Song dynasty

This picture show about the Ming, Yuan and Song dynasty clothing.

Tea Extraction (detail) This Song Dynasty painting reveals in detail the huge difference in how the tea is consumed in the old days when the tea discus was in vogue. The man servant sitting on the bench is grinding the compressed tea into powder for his colleague at the table to whisk into tea drinks

Noble lady's clothing of the Song Dynasty (960 — 1279) in the painting "Court Ladies" (宫女图) by Liu Songnian (刘松年) (about 1131 — 1218).

Introduction As the saying goes: People rely on clothing, and horses rely on saddles; We call clothing clothes when we wear clothes on top and underneath. Clothing is part of c

This is the most precious costume of the empress of the Song Dynasty. It is rarely worn at ordinary times. It is only used for the emperor's canonization or sacrificial ceremonies.

This is an old illustration I made a while ago, depicting the everyday life of Northern Song citizen in Kai Feng, the most populous city in the world in the 12th century A.D. This artwork was inspired by an ancient memoir call DongJing MengHua Lu (东京梦华录) or 'Eastern Capital: Dream of Splendor' written by MengYuan Lau (孟元老) and published in 1147. His book offer detail first hand descriptions of everyday urban life and traditions in Kai Feng city. I have picked a number of topics from the book…

Jiaozi(交子) is the earliest paper money note, which was issued in Song dynasty in Sichuan back to the Chinese history.