Bamboo History

By Steven

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Episodes: 79

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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.

Episode Date
Break time! See you all in June 2024
Apr 24, 2024
Ep. 70 | China’s most underrated (and only monogamous) emperor: the Hongzhi Emperor | 弘治皇帝
Apr 17, 2024
Ep. 69 | Story Special: the 'Handan' walk and a strange way of trying on shoes | 邯郸学步和削足适履
Apr 03, 2024
Ep. 68 | Famous East Asian Female Doctors (Part 2): Jang Geum | 長今/장금
Mar 20, 2024
Ep. 67 | Famous East Asian Female Doctors (Part 1): Tan Yunxian | 谈允贤/談允賢
Mar 06, 2024
Ep. 66 | The “Qing Ming Shang He Tu” painting, aka China’s Mona Lisa | 清明上河图
Feb 21, 2024
Ep. 65 | True crime special: the missing bride and the monk in the wedding dress | 太原迷案
Feb 07, 2024
End of year message 2023 - we’ll be back in 2024!
Dec 19, 2023
Ep. 64 | Killing your brother for the throne: the Xuanwu Gate Incident | 玄武门之变
Nov 29, 2023
Ep. 63 | The history of sumo wrestling | 日本相撲(相扑)的历史
Nov 15, 2023
Ep. 62 | Xun Guan: the real life Mulan and teenage girl warrior! |荀灌 #kween
Nov 01, 2023
Ep. 61 | Do you know da wae? Invention of the compass | 指南针的发明
Oct 18, 2023
Ep. 60 | The goldfield riots at Lambing Flat | 蓝滨滩暴动
Oct 04, 2023
Bloopers! (Episodes 30 to 59)
Jul 12, 2023
Ep. 59 | When all of Wu Zixu’s hair turned white in a day! | 伍子胥
Jul 04, 2023
Ep. 58 | Honour or self-preservation, the dilemma of King Gwanghaegun | 광해군/ 光海君
Jun 27, 2023
Ep. 57 | Japanese History Special: Ohaguro, the beauty of black teeth | お歯黒/黑牙
Jun 20, 2023
Ep. 56 | The ancient Chinese Jews (ft. Anson Laytner) | 开封犹太人
Jun 13, 2023
Ep. 55 | Food history special! The history of tofu | 豆腐的历史
Jun 06, 2023
Ep. 54 | The development of Malaysian Chinese identity with my mate Davo | 马来西亚华人
May 30, 2023
Ep. 53 | The homosexual Emperor Ai and Dong Xian | 汉哀帝和董贤
May 23, 2023
Ep. 52 | How the Communists got China: The Pingjin Campaign (Part 3) | 平津战役 (第三部)
May 16, 2023
Ep. 51 | How the Communists got China: The Huaihai Campaign (Part 2) | 淮海战役 (第二部)
May 09, 2023
Ep. 50 | How the Communists got China: The Liaoshen Campaign (Part 1) | 辽沈战役 (第一部)
May 02, 2023
Easter break announcement! We’ll be back on 2 May
Apr 06, 2023
Ep. 49 | How ancient Chinese rulers were chosen: the Mandate of Heaven | 天命
Apr 04, 2023
Ep. 48 | Matteo Ricci: the Italian priest who pretended to be a Chinese guy | 利玛窦
Mar 28, 2023
Ep. 47 | True crime special: Case of the floating man | 商人浮尸之案
Mar 21, 2023
Ep. 46 | Chinese story special: A country that only has women! | 女儿国
Mar 14, 2023
Ep. 45 | The history of Hui Chinese Muslims | 回族人的历史
Mar 07, 2023
Ep. 44 | Food history special: the History of Korean barbeque | 한국 바베큐의 역사/ 韩国烧烤历史
Feb 28, 2023
Ep. 43 | The Kangxi Emperor: China’s longest reigning emperor (Part 2) | 康熙皇帝 (下)
Feb 21, 2023
Ep. 42 | The Kangxi Emperor: China’s longest reigning emperor (Part 1) | 康熙皇帝 (上)
Feb 14, 2023
Ep. 41 | Wang Dayuan: a Chinese explorer that visited Australia in the 1300s? | 航海家汪大渊
Feb 07, 2023
End of Year Message! Thoughts, reflections and plans for 2023
Dec 13, 2022
Ep. 40 | The ancient Korean queen who was… Indian? Heo Hwang-ok | 허황옥/许黄玉
Dec 06, 2022
Ep. 39 | Banking in ancient China $$ | 中国古代银行
Nov 29, 2022
Ep. 38 | The most evil female in ancient China: Daji the fox girl | 妲己
Nov 22, 2022
Ep. 37 | The story of the first Asian “tiger parent” (Mencius’s mother) | 孟母三迁
