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Between Framingham Reservoirs Nos. 1 and 2, west of the junction of Winter and Fountain Sts. 42°16′58″N 71°26′45″W / 42.2828°N 71.4458°W / 42.2828; -71.4458 ( Framingham Reservoir No. 2 Dam and Gatehouse
Chinese Empire (or Empire of China) is a term referring to the realm ruled by the Emperor of China [1] during the era known as Imperial China.It was coined by western scholars and used to describe the Ming and Qing dynasties (or imperial Chinese dynasties in general).
The Three Departments and Six Ministries (Chinese: 三省六部; pinyin: Sān Shěng Liù Bù) system was the primary administrative structure in imperial China from the Sui dynasty (581–618) to the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368).
Framingham (/ ˈ f r eɪ m ɪ ŋ h æ m / ⓘ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area.
The Ministry or Board of Rites was one of the Six Ministries of government in late imperial China. It was part of the imperial Chinese government from the Tang (7th century) until the 1911 Xinhai Revolution. Along with religious rituals and court ceremonial the Ministry of Rites also oversaw the imperial examination and China's foreign ...
The Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424). During his reign, Admiral Zheng He led a gigantic maritime tributary fleet abroad on the seven treasure voyages.. In premodern times, the theory of foreign relations of China held that the Chinese Empire was the Celestial Dynasty, the center of world civilization, with the Emperor of China being the leader of the civilized world.
The dragon was the chief symbol on the imperial flag and other imperial objects, including the throne or imperial utensil. [5] The dragon was said to have the power to become visible or invisible—in short, the dragon was a factotum in the “divinity business” of the Chinese emperors. The dragon was the imperial crest on royal monuments ...
A painting of a gentry scholar with two courtesans, by Tang Yin, c. 1500. The four occupations (simplified Chinese: 士农工商; traditional Chinese: 士農工商; pinyin: Shì nóng gōng shāng), or "four categories of the people" (Chinese: 四民; pinyin: sì mín), [1] [2] was an occupation classification used in ancient China by either Confucian or Legalist scholars as far back as the ...