Su Hanchen (attrib.), Children at Play in Winter, mid C12

Hanging scroll, ink and colors on silk, 198 x 107 cm, National Palace Museum, Taipei

Image here: http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-su-hanchen-children-in-winter.php

Zhōngguó - The Middle Country… China's age-old description of itself.

This country has had many golden ages, many invasions, and many eras of warring states. Our focus is the period 960 – 1368. We begin in the world of the Song Dynasty - an age which saw the flourishing of technology, science, philosophy, mathematics, and engineering. Following this, the Mongol invasions saw a temporary destruction of the old order, but also the re-opening of trade routes to the wider world, bringing China into the first global system.

RJW F2435

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