Nov 15, 2022
Ep. 36 | Arabs v Chinese, who will win? Battle of Talas |怛罗斯战役/ معركة نهر طلاس
Nov 08, 2022
Ep. 35 | HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: the jumping Chinese zombie aka the “jiangshi” | 僵尸
Nov 01, 2022
Ep. 34 | History of Vietnamese pho noodles with Andrea Nguyen | Lịch sử của phở / 越南河粉的历史
Oct 25, 2022
Ep. 33 | Fighting back the pirates! the Wokou (Part 2) | 倭寇海盗 (下)
Oct 18, 2022
Ep. 32 | East Asian Pirates yarrrrr: the Wokou (Part 1) | 倭寇海盗 (上)
Oct 11, 2022
Ep. 31 | Unique Chinese Occupations: a job where you got paid to do NOTHING | 门客
Oct 06, 2022
Little filler ep. | Blooper Reel | 什么?
Sep 27, 2022
Little filler ep. | The mysterious Chinese board game ’liubo’ | 六博
Sep 13, 2022
Ep. 30 | Vietnam History Special: the Trung Sisters | Hai Bà Trưng/征氏姐妹
Aug 30, 2022
Ep. 29 | The history of Chinese Chess: Xiangqi | 象棋的历史
Aug 23, 2022
Ep. 28 | When the Emperor was attacked by 15 young girls: the Renyin Palace Plot | 壬寅宫变
Aug 16, 2022
Ep. 27 | The story where 1 man fights 150,000 men: Empty Fort Strategy | 空城计
Aug 09, 2022
Ep. 26 | The world’s longest artificial river: The Grand Canal | 大运河
Aug 02, 2022
Ep. 25 | The history of dumplings (jiaozi) | 饺子的历史
Jul 26, 2022
Ep. 24 | Cixi: a villain that destroyed China or a scapegoat? with Angela Lin on the Empress Dowager
Jul 19, 2022
Ep. 23 | When one man saved China from a great flood | 大禹治水
Jul 12, 2022
Ep. 22 | When you try to create the elixir of immortality but invent gunpowder instead | 火药发明
Jul 05, 2022
Ep. 21 | Why isn’t the cat on the Chinese zodiac? A purrfect tale | 为啥没猫?
Jun 28, 2022
Ep. 20 | The Four Great Classical Novels | 四大名著
Jun 21, 2022
Ep. 19 | The pyramids of…China? | 西夏王陵
Jun 14, 2022
Ep. 18 | A prank to make your wife laugh, but ruins your country | 烽火戏诸侯
Jun 07, 2022
Ep. 17 | FRIDAY SPECIAL: A Chinese festival where you drink poisoned wine | 端午节历史
Jun 03, 2022
Ep. 16 | A common ancestor of Chinese, Vietnamese and… Pacific Islanders? The Baiyue people | 百越人
May 31, 2022
Ep. 15 | Two tales of a smart prince and a stupid prince: Cao Chong and Sima Zhong | 曹冲和司马衷
May 24, 2022
Ep. 14 | Food Special: History of Chinese hotpot | 火锅的历史
May 17, 2022
Ep. 13 | Unique Occupations: Day in the life of an ancient Chinese security guard | 镖师
May 10, 2022
Ep. 12 | The medieval weeb that really wanted to go to Japan: Jianzhen | 鉴真东渡
May 03, 2022
Easter Break Announcement - We’ll be back soon! | 复活节快乐!
Apr 14, 2022
Ep. 11 | Zhang Qian & the origins of the Silk Road | 张骞于丝绸之路
Apr 12, 2022
Ep. 10 | Pangu and Nüwa: 2 beings who created the world (Chinese mythology) | 盘古和女娲
Apr 05, 2022
Ep. 9 | The Taiping Rebellion (Part 2) | 太平天国 (下)
Mar 29, 2022
Ep. 8 | The civil war started by Jesus’s brother: The Taiping Rebellion (Part 1) | 太平天国 (上)
Mar 22, 2022
Ep. 7 | Foot binding | 缠足
Mar 15, 2022
Ep. 6 | Ancient Chinese tests that helped you get jobs: Keju Civil Service Exams | 科举考试
Mar 08, 2022
Ep. 5 | A unique Chinese occupation: the gengfu, a professional time teller | 更夫
Mar 01, 2022
Ep. 4 | The Chinese ‘Red Wedding’: the Hongmen Feast | 鸿门宴/鴻門宴
Feb 22, 2022
Ep. 3 | A beggar who became Emperor: Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang | 洪武皇帝 朱元璋
Feb 14, 2022
Ep. 2 | A great day for humans, a bad day for trees: The Invention of Paper | 蔡伦造纸
Feb 08, 2022
Ep. 1 | The largest ethnic group in the world: The Han Chinese | 汉人/ 漢人
Feb 01, 2022
Welcome to the Bamboo History Podcast | 欢迎大家!
Feb 01, 2022