Английская Википедия:East Asia
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East Asia is a region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms.[1][2] The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.[3][4][5][6] Hong Kong and Macau, two small coastal cities located in the south of China, are autonomous regions under Chinese sovereignty. The economies of Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau are some of the world's largest and most prosperous economies.[7] East Asia borders Siberia and the Russian Far East to the north, Southeast Asia to the south, South Asia to the southwest, and Central Asia to the west. To the east is the Pacific Ocean and to the southeast is Micronesia (a Pacific Ocean island group that is classified as part of Oceania).
East Asia, especially Chinese civilization, is regarded as one of the earliest cradles of civilization. Other ancient civilizations in East Asia that still exist as independent countries in the present day include the Japanese, Korean and Mongolian civilizations. Various other civilizations existed as independent polities in East Asia in the past but have since been absorbed into neighbouring civilizations in the present day, such as Tibet, Baiyue, Khitan, Manchuria, Ryukyu (Okinawa) and Ainu, among many others. Taiwan has a relatively young history in the region after the prehistoric era; originally, it was a major site of Austronesian civilization prior to colonisation by European colonial powers and China from the 17th century onward. For thousands of years, China was the leading civilization in the region, exerting influence on its neighbours.[8][9][10] Historically, societies in East Asia have fallen within the Chinese sphere of influence, and East Asian vocabularies and scripts are often derived from Classical Chinese and Chinese script. The Chinese calendar serves as the root from which many other East Asian calendars are derived.
Major religions in East Asia include Buddhism (mostly Mahayana),[11] Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism, Taoism,[12] ancestral worship, and Chinese folk religion in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, Shinto in Japan, and Christianity, and Musok in Korea.[13][14][15] Tengerism and Tibetan Buddhism are prevalent among Mongols and Tibetans while other religions such as Shamanism are widespread among the indigenous populations of northeastern China such as the Manchus.[16] Major languages in East Asia include Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Major ethnic groups of East Asia include the Han (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan), Yamato (Japan) and Koreans (North Korea, South Korea). Mongols, although not as populous as the previous three ethnic groups, constitute the majority of Mongolia's population. There are 76 officially-recognized minority or indigenous ethnic groups in East Asia; 55 native to mainland China (including Hui, Manchus, Chinese Mongols, Tibetans, Uyghurs and Zhuang in the frontier regions), 16 native to the island of Taiwan (collectively known as Taiwanese indigenous peoples), one native to the major Japanese island of Hokkaido (the Ainu) and four native to Mongolia (Turkic peoples). Ryukyuan people are an unrecognized ethnic group indigenous to the Ryukyu Islands in southern Japan, which stretch from Kyushu Island (Japan) to Taiwan. There are also several unrecognized indigenous ethnic groups in mainland China and Taiwan.
East Asian people comprise around Ошибка выражения: неопознанный символ пунктуации «[» billion people, making up about 33% of the population in Continental Asia and 20% of the global population.[17][18][19]Шаблон:Update inline The region is home to major world metropolises such as Beijing, Hong Kong, Osaka, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Taipei and Tokyo. Although the coastal and riparian areas of the region form one of the world's most populated places, the population in Mongolia and Western China, both landlocked areas, is very sparsely distributed, with Mongolia having the lowest population density of a sovereign state. The overall population density of the region is Шаблон:Convert, about three times the world average of Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:WhenШаблон:Citation needed
History
Шаблон:Main China was the first region settled in East Asia and was undoubtedly the core of East Asian civilization from where other parts of East Asia were formed.[20] The various other regions in East Asia were selective in the Chinese influences they adopted into their local customs. Historian Ping-ti Ho famously labeled Chinese civilization as the "Cradle of Eastern Civilization", in parallel with the "Cradle of Middle Eastern Civilization" along the Fertile Crescent encompassing Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt[21] as well as the Cradle of Western Civilization encompassing Ancient GreeceШаблон:Efn and Ancient Rome.Шаблон:Efn
Chinese civilization existed for about 1,500 years before other East Asian civilizations emerged into history, Imperial China would exert much of its cultural, economic, technological, and political muscle onto its neighbours.[22][23][24][25] Succeeding Chinese dynasties exerted enormous influence across East Asia culturally, economically, politically and militarily for over two millennia.[25][26][27] The Imperial Chinese tributary system shaped much of East Asia's history for over two millennia due to Imperial China's economic and cultural influence over the region, and thus played a huge role in the history of East Asia in particular.[28][29][24] Imperial China's cultural preeminence not only led the country to become East Asia's first literate nation in the entire region, it also supplied Japan and Korea with Chinese loanwords and linguistic influences rooted in their writing systems.[30]
