Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty and his world expo

05/03/21 • 8 min

Oh my! Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty personally led the army to conduct a western expedition, accompanied by family, ministers and even his concubines. However, they encountered unexpected heavy snow and freezing temperatures during midsummer, resulting in the emperor's sister freezing to death.

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Ethnicities integrated into one another: Han and the Hu

The term "Hu" was used by Han Chinese to describe anyone who was not of ethnic Han Chinese descent. While there are many cases of the “Hanization” of the Hu people in history, there are also instances of Han becoming Hu. This episode is all about the integration of ethnicities.

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