the word "religion" (zongjiao), for example, did not exist in the Chinese lexicon until the 19th century. Appreciating the complexity of Chinese belief systesm is crucial to understanding the forces ...

Wheat Collector: Praise to the gods, all of them. Narrator: Shang Di was the supreme god and was believed to rule all the other gods. Shang Di: What is the meaning of this half-hearted praise?

The sites belonging to the ancient Shang dynasty (1600BC-1046 BC ... Shaanxi and central Henan provinces, according to China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration. The discoveries from ...

The tomb of China's first female general, Fuhao, also wife of one emperor of Shang Dynasty (around 1600 BC - 1046 BC), was discovered in 1976 in Anyang. More than 1,900 items were excavated from the ...

Wheat Collector: Praise to the gods, all of them. Narrator: Shang Di was the supreme god and was believed to rule all the other gods. Shang Di: What is the meaning of this half-hearted praise?