Period of Northern and Southern Dynasties......................................................................386-589 CE Sui Dynasty (Capital Chang’an).......................................................................................... 581–618 CE Tang (T’ang) Dynasty........................................................................................................... 618–906 CE Five Dynasties Period......................................................................................................... 907–960 CE Song (Sung) Dynasty......................................................................................................... 960–1279 CE Northern Song (Capital: Bianjing, present-day Kaifeng)............................................... 960–1127 CE Southern Song (Capital: Lin’an, present-day Hangzhou)............................................ 1127–1279 CE Yuan Dynasty (Capital: Dadu, present-day Beijing, the reign of the Mongol Empire).1279 –1368 CE Ming Dynasty (Capitals: Nanjing and Beijing)............................................................... 1368–1644 CE Qing (Ch’ing) Dynasty (Capital: Beijing, Reign of the Manchus)................................. 1644–1912 CE Republic Period (Capitals: Beijing, Wuhan and Nanjing)............................................. 1912–1949 CE People’s Republic of China (Capital: Beijing).................................................................. 1949–present
UQ Art Museum
The Nat Yuen Collection of Chinese Antiquities
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