Meanwhile the Song Dynasty reunified China in 960, fifty years after the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. After a period of initial resistance, the Song achieved a rapprochement with the Liao court, thus ...

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, it acknowledged allegiance to the Tang and was awarded the surname Li, in the early Song Dynasty, it declared itself a vassal state of the Song and was ...

The Northern Song sculptures of the early period were rather coarsely carved, similar to Tang Dynasty style. Beginning from the middle period of the Song Dynasty, the sculptings become more and ...

BYD has presented its new flagship models, the Tang L and Han L, in China. Both will be available as BEVs and PHEVs. Visually ...

In the ensuing 160 years and more, Kaifeng remained the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was one of the largest and most prosperous metropolises in the world. Speaking of important figures in ...

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 ...

Pictured above is Zhong Kui, a legendary figure in East Asian countries. In China, it is customary that in preparation for the lunar new year, people hang Zhong Kui’s portrait on their doors, as he is ...

Over 80% of China's population has lived in Eastern China since 221 BC, forming the core territory of the Han, Tang, Northern Song ... and Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) occurred during colder ...

He was well known in his day, and made friends with other poets such as Li Bai, another famous poet in the Tang dynasty ... of hundred years later in the Song Dynasty was he acclaimed as a ...