Roots of Chinese seapower The first Chinese oceangoing trade ships were built far back in the Song dynasty (c. 960-1270). But it was the subsequent Mongol emperors (the Yuan dynasty of c.

The Rainbow Bridge built in the NOVA program "China Bridge" is just one of many important inventions that appeared during China's impressive Song Dynasty (A.D. 960-1280). This vibrant period in ...

Latte art has got nothing on the ancient Chinese art of drawing ... to Japan by a zen master who had visited China during its prosperous Song dynasty (AD960-1279) to study Buddhism, but ended ...

China's long history has seen some extremely ... gunpowder-making instructions recorded in Europe. By the Song Dynasty (960-1126), gunpowder was in extensive use. Weapons made with it included ...

Nanjing is one of the six famous ancient capitals of China ... this lake was given its present name by Emperor Liu Yilong of the Song Dynasty (420-479). Fifteen kilometers in circumference ...

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s engaging “Recasting the Past” exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the 12th century.

Christie’s has described the Song dynasty (960-1279) artwork as “one of the world’s rarest Chinese paintings ... paintings, and ancient ceramics shattering world records.

"As the core fortress of three-level defense system of the Guangdong coastal defense system during the Ming Dynasty, Nanhai ...

NEW YORK — Things didn’t end well for the Chinese Song dynasty emperor Huizong ... and initiated a revival of ancient art forms. He was given to forming what we would call commissions or ...