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 ...

In the early 11th century, the Tuoba group of the ancient nomadic Dangxiangqiang tribe originally living in the mountainous area of China ’s ... in the early Song Dynasty, it declared itself ...

While tea drinking in China stretches back thousands of years, it was during the Song dynasty that it reached new heights. This era gave rise to many important inventions, including gunpowder ...

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, ...

In a ship-themed exhibition hall in Tsim Sha Tsui of Hong Kong, cultural relics from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) were shining ...

Inspired by the Northern Song Dynasty masterpiece "A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains," a historic painting celebrated for ...

Seaborne commerce on a large scale in Asia dates to the Song Dynasty of China (A.D. 960-1270). The Mongols in the succeeding Yuan Dynasty (ca. 1271-1368) went on to build even more ships on a ...