China is one of the important cradles of mankind. As early as about 8 million years ago, ancient apes lived in Kaiyuan and Lufeng areas of Yunnan. Since then, after a long evolution, there have been primitive people and clan tribes in different periods, such as Yuanmou people, Lantian people, Beijingers, cavemen and Banpo people, which have gone through several stages of primitive people, matriarchal society and paternal society.
China is an ancient country with splendid civilization. Since entering the threshold of civilization, China has experienced Xia, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin, Western Han, Eastern Han, Three Kingdoms, Western Jin, Sixteen Eastern Jin Countries, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Liao, Xia Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Rulers of the past dynasties, with their own achievements, staged dramas of different contents on the historical stage, which were either immortal or infamous. Among them, in Xia, Shang, Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Period, it experienced the whole process of the development of slave society. From the Warring States period, the feudal society was conceived and formed, and the first centralized and unified feudal empire in the history of China was established in the Qin Dynasty. Since then, the Han Dynasty was a stage of rapid growth of feudal society, and the Tang and Song Dynasties experienced the most glorious era of feudal society. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, feudal society flourished and declined, and finally entered a troubled modern society.
In thousands of years of ancient history, the Chinese nation, with its tenacious will and pioneering wisdom, has written a magnificent historical picture, and at the same time created extremely brilliant material civilization and spiritual civilization in world history. The Great Wall of Wan Li, the Grand Canal, the Forbidden City in Ming and Qing Dynasties and various unearthed cultural relics all reflect bold and superb production techniques; At the same time, countless outstanding figures have been produced in the fields of thought, culture, science and technology, and unparalleled profound achievements have been created; Numerous scientific and technological achievements, including compass, papermaking, gunpowder and printing, have benefited all mankind.
The modern history of China began at 1840 and ended at 1949.
1840 the opium war to 19 19 the eve of the may 4th movement was the stage of the old democratic revolution. From the May 4th Movement in 19 19 to the eve of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, it was the stage of the new democratic revolution. The whole modern history of China is the history of China becoming a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.
The modern history of China began with the outbreak of the Opium War between China and Britain in 1840, and ended with the collapse of the Kuomintang regime in Nanjing in 1949 and the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). After the late Qing Dynasty, the provisional government of the Republic of China, the northern warlords and the national government, the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in China gradually formed and disintegrated.