An outstanding strategist and statesman, he was known as Emperor Tai Zu, founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The period from the late 12th to the early 13th centuries saw strengthened economic ...

In 1271 Kublai Khan named his dynasty Yuan which means "origin of the universe." The Yuan dynasty in China lasted from 1279 to 1368. Kublai Khan followed a tentative policy of Sinicization, that is, ...

Pure and Infinite reflects the eminent status Hebei enjoyed in white ware production. It was home to the Xing kiln, which ...

That year, during the first national cultural relic census conducted by the People's Republic of China, which had been founded three years earlier, researchers were overjoyed to "rediscover" this ...

After years of campaigning, in 1271, he declared himself the Emperor of China and founded the Yuan dynasty, becoming the first non-Chinese emperor to unite the country. His new capital ...

Standing on the northern bank of the Yellow River, this temple was named for its white pagoda, which was built during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). It is a seventeen-meter octagonal structure with ...

It was apparently donated to commemorate Japan’s defeat of fleets from the Yuan Dynasty, which ruled present-day Mongolia, China and other regions between 1271 and 1368, shrine officials said in ...

The Central Axis can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) in the 13th century, while its length was extended in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). UNESCO listed it as a World Heritage ...