During the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular game in the northern part of China, and it was often played in winter to keep warm.(在清朝时期，踢石球在中国北方是一种很流行的游戏，通常在冬天玩以保暖。)
It began during the Western Han Dynasty and has been a bridge between East and West for over 2,000 years.(它始于西汉时期，2000多年来一直是东西方之间的桥梁。)
In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn't made until the time of the Qing Dynasty.(事实上，你现在使用的这种英语词典是清代以后才开始编写的。)
"I totally oppose what he's doing," she said over lunch in the family home, off a crooked alley lined with Ming Dynasty houses.(“我完全反对他的做法，”她说，她坐在家吃午饭，她家在一条小巷旁，两旁排列着明代的房屋。)
In 641, Songtsan Gambo, the ruler of the Tubo kingdom, asked his people to build it for princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty.(641年，吐蕃统治者松赞干布要求他的人民为唐朝文成公主建造这座桥。)
The history of using chopsticks in China dates back to the Shang Dynasty, more than 3,000 years ago.(在中国，使用筷子的历史可以追溯到3000多年前的商朝。)
The song was composed during the Qing Dynasty.(这首歌是在清朝创作的。)
The pagoda on the top of the hill, said to have been constructed in the Song dynasty, is a popular tourist attraction.(山顶上的宝塔据说建于宋代，是一个受欢迎的旅游景点。)
This is a family-owned company – the current president is the fourth in this dynasty.(这是一个家族企业–现任总裁是该世家的第4代。)
However, not all functional objects are exactly alike; that is why we recognize a Shang Dynasty vase as being different from an Inca vase.(然而，并不是所有的功能物品都完全相同；这就是我们认为商代花瓶不同于印加花瓶的原因。)
