Posts Tagged ‘ Song Dynasty ’

Zhao Mengfu

October 2, 2009
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Zhao Mengfu

Zhao Mengfu (1254 – 1322) born during the latter part of the Song dynasty and died just shy of the half point of the Yuan dynasty. He attained a very high position in the Mongolian court. This was a major aspect that his critics focused on because as the 11th generation descendant of Zhao...

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Zhao Kuang Yin

October 2, 2009
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Zhao Kuang Yin

China’s history is one continuous loop of unification and fragmentation. The fragmentation period could be as short as half a century or longer than two hundred years. Unification happened when one of the warlords defeated the pretenders after many battles. With such a background one would expect to find a large number of professional...

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Nanxiong County 南雄古鎮

October 1, 2009
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Nanxiong County 南雄古鎮

Nanxiong (南雄) county lies in the northeast part of Guangdong province. It has 24 towns and a population of 440,000. Historically, Nanxiong connected Guangdong and Jiangxi which made it the key junction between northern and southern China. It was a marketplace and the central point in the exchange of goods and cultures between Central...

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