Contents

Introduction………………………1

Chinese Calendar…………………3

Emperors…………………………9

Great Inventions…………………16

Art………………………………21

The Great Wall…………………26

Paper Money……………………29

Society…………………………40

Trade……………………………62

Yongle, third emperor of China's Ming Dynasty（1368-1644）， stayed in power for 22 years. He moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing and built the Palace Museum there. It is listed by UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）as the largest collection of ancient wooden structures in the world and attracts millions of tourists each year from home and abroad.