Sometimes it seems more like philosophy and politics that religion. The Great Wall stands as a symbol of Chinese tradition. It is a technological achievement that required the mobilization of a vaste army of labor spanning numerous generations for the benefit of future generations. Buddhist and Taoist monks simultaneously participate in Chinese funeral services. Chinese religon is in a constant process of adapting and absorbing ideas.
Archaeology confirms that they are one of the earliest races of people.
Early Jades It seems that this technological development and religious development indigenous to China is not brought from elsewhere. It appears that bronze age, urban literate civilization appeared in China earlier than anywhere else. Perhaps this accounts for the long standing reverence for age and continuity in the midst of change. First historical state Shang c. 1766-1122 entailed a succession of 35 kings and extended from the Yellow to the Yangtze River. Lady Hao will give birth and it will be good.