Bamboo History

Chinese history from an Australian bloke. It will be informative, it will be hectic, it will be full of surprises and it will be bloody awesome.

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Episodes

Tuesday Aug 23, 2022

Today we explore a famous Chinese board game, Xiangqi, also known as Chinese Chess, and its origins.
Hope you don’t get…bored… of this board game history episode 😊
Tune in to discover the history of this beautiful game and how it's played!
 
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Tuesday Aug 16, 2022

On a chilly morning in the year 1542, the Ming Dynasty Emperor, the Jiajing Emperor, was fast asleep at his wife’s room in the palace.
Then, 15 palace maids slipped into the room, and 1 of them had a long, thick rope in her hand…
What happens next? Tune in to find out!
 
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Tuesday Aug 09, 2022

Bringing to you all the first story from one of ancient China's Four Great Classical Novels, the "San Guo Yan Yi" Romance of the Three Kingdoms. 
In the year 228 CE, during the Three Kingdoms "San Guo" Period, the kingdom of Wei’s commander Sima Yi, leads a 150,000 strong army to attack the city of Xicheng.
Inside Xicheng is the kingdom of Shu’s commander Zhuge Liang and only 2,500 defenders. Surrounded and outnumbered, what does Zhuge Liang do?
Tune in to find out!
 
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Tuesday Aug 02, 2022

In today’s episode, we will talk about the world’s longest artificial river constructed by the ancient Chinese, The Grand Canal, or known in Chinese as the “Da Yun He (大运河)”.
Steady your sails, ready your paddles, you’re in for a wild canal ride of an episode.
Water you waiting for? Tune in!
 
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Tuesday Jul 26, 2022

Chinese dumplings, known in Chinese as ‘jiaozi’ (饺子) is a famous dish that many people around the world enjoy, but how did this dish originate?
Tune in to discover the origins of jiaozi dumplings, which involves the story of a doctor, a depressed Emperor and some hungry Japanese soldiers.
 
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Tuesday Jul 19, 2022

Empress Dowager Cixi was largely the de facto leader of the Qing Dynasty China between the years 1861 to 1908. She has been vilified in modern Chinese discourse as being primarily responsible for the downfall of Qing China, which resulted in China being carved up and humiliated by the West.  
However, was Cixi as bad as she was perceived? Or was she a mere scapegoat of China’s downfall during that period because of her status as the de facto leader?
We bring onto the show today Angela Lin, a history lover from Singapore who holds a BA (Hons) in History from the National University of Singapore and currently works as a copywriter.
Angela wrote an article which has been published on the media platform, The Collector, titled: “Empress Dowager Cixi: Rightly Condemned or Wrongly Discredited?” where she presents a fresh perspective on Cixi’s rule of China, including her positive contributions to China and how she has been unjustly labelled as being purely a villain.
We will also discuss how Cixi’s rule highlights the vilification of historical female Chinese leaders by historians and what her portrayal can teach us on how to approach and judge historical events and characters with a more impartial lens.
What are you waiting for? Tune in!
Many thanks to Angela for giving an informative and insightful interview and thank you also to The Collector for giving me the opportunity to interview Angela.  
You can check out more great articles on history, philosophy, and the arts on The Collector’s website at: thecollector.com  
Angela’s article is here: https://www.thecollector.com/empress-dowager-cixi-condemned/ 
 
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Tuesday Jul 12, 2022

4000 years ago, a great flood ravaged all of China, and many people lost their land, their homes, and their lives.
From these disastrous waters, a man named Yu rose up to tackle the floods.
How did he fight the floods? Tune in to find out!
 
I thought I would do an episode on the ancient Chinese flood in light of the recent floods that have swept across my home city of Sydney and the state of New South Wales in Australia.
If you would like to support those affected and to help those fighting the floods, please head onto https://www.nsw.gov.au/floods to show your support e.g. by making a donation or volunteering.
A big thanks to everyone involved in the efforts of tackling the floods ravaging Sydney and New South Wales at the moment. You are all legends!
 
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Tuesday Jul 05, 2022

Throughout history, Chinese alchemists tried their best to create an elixir of immortality so they could live forever. What they ended up creating was something completely opposite…
Tune in to discover humankind’s most ironic invention, gunpowder!
 
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Tuesday Jun 28, 2022

There are 12 animals on the Chinese zodiac, each representing a year on the Lunar calendar. This year is the year of the tiger.
However, I’ve always been curious as why the cat isn’t on the zodiac. There is actually a…furry good story about this.
Tune in to hear this… pawsitively good story.
 
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Tuesday Jun 21, 2022

Shui Hu Zhuan (Water Margin), San Guo Yan Yi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), Xi You Ji (Journey to the West) and Hong Lou Meng (Dreams of the Red Chamber) are commonly noted as the 4 Great Classical Novels in Chinese culture and have a high place in Chinese literature.
What were these novels about? Tune in to find out!
 
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Welcome to the Bamboo History

A history podcast focusing on Chinese history, brought to you by an Aussie bloke. 

This podcast will tell you stories of extraordinary events, peculiar personalities, curious customs and other intrigues that happened back in the day in China. It will be informative, it will be hectic, it will be full of surprises and it will be bloody awesome!

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