Known locally as Jingjue in documents from the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316), Niya was once a thriving oasis in the southern Taklimakan Desert and a major commercial center on the southern branch ...

The Temple of the Poor and the Wild Mulberry was first built in the Western Jin and Eastern Jin dynasties (265-420), when it was known as the Temple of Excellent Blessings. In the Tang Dynasty it ...

Details of new discoveries spanning 2,000 years from the Western Zhou Dynasty (c ... the national capital began 871 years ago when the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) moved its capital to Beijing in ...