The birthplace of China’s first historian is trying to transit from an industrial city to a cultural attraction by holding a grand worship ceremony every year among several other events. This year, ...
More than 2,000 years ago, ancient Chinese historian Sima Qian trekked his way into the areas of what are known today as southwest China's Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces. After the fact-finding ...
The ceremony offering sacrifices to Sima Qian was held in Hancheng, Shaanxi province, Sima Qian's native place, March 29. [Photo/ Chinanews.cn] The ceremony to worship Sima Qian was held in Hancheng, ...
A new study has corroborated an account of the Han conquest of the Nanyue kingdom in southern China (203-111BC) by ancient historian Sima Qian. The researchers also linked the watershed military ...
He wasn't quite the man who invented history in China, but he certainly shaped it for thousands of years. Author of the Shi Ji (Records of the Grand Historian), Sima Qian told the history of China in ...
Sima Qian was the great historian and man of letters in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24). He collected and detailed grand ceremonies of heaven worship on the top of Mount Tai made by ancient ...
Stage play "Sima Qian", based on the life story of China's famous Han dynasty historian Sima Qian, is performed in St. Petersburg, Russia, Oct. 17, 2019. (Photo by Irina Motina/Xinhua) ...
The historian whose objectivity got him into big trouble at court. When he confronted the emperor, he was subjected to a horrific and humiliating punishment. Show more He wasn't quite the man who ...