Southern Song Dynasty

Northern Song Dynasty

Map of Mongolian conquest

Yuan Dynasty by Dee Brown

Wengcheng diagram

Bejing (Dadu) during Ming Dynasty

Dadu (Bejing) during Yuan Dynasty

Bejing, c. 1912

White Pagoda of Yuan Dynasty c. 1277

White Pagoda of Yuan Dynasty c. 1277

Map of Ming Dynasty

Forbidden City

Forbidden City

Forbidden City

Tienamen

Tienamen

Tienamen uprising 1989

Tienamen uprising 1989

Plan of the Outer and Inner Courts

Yingzao Fashi

Yingzao Fashi

Dougong Brackets

Forbidden City showing the Outer and Inner Courts

Inner Court

Inner Court

Inner Court

Inner Court

Scholars' Gardens of Suzhou

Scholars' Gardens of Suzhou

Scholars' Gardens of Suzhou