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 ...

By the Song Dynasty (960-1126), gunpowder was in extensive ... China's four great ancient inventions made tremendous contributions to the world's economy and the culture of mankind.

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 Zu refers to Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty is known for its economic and cultural prosperity. These achievements were due to the policies adopted when the ...

The show’s aesthetic tone is rooted in the cultural heritage of the Song Dynasty (960-1279).[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Although the story is set in a fictional dynasty called Zhou ...

A lot changed during the nearly two-year gap between ‘Love Gun’ and the next Kiss studio album, ‘Dynasty,’ and while the record sounds fragmented and somewhat neutered as a result ...

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, ...

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 ...