A human geography analysis of the evolution of the urban morphology of ancient Foshan city from the perspective of Cantonese trading culture by Shaobin Wang, Ye Hou, Weihui Zhang, Cheng Liao, Rongyi Wang

“…The study reveals that since the Northern Song Dynasty, the river area has decreased, while the number of tributaries has increased and extended further inland. …”
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Culture under Complex Perspective: A Classification for Traditional Chinese Cultural Elements Based on NLP and Complex Networks by Lin Qi, Yuwei Wang, Jindong Chen, Mengjie Liao, Jian Zhang

“…To build an objective, integrated, and reliable classification method and a system of traditional Chinese cultural elements, this study takes the text of Taiping Imperial Encyclopedia in Northern Song Dynasty as the primary data source. The unsupervised word segmentation methods are used to detect Out-of-Vocabulary (OOV), and then the segmentation results by the THULAC tool with and without custom dictionary are compared. …”
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The rapid infilling of a tide-dominated channel on the southern Yangtze Delta plain during the Medieval Climate Anomaly by Zhuoxuan Wu, Jianwen Wang, Xiaomei Nian, Fengyue Qiu, Zhanghua Wang, Zhanghua Wang

“…A brief period of strengthened fluvial processes, characterized by the occurrence of sandy bedload in the sediments near Qinglong Town, likely reflects channel regulation projects undertaken along the lower reaches of the palaeo-Wusong River during the Northern Song dynasty. The findings suggest that the climate warming and relative sea-level rise during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) amplified tidal processes in the lower palaeo-Wusong River. …”
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Transparent Celadon with Phase-Separated Structure: Study on the Technological Characteristics and Coloring Mechanism of Celadons from the Lieshan Kiln by Qijiang Li, Jingyun Wang, Chao Chen, Tao Fang, Chenyi Gao, Jinwei Li

“…Celadon bodies from both periods were crafted from local sedimentary clays in a single-ingredient formula, with the Jin Dynasty refining the preparation, leading to enhanced density and higher firing temperatures compared to the Northern Song Dynasty. The celadon glaze, a high-calcium type made up of glaze ash and specific clays, differed from the body materials. …”
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