旅游英语期末考试范围(中国历史).docxVIP

旅游英语期末考试范围1.Nine ProvincesThe termNine Provinces(Chinese:九州;pinyin:JiǔZhōu) is used in ancient Chinese histories to refer to territorial divisions or islands during theXiaandShangdynasties, and has now come to symbolically represent China. Province is the word used to translatezhou(州) – since before theTang dynasty(618–907 CE), it was the largest Chinese territorial division. Although the current definition of the Nine Provinces can be dated to theSpring and AutumnandWarring Statesperiods, it was not until theEastern Han dynastythat the Nine Provinces were treated as actualadministrative regio