The year 1273 A.D. was a dreadful one for the Song dynasty, the ruling family of China who had held power since the 10th century. The Mongols, led by Kublai Khan (the grandson of Genghis Khan ...
A Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) tomb of an aristocrat has been discovered near the Dong­qian Lake burial complex in ...
This file photo taken on March 29, 2022 shows Yu Chi-Hsuan (L) introducing to foreign visitors the Song Dynasty-style tea whisking skills at a ...
This file photo taken on March 29, 2022 shows Yu Chi-Hsuan (L) introducing to foreign visitors the ...
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 ...
"Song dynasty diancha really values the purity, or whiteness, of the tea foam," Zhu says. The foam is also much thicker than that of matcha, which only requires brief whisking.
Produced by the Beijing-based Xixi Pictures, known for hits like Six Sisters and Where Dreams Begin, the new drama, consisting of 40 episodes, features actress Jing Tian and actor Zhang Wanyi as a ...
About a millennium ago during the reign of the Song dynasty, there was a major grievance brewing inside China’s halls of ...
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 ...
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, ...