Brief History of Xu-style Garden in the Middle Ancient Times of China

According to ancient books and documents,this paper collected and sorted out the people and things related to Xu-style gardens in the middle ancient period of Chinese history,during the 400 years from the division of“Three Kingdoms”to the unifi cation of Sui Dynasty.For the frequent war chaos,gardening constructions in Xuzhou were hardly seen in this period,but the gardening fruits of Xu-style garden had spread all over the country with a large number of Xu people moving south.While inheriting the splendid and rough style of Qin and Han Dynasties,Xu-style garden attached more importance to“spectacular”,summarized and put forward the ideas of“master nature”and“artistic conception”,and raised the gardening technique to a theoretical height,thus pioneered the idea of“master nature”in Chinese classical gardens.

Xinjiang Has Been a Multi-ethnic Region Since Ancient Times

The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region （also called Xinjiang for short）, situated in the border area of northwest China and the hinterland of the Eurasian Continent, occupies an area of 1.6649 million sq km, accounting for one sixth of Chinese territory. It has a land border of 5,600 km bounded by eight countries. It was an important section of the ancient Silk Road. According to statistics,

Enlightenment From the Development of Ancient City Planning in China in the Ancient Times

China is among the first countries in the world in developing the science of urban planning,and has evolved her own unique system.Through investigating the structural features of the plan-ning system,the laws governing its development and the causes of the rise and fall of the ancientplanning system,this article attempts to propose some insights useful to the establishment and de-velopment of the modern city planning in China.

Paragons of Education in Ancient Times

MOTHERS contributed greatly to children’s education in ancient China long before schools took shape. Behind many prominent figures lay greatmothers whose personal example and verbal instruction benefited their children throughout life. There is an old sayingabout the "stern father and compassionate mother."However, you will

Response of Cultural Lake Eutrophication to Hemp-retting in Quidenham Mere of England in Post-Medieval

To study the influence of human activity on natural lake, chironomid fauna change in the 700-560cm lake sediment in Quidenham Mere of England associated with chironomid inferred TP presented that the lake experienced a whole eutrophication process due to human hemp-retting in Post-Medieval based on the history record and pollen analysis, which was confirmed by mollusc and ostracod analysis. However, the response of chironomid and mollusc to retting was the strongest with ostracod a little behind. It proved that cultural eutrophication existed in history and could be recovered by itself despite of some long-term unachievahle destroy. And it was most important for external nutrient to be cut off during lake restoration even in ancient times.

Variation of the earth's rotation derived from timing records of solar eclipse in ancient China

In the study of variation of the earth’s rotation based on the records of some ancientastronomical events, the timing records of ancient astronomical events and phenomena, suchas solar and lunar eclises and lunar occultation, are important components of the data.The reliable records, especially those from the countries and regions with advanced an-cient astronomy and timing technology, contain valuable information on the variation

△T Derived From the Latest Textual Criticism of Timing Records of Lunar Eclipses in Ancient China

In abundant old observational records of lunar eclipses in ancient China, some with timing of lunar eclipse phase are significant to the study of secular variation and fluctuation of the Earth’s rotation.Among the over 700 observational records for about 400 lunar eclipses,133 observational times of eclipse phases about