In these tombs were found bronze oxen, stone horses and other sacrificial objects. The Western Xia was a dynasty which had close relations with the Han regime. At first it acknowledged allegiance ...

This 40-square-kilometer complex - comparable in scale to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Tombs in Beijing - holds ... Despite political rivalries during the Song-Liao-Xia-Jin period (10th-13th ...

During the Liao and Kin dynasties many Buddhist ... resembling ordinary pagodas rather than tomb pagodas. The two Yuan Dynasty pagodas are smaller, but each has its own characteristics.