Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Fall of the Mng Dynasty

On April 24, 1644, Beijing fell to a rebel army led by Li Zicheng, a former minor Ming official who became the leader of the peasant revolt and then proclaimed the Shun dynasty. The last Ming emperor, the Chongzhen Emperor, hanged himself on a tree in the imperial garden outside the Forbidden City.
Fall of the Ming Dynasty | World Civilization - Lumen

Two beautiful movies--Barefoot and Dare to be Wild--free on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eZ7R6Sn3wE&list=PLoRABtYY-maK6GZytfhYy7ZAjMiMbk_tq&index=38 Lots of movies and books/novels too, ...