History

Question 0

Who was Confucius?

Answer 0

Confucius was a Chinese philosopher born of the 27th of August 552BC Qufu he died at the age of about 71 in 479 BC.

Question 1

What order is the hierarchy?

Answer 1

1st: emperor
2nd: scholars
3rd: peasants, workers
4th: tradesman, soldiers, artisans
5th: slaves and merchants

Question 2

What occupations did Confucius haver during his life?

Answer 2

He was a teacher, editor, politician and a philosopher

Question 3

What was the oracle bone?

Answer 3

The oracle bane was a bone that the Chinese believed could tell their future.

Question 4

Who found the oracle bone?

Answer 4

It was first discovered by local farmers during the Han Dynasty they did not realise what it was and reburied them in the ground.

In the 19th century the bones were again found by villagers digging up the fields they claimed them as dragon bones

In 1899 Wang Yirong a Chinese politician and scholar was the first to recognise them as Oracle Bones.

It is believed that Oracle bones belonged to the era of 1500-1000BC.

Question 5

What does oracle mean

Answer 5

Oracle means a person for whom the future is predicted.

Question 6

When was the compass invented?

Who invented the compass?

Answer 6

During the Han dynasty around 206 BC in China.

The compass was invented by fortune tellers.

Question 7

What did the used for?

Answer 7

The compass was used by the Chinese to help the order their lives, their environment and to harmonise their lives.
It was also used for divination later it started to be used for navigation.

Question 8

What does each part of the compass represent?

Answer 8

The square shaped plate represents earth, the circle shape in the centre represents the heavens, the loadstone spoon represents the constellations and the great bear aka Ursa Major.

Question 9

Who was the first to use one?

Answer 9

Zheng He was the first to ever use a compass.

Question 10

What is gun powder made out of?

Answer 10

It comes from a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal,and sulphur

Question 11

Who invented gunpowder?

Answer 11

A Chinese alchemist in the 19th century was searching for immortality but ended up making gunpowder.

Question 12

What is it used for?

Answer 12

Gunpowder is used for fireworks it is also used for military purposes it was used in guns and canons.

Question 13

How long was gunpowder the only way of creating explosive energy

Answer 13

About 1000 years

Question 14

Why did women in ancient china have to bind their feet?

Answer 14

According to their relatives men liked women with smaller feet and they had a great deal more chance of getting married of they had their feet bound

Question 15

How big should their feet grow to be?

Answer 15

Their feet weren’t to excel a maximum length of 7.62-10.16 centimetres, the clef between their heels and toes were to be 2-3 inches deep. Her bound foot should look like an extension of her leg rather than a stand for her body.

Question 16

What was the process of binding her foot?

Answer 16

The toe nails were clipped followed by the soaking of feet in either a hot or cold mixture of ingredients ranging from various herbs and nuts followed by less desirable liquids such as urine and warm animal blood, the foot is then massaged and doused with alum, afterwards the toes are broken and folded under the sole, the big toes are folded on the side the feet are wrapped using a 10*2 cotton or silk bandage the bandage is changed every two days to allow washing and manicuring to stop infections, every day the bandage goes back on tighter eventually the arch of the foot is broken the foot is pulled straight in line with the leg gradually the shoe size gets smaller. This process is repeated every 10 years.