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Friday, December 13, 2013

Western Xia Kingdom Artifact

http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_artqa/2003-09/24/content_39514.htm

Mausoleums of Kings of Western Xia

Statue of human: pedestal of stele (up, height 60 cm); Bronze ox: burial accessory (bottom, length 120 cm)


Western Xia Mausoleums--Pyramids in the Orient
About 30 km west of Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, in the eastern foothills of the Helan mountain range, mounds made from the loess soil in different sizes rise up from a 50-square-km flatland. These are the mausoleums of the Western Xia kings, reputed to be the "Pyramids in the Orient".
The cone-shaped earth mounds are the most direct relics on the ground that tell the history of the Western Xia Kingdom which disappeared nearly 800 years ago.

In 1038, the Dangxiang tribe, under the leadership of Li Yuanhao, established the Xia Kingdom, with its capital being built in a place where Yinchuan now stands. Since it was located in northwest China, especially to the west of the Yellow River, it has gone down in history as the "Western Xia."

The Western Xia Kingdom first came into confrontation with the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom, and then with the Southern Song Dynasty and Kin Kingdom. Later, it was destroyed by Mongolian troops led by Genghis Khan. Ten kings ruled over it during 189 years of its existence.
http://www.china.org.cn/english/2000/Sep/1996.htm


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