Canada has to say about this exceptional era - and how it influenced the course of world history. NOVA: Let's begin by providing a worldwide context for the Song Dynasty. In 1271, the Italian ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

says she only recently began looking into and promoting Song dynasty tea culture. At her Tsim Sha Tsui teahouse, she offers a two-hour course that covers its history and has students participating ...

A Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) tomb of an aristocrat has been discovered near the Dong­qian Lake burial complex in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang Province, according to the China News Service.

The display and exchange event of "A Comprehensive Collection of Song Dynasty Paintings," part of Zhejiang University's "A ...