The imperial tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), the Song Mausoleums, are in western Gongxian County, Henan Province. Except for Emperor Hui Zong, named Zhao Ji (1082-1135), and Qin ...

Mung beans (green beans) came from India during the Northern Song Dynasty. Potatoes, which are eaten both as a staple food and as a vegetable, came from the West. They are believed to have been ...

There are five pieces of scroll Shi Yi Shi Er (One or Two) handed down from the Qing Dynasty which follow the arrangement of Two Selves reported as a Song Dynasty painting ...

This is Kaifeng City, Henan Province. In A.D. 960, Zhao Kuangyin established the Song (宋) Dynasty and made this place the national capital. In the ensuing 160 years and more, Kaifeng remained the ...

The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an international society committed to the encouragement of the study of Chinese—as well as Jürchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol—history, ...

A Chinese dynasty and kingdom existed roughly in parallel to the better-known Song Dynasty, but this one ruled by the nomadic Khitans. A fascinating essay on governance, international relations, ...

From supporting each other's careers to becoming parents, here is a complete timeline of Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song's relationship timeline. Culkin and Song first met in Thailand on the set ...

Song Dynasty: While weaker than the Tang empire militarily and politically, Song rule marks a high point of Chinese classical culture, with a flowering of literature, scientific innovation and the ...

The celadon glazed wares from the kilns of Longquan are among the finest products of Song dynasty ceramics. The thick, semi-transparent and unctuous soft green glaze, which coats this censer ...

A new exhibition at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, in the south of the Netherlands, has put to question our preconceived notions ...

River Song's timeline with the Doctor is confusing due to their encounters happening in different orders. River Song's origins involve kidnapping and manipulation by an organization only known as ...