Under Emperor Wu of Han, the Han dynasty made China the regional power in East Asia, projecting much of its imperial power on its neighbours.[25][31] Han China hosted the largest unified population in East Asia, the most literate and urbanised as well as being the most economically developed, as well as the most technologically and culturally advanced civilization in the region at the time.[32][33] Cultural and religious interaction between the Chinese and other regional East Asian dynasties and kingdoms occurred. China's impact and influence on Korea began with the Han dynasty's northeastern expansion in 108 BC when the Han Chinese conquered the northern part of the Korean peninsula and established a province called Lelang. Chinese influences were transmitted and soon took root in Korea through the inclusion of the Chinese writing system, monetary system, rice culture, philosophical schools of thought, and Confucian political institutions.[34] Jomon society in ancient Japan incorporated wet-rice cultivation and metallurgy through its contact with Korea. Starting from the fourth century AD, Japan incorporated the Chinese writing system which evolved into Kanji by the fifth century AD and has become a significant part of the Japanese writing system.[35] Utilizing the Chinese writing system allowed the Japanese to conduct their daily activities, maintain historical records and give form to various ideas, thoughts, and philosophies.[36] During the Tang dynasty, China exerted its greatest influence on East Asia as various aspects of Chinese culture spread to Japan and Korea.[37][38] The establishment of the medieval Tang dynasty rekindled the impetus of Chinese expansionism across the geopolitical confines of East Asia. Similar to its Han predecessor, Tang China reasserted itself as the center of East Asian geopolitical influence during the early medieval period which spearheaded and marked another golden age in Chinese history.[39] During the Tang dynasty, China exerted its greatest influence on East Asia as various aspects of Chinese culture spread to Japan and Korea.[37][38] In addition, Tang China also managed to maintain control over northern Vietnam and Korea.[40]
As full-fledged medieval East Asian states were established, Korea by the fourth century AD and Japan by the seventh century AD, Japan and Korea actively began to incorporate Chinese influences such as Confucianism, the use of written Han characters, Chinese style architecture, state institutions, political philosophies, religion, urban planning, and various scientific and technological methods into their culture and society through direct contacts with Tang China and succeeding Chinese dynasties.[37][38][41] Drawing inspiration from the Tang political system, Prince Naka no oe launched the Taika Reform in 645 AD where he radically transformed Japan's political bureaucracy into a more centralised bureaucratic empire.[42] The Japanese also adopted Mahayana Buddhism, Chinese style architecture, and the imperial court's rituals and ceremonies, including the orchestral music and state dances had Tang influences. Written Chinese gained prestige and aspects of Tang culture such as poetry, calligraphy, and landscape painting became widespread.[42] During the Nara period, Japan began to aggressively import Chinese culture and styles of government which included Confucian protocol that served as a foundation for Japanese culture as well as political and social philosophy.[43][44] The Japanese also created laws adopted from the Chinese legal system that was used to govern in addition to the kimono, which was inspired from the Chinese robe (hanfu) during the eighth century AD.[45] For many centuries, most notably from the 7th to the 14th centuries, China stood as East Asia's most advanced civilization and foremost military and economic power, exerting its influence as the transmission of advanced Chinese cultural practices and ways of thinking greatly shaped the region up until the nineteenth century.[46][47][48][49]
As East Asia's connections with Europe and the Western world strengthened during the late nineteenth century, China's power began to decline.[22][50] By the mid-nineteenth century, the weakening Qing dynasty became fraught with political corruption, obstacles and stagnation that was incapable of rejuvenating itself as a world power in contrast to the industrializing Imperial European colonial powers and a rapidly modernizing Japan.[51][52] The U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry would open Japan to Western ways, and the country would expand in earnest after the 1860s.[53][54][55] Around the same time, Japan with its rush to modernity transformed itself from an isolated feudal samurai state into East Asia's first industrialised nation in the modern era.[56][57][54] The modern and militarily powerful Japan would galvanise its position in the Orient as East Asia's greatest power with a global mission poised to advance to lead the entire world.