ruling China in 1644. The founder of the Ming Dynasty was named Zhu Yuanzhang, he called the Ming Dynasty the Brilliant Dynasty. He also got the Mongol Empire to help the Ming Dynasty rule China and helped china rule between to foreign conquests. The Mongol empire also followed the Manchu (Qing) Dynasty. 1368 is when Zhu took control of China and made Jin Ling known as Nanjing, the capital. In 1628 Li Zheng lead a peasant revolt against the Ming Dynasty. Li Zheng rallied the peasants with a promise he made, the promise was to divide land equally and eliminating the grain takes. 1420 was the year the 13 Tombs were built, the Tombs were built for the 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty at Tianshou Mountain, northwest of Beijing. Then placement of the Tombs covered about 75 square miles, and was carefully thought out and shows the Chinese belief in the importance of the relationship between man and nature. In 1642 the Ming Dynasty army floods Kaifeng in an effort to prevent Li Zicheng from taking over the Ming Dynasty. In the year 1644 Li Zicheng rebel forces march into Beijing and emperor Chongzhen hangs himself behind the forbidden city. With the last Ming emperor gone, the Ming Dynasty comes to an end and is now briefly under the Shun Dynasty. When Zhu Yuanzhang named himself emperor by traditonal thinking, a powerful ruler was announcing that he had the “Mandates of Heaven” to rule essentially that heaven picked him to be the ruler. It is interesting that the empires of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing all started and ended the same was. Each dynasty was established by powerful and long-lived rulers. The middle of the Ming Dynasty was in the …show more content…
The Ming army destroyed the Yuan Dynasty’s palace in Beijing when they first captured the city. They also started construction of a new capital city, therefore Emperor Yongle lasted from 1407-1420. The Ming empire seems to have remained like the Yuan and Song Empires. Some of the places you can tour are the forbidden city which was a largely constructed emperor Yongleis, The Great Wall Of China which most of the existing section of the wall were built during the Ming Dynasty, and The Ming Tombs which was an imperial cemetery that covers an area of 120 square kilometers, and there are 13 Ming Dynasty emperors buried there. Beijing and Nanjing Were 2 major cultural sites that served as the capitals of the