The Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) was the
second imperial dynasty of China. It was founded by the peasant
rebel leader Liu Bang, known posthumously as Emperor Gaozu of Han.
It was briefly interrupted by the Xin Dynasty (9–23 CE) of
the former regent Wang Mang. This interregnum separates the Han
into two periods: the Western Han (206 BCE – 9 CE) and
Eastern Han (25–220 CE). Spanning over four centuries, the
period of the Han Dynasty is considered a golden age in Chinese
history. To this day, China's majority ethnic group refers to
itself as the "Han people" and Chinese characters are referred to
as "Han characters".
The Han Dynasty was an age of economic
prosperity and saw a significant growth of the money economy first
established during the Zhou Dynasty. The coinage issued by the
central government mint in 119 BCE remained the standard coinage of
China until the Tang Dynasty. To pay for its military campaigns and
the settlement of newly conquered frontier territories, the
government nationalized the private salt and iron industries in 117
BCE. These government monopolies were repealed during the Eastern
Han period, and the lost revenue was recouped through heavily
taxing private entrepreneurs. The emperor was at the pinnacle of
Han society. He presided over the Han government but shared power
with both the nobility and appointed ministers who came largely
from the scholarly gentry class. From the reign of Emperor Wu
onward, the Chinese court officially sponsored Confucianism in
education and court politics, synthesized with the cosmology of
later scholars such as Dong Zhongshu. This policy endured until the
fall of the Qing Dynasty. Science and technology during the Han
period saw significant advances, including papermaking, the
nautical steering rudder, the use of negative numbers in
mathematics, the raised-relief map, the hydraulic-powered armillary
sphere for astronomy, and a seismometer employing an inverted
pendulum.
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The signal is a bit spotty at GZ because of the surrounding
buildings. Oh, it's NOT inside the big fake rock hill...
Please replace the cache the way you have found it.
No spoiler please.
If you have time, you are recommended to visit the Lei Cheng Uk Han
Tomb Museum just right next to the park. For further information
regarding the museum, you can check out the information from
here.
Congratulations to Vistalia for the FTF!