[56][58] By the early 1900s, the Japanese empire succeeded in asserting itself as East Asia's most dominant power.[58] With its newly found international status, Japan would begin to challenge the European colonial powers and inextricably took on a more active geopolitical position in East Asia and world affairs at large.[59] Flexing its nascent political and military might, Japan soundly defeated the stagnant Qing dynasty during the First Sino-Japanese War as well as vanquishing imperial rival Russia in 1905; the first major military victory in the modern era of an East Asian power over a European one.[60][61][62][63][53] Its hegemony was the heart of an empire that would include Taiwan and Korea.[56] During World War II, Japanese expansionism with its imperialist aspirations through the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere would incorporate Korea, Taiwan, much of eastern China and Manchuria, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia under its control establishing itself as a maritime colonial power in East Asia.[64] After a century of exploitation by the European and Japanese colonialists, post-colonial East Asia saw the defeat and occupation of Japan by the victorious Allies as well as the division of China and Korea during the Cold War. The Korean peninsula became independent but then it was divided into two rival states, while Taiwan became the main territory of de facto state Republic of China after the latter lost Mainland China to the People's Republic of China in the Chinese Civil War. During the latter half of the twentieth century, the region would see the post war economic miracle of Japan, which ushered in three decades of unprecedented growth, only to experience an economic slowdown during the 1990s, but nonetheless Japan continues to remain a global economic power. East Asia would also see the economic rise of Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan, in addition to the respective handovers of Hong Kong and Macau near the turn of the twentieth century. The onset of the 21st-century in East Asia led to the integration of Mainland China into the global economy through its entry in the World Trade Organization while also enhancing its emerging international status as a potential world power reinforced with its aim of restoring its historical established significance and enduring international prominence in the world economy.[3][65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72] Despite the absence of armed conflicts in East Asia for decades, the stability of the region remains delicate due to the presence of North Korea's nuclear program and Chinese geopolitical encroachment and provocations occurring in Taiwanese waters. These tensions have emerged from the contentious relationship between Mainland China and Taiwan, as the former seeks to reunify with Mainland China while the latter strives to maintain its sovereign independence and preserve the prevailing geopolitical order.
Definitions
In common usage, the term "East Asia" typically refers to a region including Greater China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia.[66][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81]
China, Japan, and Korea represent the three core countries and civilizations of traditional East Asia - as they once shared a common written language, culture, as well as sharing Confucian philosophical tenets and the Confucian societal value system once instituted by Imperial China.[82][83][84][85][86] Other usages define Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan as countries that constitute East Asia based on their geographic proximity as well as historical and modern cultural and economic ties, particularly with Japan and Korea having strong cultural influences that originated from China.[82][86][87][88][89][90] Some scholars include Vietnam as part of East Asia as it has been considered part of the greater Chinese sphere of influence. Though Confucianism continues to play an important role in Vietnamese culture, Chinese characters are no longer used in its written language and many scholarly organizations classify Vietnam as a Southeast Asian country.[91][92][93] Mongolia is geographically north of Mainland China yet Confucianism and the Chinese writing system and culture had limited impact on Mongolian society. Thus, Mongolia is sometimes grouped with Central Asian countries such as Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan.[91][92] Xinjiang (East Turkestan) and Tibet are sometimes seen as part of Central Asia.[94][95][96]
Broader and looser definitions by international agencies and organisations such as the World Bank refer to East Asia as the "three major Northeast Asian economies, i.e. Mainland China, Japan, and South Korea", as well as Mongolia, North Korea, the Russian Far East, and Siberia.[97] The Council on Foreign Relations includes the Russia Far East, Mongolia, and Nepal.[98] The World Bank also acknowledges the roles of Chinese special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau, as well as Taiwan, a country with limited recognition. The Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia defines the region as "China, Japan, the Koreas, Nepal, Mongolia, and eastern regions of the Russian Federation".[99]
The UNSD definition of East Asia is based on statistical convenience,[101] but others commonly use the same definition of Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.[1][102]
