#205 - Hangzhou: A City by the Bay

<p>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.</p><br><p>This is no ordinary tourist get-away, though, because we'll be skipping across time, looking at the highlights of its early history.</p><br><p>Time Period Covered:</p><p>ca. 5,000 BCE- ca. 960 CE</p><br><p>Major Sources:</p><p>Cotterell, Arthur. The Imperial Capitals of China – An Inside View of the Celestial Empire.</p><p>Giles, Lionel (tr.) Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.</p><p>Loewe, Michael and Edward L. Shaughnessey. The Cambridge History of Ancient China.</p><p>Mote, F.W. Imperial China.(900-1800).</p><p>Rossabi, Morris. China Among Equals: the Middle Kingdom and its Neighbors, 10th-14th centuries.</p><p>Schmidt, J. D. Within the Human Realm: The Poetry of Huang Zunxian, 1848-1905.</p><p>Yan, Zi. Famous Temples in China.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/thehistoryofchina/~4/1oTP7Pxa11U" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>