How did Chinese culture spread?

Question 1

how did Chinese culture spread

Answer 1

it was the largest and most powerful country in east Asia, China and its civilization had great effects on smaller countries nearby in addition china manufactured more goods than any other country nearby.

Question 2

what was the impact of Chinese thought

Answer 2

Confucianism and Buddhism spread from china to nearby land. governments of Vietnam Korea and japan adopted Confucian ideas example scholar-officials ran their bureaucracies

Question 3

what influence did the Chinese culture have on nearby lands

Answer 3

Vietnam, Korea, and japan borrowed chines writing system
imported chines style of painting, music, and architecture
both Korea and japan moulded their capital cities on Chang’an
Chinese culinary spread through East Asia
many countries took chopsticks as tools for cooking and eating
borrowed Chinese wok and adopted the custom of drinking tea

Question 4

trade and the west

Answer 4

ming government tried to limit the influence of foreigners but trade with European merchants brought new goods and technologies to china
missionaries brought western Christianity, in turn, Chinese products and ideas spread to Europe