Certain Japanese islands are associated with Oceania due to non-continental geology, distance from mainland Asia or biogeographical similarities with Micronesia.[103][104] Some groups, such as the World Health Organization, categorize China, Japan and Korea with Australia and the rest of Oceania. The World Health Organization label this region the "Western Pacific", with East Asia not being used in their concept of major world regions. Their definition of this region further includes Mongolia and the adjacent area of Cambodia, as well as the countries of the South East Asia Archipelago (excluding East Timor and Indonesia).[105]
Alternative definitions
In business and economics, "East Asia" is sometimes used to refer to the geographical area covering ten Southeast Asian countries in ASEAN, Greater China, Japan and Korea. However, in this context, the term "Far East" is used by the Europeans to cover ASEAN countries and the countries in East Asia. However, being a Eurocentric term, Far East describes the region's geographical position in relation to Europe rather than its location within Asia. Alternatively, the term "Asia Pacific Region" is often used in describing East Asia, Southeast Asia as well as Oceania.Шаблон:Citation needed On rare occasion, the term is also sometimes taken to include India and other South Asian countries not within the bounds of the Pacific, although the term Indo-Pacific is more commonly used for such a definition.[106]
Observers preferring a broader definition of "East Asia" often use the term Northeast Asia to refer to China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, with Southeast Asia covering the ten ASEAN countries. This usage, which is seen in economic and diplomatic discussions, is at odds with the historical meanings of both "East Asia" and "Northeast Asia".[107][108][109] The Council on Foreign Relations of the United States defines Northeast Asia as Japan and Korea.[98]
Economy
Customs territory | GDP nominal billions of USD (2023)[110] |
GDP nominal per capita USD (2023)[110] |
GDP PPP billions of USD (2023)[110] |
GDP PPP per capita USD (2023)[110] |
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Шаблон:PRC | 17,700,899 | 12,541 | 32,897,929 | 23,309 |
Шаблон:HKGШаблон:Efn | 385,546 | 51,168 | 548,999 | 72,861 |
Шаблон:MACШаблон:Efn | 38,480 | 54,296 | 69,565 | 98,157 |
Шаблон:JPN | 4,230,862 | 33,950 | 6,495,214 | 52,120 |
Шаблон:MNG | 18,782 | 5,348 | 52,989 | 15,088 |
Шаблон:PRK | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Шаблон:KOR | 1,709,232 | 33,147 | 2,924,189 | 56,709 |
Шаблон:TWNШаблон:Efn | 751,930 | 32,339 | 1,685,358 | 72,485 |
East Asia | $24,835,731 | $15,068 | $44,674,243 | $27,104 |
Territorial and regional data
China, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan are all unrecognised by at least one other East Asian state because of severe ongoing political tensions in the region, specifically the division of Korea and the political status of Taiwan.
Etymology
Flag | Common Name | Official name | ISO 3166 Country Codes[111] | |||||
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Exonym | Endonym | Exonym | Endonym | ISO Short Name | Alpha-2 Code | Alpha-3 Code | Numeric | |
Шаблон:Flagdeco | China | Шаблон:Lang | People's Republic of China | Шаблон:Lang | China | CN | CHN | 156 |
Шаблон:Flagdeco | Hong Kong | Шаблон:Lang | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China |
Шаблон:Lang | Hong Kong | HK | HKG | 344 |
Шаблон:Flagdeco | Macau | Шаблон:Lang | Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China |
Шаблон:Lang | Macao | MO | MAC | 446 |
Шаблон:Flagdeco | Japan | Шаблон:Lang | Japan | Шаблон:Lang | Japan | JP | JPN | 392 |
Шаблон:Flagdeco | Mongolia | Шаблон:Lang | Mongolia | Шаблон:Lang (Шаблон:MongolUnicode) | Mongolia | MN | MNG | 496 |
Шаблон:Flagdeco | North Korea | Шаблон:Lang | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Шаблон:Lang | Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of) | KP | PRK | 408 |
Шаблон:Flagdeco | South Korea | Шаблон:Lang | Republic of Korea | Шаблон:Lang | Korea (the Republic of) | KR | KOR | 410 |
Шаблон:Flagdeco | TaiwanШаблон:Efn | Шаблон:Lang | Republic of China | Шаблон:Lang | Taiwan[111] | TW | TWN | 158 |
Demographics
State/Territory | Area km2 | Population in
thousands (2023)Шаблон:UN Population |
% of East Asia | % of World | Population density per km2 |
HDI[112] | Capital/Administrative Centre |
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Шаблон:Flag | 9,640,011Шаблон:Efn | 1,425,671Шаблон:Efn | 85.76% | 17.72% | 138 | 0.768 | Beijing |
Шаблон:HKG | 1,104 | 7,492 | 0.45% | 0.093% | 6,390 | 0.952 | Hong Kong |
Шаблон:MAC | 30 | 704 | 0.042% | 0.0087% | 18,662 | 0.922 | Macao |
Шаблон:JPN | 377,930 | 123,295 | 7.42% | 1.53% | 337 | 0.925 | Tokyo |
Шаблон:MNG | 1,564,100 | 3,447 | 0.2% | 0.042% | 2 | 0.739 | Ulaanbaatar |
Шаблон:PRK | 120,538 | 26,161 | 1.57% | 0.33% | 198 | 0.733Шаблон:Citation needed | PyongyangШаблон:Efn |
Шаблон:KOR | 100,210 | 51,784 | 3.11% | 0.64% | 500 | 0.925 | Seoul |
Шаблон:TWN | 36,197 | 23,923 | 1.44% | 0.297% | 639 | 0.926 | TaipeiШаблон:Efn |
East Asia | 11,840,000 | 1,662,477 | 100% | 20.66% | 141 | Шаблон:Increase0.861 (very high) |
Ethnic groups
- Note: The order of states/territories follows the population ranking of each ethnicity, within East Asia only.
