Since 2008, when he first successfully restored a suit of Song Dynasty (960-1279) armor, Wen has crafted armor from the Qin Dynasty (221BC-206BC) all the way to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

The colourful papier-mâché hats are modelled on headgear from the Song dynasty, which ruled China between 960 and 1279, with extensions just long enough to keep wearers the one metre ...

This Song dynasty (960-1279) trade vessel would not make it far, sinking to the bottom of the ocean near the coast of Taishan in Guangdong province, where it would remain untouched until 1987.

The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an international society committed to the encouragement of the study of Chinese—as well as Jürchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol—history, ...