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7 06, 2017

Who was Xuanzang? A Buddhist scholar of medieval China

By |2018-04-18T09:54:15-07:00June 7th, 2017|Central Asia, China, India, Religion|Comments Off on Who was Xuanzang? A Buddhist scholar of medieval China

Travels of the Buddhist traveller Xuanzang (T'ang Dynasty, 630 AD) Xuanzang was a great Chinese scholar who lived in the 600s AD, under the T'ang dynasty. He was a Buddhist, [...]

6 06, 2017

End of T’ang Dynasty China – Uighurs and Buddhists

By |2018-04-18T09:53:37-07:00June 6th, 2017|China, History|Comments Off on End of T’ang Dynasty China – Uighurs and Buddhists

Emperor Wuzong Hsuan Tsung's son, the T'ang Emperor Suzong, asked a neighboring power, the Uighur Empire, to help him crush An Lu-shan's rebellion, and by 757 AD, thanks to the [...]

4 06, 2017

Chang’an – T’ang Dynasty Chinese Architecture

By |2018-04-18T09:53:23-07:00June 4th, 2017|Architecture, China|Comments Off on Chang’an – T’ang Dynasty Chinese Architecture

The walls of Chang'an under the T'ang Dynasty (ca. 700 AD) People have been living in the city of Chang'an in China since the Stone Age. But Chang'an reached its [...]

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