East Asian culture
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Overview
The culture of East Asia has largely been influenced by China, as it was the civilization that had the most dominant influence in the region throughout the ages that ultimately laid the foundation for East Asian civilization.[120] The vast knowledge and ingenuity of Chinese civilization and the classics of Chinese literature and culture were seen as the foundations for a civilized life in East Asia. Imperial China served as a vehicle through which the adoption of Confucian ethical philosophy, Chinese calendar system, political and legal systems, architectural style, diet, terminology, institutions, religious beliefs, imperial examinations that emphasised a knowledge of Chinese classics, political philosophy and cultural value systems, as well as historically sharing a common writing system reflected in the histories of Japan and Korea.[121][25][122][123][124][125][126][127][86] The Imperial Chinese tributary system was the bedrock of network of trade and foreign relations between China and its East Asian tributaries, which helped to shape much of East Asian affairs during the ancient and medieval eras. Through the tributary system, the various dynasties of Imperial China facilitated frequent economic and cultural exchange that influenced the cultures of Japan and Korea and drew them into a Chinese international order.[128] The Imperial Chinese tributary system shaped much of East Asia's foreign policy and trade for over two millennia due to Imperial China's economic and cultural dominance over the region, and thus played a huge role in the history of East Asia in particular.[29][128] The relationship between China and its cultural influence on East Asia has been compared to the historical influence of Greco-Roman civilization on Europe and the Western World.[125][123][128][121]
Religions
Religion | Native name | Creator/Current Leader | Founded Time | Main Denomination | Major book | Type | Est. Followers | Ethnic groups | States/territories |
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Chinese folk religion | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Spontaneous formation | Prehistoric period | Salvationist, Wuism, Nuo | Chinese classics, Huangdi Sijing, precious scrolls, etc. | Prehistoric, pantheism, and polytheism | ~900,000,000[129][130] | Han, Hmong, Qiang, Tujia (worship of the same ancestor-gods) | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Taoism | Шаблон:Lang | All religions originating in East Asia have been heavily influenced by Taoism and the Tao Te Ching.[12]
Zhang Daoling, was considered the founder of Taoism by Taoists. He founded Zhengyi, the earliest denomination of Taoism. Zhang Daoling reformed the Chinese folk religion from Sichuan, into a real, organised, and regulated religion, in 125 AD. Wang Chongyang founded the Quanzhen Denomination. Tale says Wang Chongyang met two Gods, Lü Dongbin and Han Zhongli, during Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in 1159. He then get started to study Taoism himself. Three years later, he finished his studying, and founded Quanzhen. The new leader of Zhengyi need to be the son or paternal nephew of the previous leader, confirmed by the court of Zhengyi, in Mount Longhu, Jiangxi. Also beginning from the Song dynasty, the leaders of Zhengyi get started to be confirmed and titled by the Emperor of China. In 1949, the 63rd leader, Zhang Enfu, fled to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the Kuomintang, died in 1969 in Taipei. The Kuomintang Authority titled his cousin Zhang Yuanxian as the 64th leader, while the Court of Zhengyi back in Jiangxi argued that the oracle already foreseen the leadership will end at the 63rd generation. Zhang Yuanxian died in 2008, only left a daughter as heir. Meanwhile, the Kuomintang Authority did not confirmed the next leader. On the other hand, in Mainland China, Zhang Enfu's second daughter's son, Lu Jintao, changes his surname to Zhang, and get in charge of the Court of Zhengyi currently. For the leader of Quanzhen, the last (18th) leader (1335-1362) was Wanyan Deming, titled by the Emperor of Yuan dynasty. Wanyan Deming was a Jurchen Taoist, the Wanyan family was the imperial house of Jin dynasty. There is no official leader of Quanzhen after Wanyan Deming anymore.Шаблон:Citation needed |
125 AD Eastern Han dynastyШаблон:Citation needed | Zhengyi, Quanzhen | Tao Te Ching | Pantheism, polytheism | ~20,000,000[130] | Han, Zhuang, Hmong, Yao, Qiang, Tujia | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
