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Nanjing -- Ancient Dynastic Capital
Starting with the Kingdom of Wu some 1,700 years ago, the dynasties of Eastern Jin, Song, Qi, Liang, Chen, Southern Tang ... of the Ming Dynasty. Now an industrial city, Nanjing has mining ...
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The Forgotten Capital
Nanjing was a walled city as far back at 2,500 years ago. However, it wasn’t until after commander Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the city in 1356 and set about driving the Mongols (Yuan dynasty ...
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Rare ceramic dragon head — at least 1,400 years old — found at temple in China. See it
Dragons were a symbol of luck and protection from natural disasters during the Tang Dynasty, archaeologists said.
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Nanjing
One of the prominent symbols of this significant journey is the City Wall of Nanjing, dating back to the Ming Dynasty. A masterpiece of Chinese architecture, the beloved structure is protected by ...
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Two Mausoleums of the Southern Tang Dynasty (937-975)
Because Southern Tang had declined by the time Li Jing died, and he had declared himself a vassal of the Later Zhou Dynasty, his mausoleum was much smaller than for Li Bian. The layout of its ...
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Rare ceramic dragon head — at least 1,400 years old — found at temple in China. See it
At an ancient Tang Dynasty site in Hebei Province, south of Beijing, archaeologists discovered a rare ceramic sculpture. Siyi via Unsplash Seven years into excavations at a Tang Dynasty site in ...