Buddhism was introduced to Shanxi province as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD25-220) and became quite popular in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (AD420-581). The Yungang ...

Beijing was the capital city for the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. Except for the Ming Dynasty, all the rulers of these dynasties were from northern nomadic tribes.

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, ...