East Asian Buddhism/Chinese Buddhism | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | The Emperor of the Eastern Han dynasty, Liu Zhuang, made a dream about the Buddha occasionally, then sent people to the Western Regions to Introduce Buddhism to the Capital, Chang'an, in 67 AD. In 384 AD, during the Eastern Jin dynasty, Indian Mālānanda introduced the Chinese Buddhism to Baekje. In 552 AD, King Seong of Baekje offered Buddhism to the Emperor Kinmei of Japan.Шаблон:Citation needed | 67 AD Eastern Han dynasty | Mahayana | Diamond Sutra | Non-God, Dualism. | ~300,000,000 | Han, Koreans, Yamato | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Tibetan Buddhism | Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Bo-textonly | Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, Prince of the Ancient Xang Xung Kingdom. | 1800 years ago | Mahayana, Bon | Anuttarayoga Tantra | Non-God | ~10,000,000 | Tibetans, Manchus, Mongols | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
ShamanismШаблон:Efn | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Spontaneous formation | Prehistoric period | N/A | Prehistoric, polytheism, and pantheism | N/A | Manchus, Mongols, Oroqens | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | |
Shinto | Шаблон:Lang | Spontaneous formation | Yayoi period[131] | Shinto sects | Kojiki, Nihon Shoki | Prehistoric, pantheism, and polytheism | N/A | Yamato | Шаблон:Flagicon |
Musok/Muism | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Spontaneous formation | 900 years agoШаблон:Citation needed | Musok sects | N/A | Prehistoric, pantheism, and polytheism | N/A | Koreans | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Ryukyuan religion | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Spontaneous formation | N/A | N/A | N/A | Prehistoric, pantheism, and polytheism | N/A | Ryukyuans | Шаблон:Flagicon (Шаблон:Flagicon) |
Festivals
Festival | Native Name | Other name | Calendar | Date | Gregorian date | Activity | Religious practices | Food | Major ethnicities | Major states/territories |
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Chinese New Year | Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang | Spring Festival | Chinese | Month 1 Day 1 | 21 Jan–20 Feb | Family Reunion, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Fireworks | Worship the King of Gods | Nian gao | Han, Manchus etc. | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Korean New Year | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Seollal | Korean | Month 1 Day 1 | 21 Jan–20 Feb | Ancestors Worship, Family Reunion, Tomb Sweeping | N/A | Tteokguk | Koreans | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Losar or Tsagaan Sar | Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Bo-textonly or Шаблон:Lang/Шаблон:Lang | White Moon | Tibetan, Mongolian | Month 1 Day 1 | 25 Jan – 2 Mar | Family Reunion, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Fireworks | N/A | Chhaang or Buuz | Tibetans, Mongols, Tu etc. | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
New Year | Шаблон:Lang | Yuan Dan | Gregorian | 1 Jan | 1 Jan | Fireworks | N/A | N/A | N/A | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Lantern Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Upper Yuan Festival (Шаблон:Lang) | Chinese | Month 1 Day 15 | 4 Feb – 6 Mar | Lanterns Expo, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping | Birthdate of the God of Sky-officer | Yuanxiao | Han | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Daeboreum | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Great Full Moon | Korean | Month 1 Day 15 | 4 Feb – 6 Mar | Greeting of the moon, kite-flying, Jwibulnori, eating nuts (Bureom) | Bonfires (daljip taeugi) | Ogok-bap, namul, nuts | Korean | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Hanshi Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Cold Food Festival | Solar term | Traditionally, on the 105th day after the Winter solstice. Revised to 1 day before the Qingming Festival by Johann Adam Schall von Bell (Chinese: Шаблон:Zhi) during the Qing dynasty. | April 3–5 | Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, No cooking hot meal/setting fire, Cold food only. Cuju, etc. (People used to mix this one with the Qingming Festival due to their close dates) | In Memory of a loyal Ancient named Jie Zhitui (Chinese: Шаблон:Zhi), ordered by the Monarch of the Jin (Chinese state), Duke Wen of Jin (Chinese: Шаблон:Zhi) | Cold Food, e.g. Qingtuan | Han, Koreans, Mongols | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Qingming Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang or Ханш нээх | Tomb Sweeping Day | Solar term | 15th day after the Vernal Equinox. Just 1 day after the Hanshi Festival, but in much higher repute. | April 4-6th | Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Excursion, Planting trees, Flying kites, Tug of war, Cuju, etc. (Almost the same with the Hanshi Festival's, due to their close dates) | Burning Hell money for deceased family members. Planting willow branches to keep ghosts away from houses. | Boiled eggs | Han, Koreans, Mongols | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Dragon Boat Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Duanwu Festival / Dano (Surit-nal) | Chinese / Korean | Month 5 Day 5 | Driving poisons & plague away. (China - Dragon Boat Race, Wearing coloured lines, Hanging felon herb on the front door.) / (Korea - Washing hair with iris water, ssireum) | Worship various Gods | Zongzi / Surichwitteok (rice cake with herbs) | Han, Koreans, Yamato | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | |
Ghost Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Mid Yuan Festival | Chinese | Month 7 Day 15 | Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping | Birthdate of the God of Earth-officer | Han, Koreans, Yamato | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | ||
Mid-Autumn Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Шаблон:Lang | Chinese | Month 8 Day 15 | Family Reunion, Enjoying Moon view | Worship the Moon Goddess | Mooncake | Han | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | |
Chuseok | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Hangawi | Korean | Month 8 Day 15 | Family Reunion, Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping, Enjoying Moon view | N/A | Songpyeon, Torantang (Taro soup) | Koreans | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | |
Tsukimi | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Tsukimi or Otsukimi | Gregorian | Month 8 Day 15 | Family Reunion, Enjoying Moon view | Worship the Moon | Tsukimi Dango, Sweet Potato | Yamato | Шаблон:Flagicon * | |
Double Ninth Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | Double Positive Festival | Chinese | Month 9 Day 09 | Climbing Mountain, Taking care of elderly, Wearing Cornus. | Worship various Gods | Han, Korean, Yamato | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon* | ||
Lower Yuan Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | N/A | Chinese | Month 10 Day 15 | Ancestors Worship, Tomb Sweeping | Birthdate of the God of Water-officer | Ciba | Han | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | |
Dongzhi Festival | Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang | N/A | Gregorian | Between Dec 21 and Dec 23 | Between Dec 21 and Dec 23 | Ancestors Worship, Rites to dispel bad spirits | N/A | Tangyuan, Patjuk, Zenzai, Kabocha | Han, Koreans, Yamato | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
Small New Year | Шаблон:Lang | Jizao (Шаблон:Lang) | Chinese | Month 12 Day 23 | Cleaning Houses | Worship the God of Hearth | tanggua | Han, Mongols | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon |
*Japan switched the date to the Gregorian calendar after the Meiji Restoration.
*Not always on that Gregorian date, sometimes April 4.
Collaboration
East Asian Youth Games
Шаблон:Unreferenced section Шаблон:Main Formerly the East Asian Games, it is a multi-sport event organized by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 2019 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
It is one of five Regional Games of the OCA. The others are the Central Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), the South Asian Games and the West Asian Games.
Free trade agreements
Name of agreement | Parties | Leaders at the time | Negotiation begins | Signing date | Starting time | Current status |
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China–South Korea FTA | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Xi Jinping, Park Geun-hye | May, 2012 | Jun 01, 2015 | Dec 30, 2015 | Enforced |
China–Japan–South Korea FTA | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Xi Jinping, Shinzō Abe, Park Geun-hye | Mar 26, 2013 | N/A | N/A | 10 round negotiation |
Japan-Mongolia EPA | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Shinzō Abe, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | - | Feb 10, 2015 | - | Enforced |
China-Mongolia FTA | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Xi Jinping, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj | N/A | N/A | N/A | Officially proposed |
China-HK CEPA | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Jiang Zemin, Tung Chee-hwa | - | Jun 29, 2003 | - | Enforced |
China-Macau CEPA | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Jiang Zemin, Edmund Ho Hau-wah | - | Oct 18, 2003 | - | Enforced |
Hong Kong-Macau CEPA | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Carrie Lam, Fernando Chui | Oct 09, 2015 | N/A | N/A | Negotiating |
ECFA | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Hu Jintao, Ma Ying-jeou | Jan 26, 2010 | Jun 29, 2010 | Aug 17, 2010 | Enforced |
CSSTA (Based on ECFA) | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Xi Jinping, Ma Ying-jeou | Mar, 2011 | Jun 21, 2013 | N/A | Abolished |
CSGTA (Based on ECFA) | Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Flagicon | Hu Jintao, Ma Ying-jeou | Feb 22, 2011 | N/A | N/A | Suspended |
Military alliances
Major cities
Шаблон:Main Шаблон:Largest population centres
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Tokyo is the capital of Japan and the world's largest city, both in metropolitan population and economy.
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Beijing is the capital of China. It has a history for over 3300 years.
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Seoul is the capital of South Korea.
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Osaka is the second-largest metropolitan area in Japan.
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Guangzhou is one of the most important economic centers in southern China.
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Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan for eleven centuries.
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Ulaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia, with a population of 1.6 million as of 2021.
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Hong Kong is one of the global financial centres and is known as a cosmopolitan metropolis.
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Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea, and a major city on the Korean Peninsula.
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Pass of the ISS over Mongolia, looking out west towards the Pacific Ocean, China, and Japan. As the video progresses, major cities along the Chinese coast and the Japanese islands on the Philippine Sea are visible. The island of Guam can be seen further down the pass into the Philippine Sea, and the pass ends just to the east of New Zealand.
See also
- East Asia–United States relations
- East Asian Community
- East Asian languages
- China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit
- East Asia Summit
- East Asian studies
- East Asian cultural sphere
Notes
References
Further reading
- Church, Peter. A short history of South-East Asia (John Wiley & Sons, 2017).
- Chung, Eunbin. Pride, Not Prejudice: National Identity as a Pacifying Force in East Asia (University of Michigan Press, 2022) online reviews by six scholars
- Clyde, Paul H., and Burton F. Beers. The Far East: A History of Western Impacts and Eastern Responses, 1830–1975 (1975) online 3rd edition 1958
- Crofts, Alfred. A history of the Far East (1958) online free to borrow
- Dennett, Tyler. Americans in Eastern Asia (1922) online free
- Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, and Anne Walthall. East Asia: A cultural, social, and political history (Cengage Learning, 2013).
- Embree, Ainslie T., ed. Encyclopedia of Asian history (1988)
- Fairbank, John K., Edwin Reischauer, and Albert M. Craig. East Asia: The great tradition and East Asia: The modern transformation (1960) [2 vol 1960] online free to borrow, famous textbook.
- Flynn, Matthew J. China Contested: Western Powers in East Asia (2006), for secondary schools
- Gelber, Harry. The dragon and the foreign devils: China and the world, 1100 BC to the present (2011).
- Green, Michael J. By more than providence: grand strategy and American power in the Asia Pacific since 1783 (2017) a major scholarly survey excerpt
- Hall, D.G.E. History of South East Asia (Macmillan International Higher Education, 1981).
- Holcombe, Charles. A History of East Asia (2d ed. Cambridge UP, 2017). excerpt
- Iriye, Akira. After Imperialism; The Search for a New Order in the Far East 1921–1931. (1965).
- Jensen, Richard, Jon Davidann, and Yoneyuki Sugita, eds. Trans-Pacific Relations: America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century (Praeger, 2003), 304 pp online review
- Keay, John. Empire's End: A History of the Far East from High Colonialism to Hong Kong (Scribner, 1997). online free to borrow
- Levinson, David, and Karen Christensen, eds. Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. (6 vol. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002).
- Mackerras, Colin. Eastern Asia: an introductory history (Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1992).
- Macnair, Harley F. & Donald Lach. Modern Far Eastern International Relations. (2nd ed 1955) 1950 edition online free, 780pp; focus on 1900–1950.
- Miller, David Y. Modern East Asia: An Introductory History (Routledge, 2007)
- Murphey, Rhoads. East Asia: A New History (1996)
- Norman, Henry. The Peoples and Politics of the Far East: Travels and studies in the British, French, Spanish and Portuguese colonies, Siberia, China, Japan, Korea, Siam and Malaya (1904) online
- Paine, S. C. M. The Wars for Asia, 1911–1949 (2014) excerpt
- Prescott, Anne. East Asia in the World: An Introduction (Routledge, 2015)
- Ring, George C. Religions of the Far East: Their History to the Present Day (Kessinger Publishing, 2006).
- Szpilman, Christopher W. A., Sven Saaler. "Japan and Asia" in Routledge Handbook of Modern Japanese History (2017) online
- Steiger, G. Nye. A history of the Far East (1936).
- Vinacke, Harold M. A History of the Far East in Modern Times (1964) online free
- Vogel, Ezra. China and Japan: Facing History (2019) excerpt
- Woodcock, George. The British in the Far East (1969) online
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