Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Chinese (culture or style)
8. Chinese dynastic styles and periods

Narrower term/s

• Later Liang (Five Dynasties, Chinese style, culture, period)
• Later Tang
• Later Jin
• Later Han (Five Dynasties style)
• Later Zhou (Chinese)

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the culture, style, and period in Chinese history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907 CE) and the founding of the Sung dynasty (960 CE), when five dynasties followed one another in quick succession in northern China. They all had their capital at Kaifeng in Henan province. The southern regions experienced more prosperity and peace than the north and subsequently literature, painting, metalwork, relief sculpture, textiles, and ceramics all flourished in the south. It was also an important transitional period for ceramics in the northern areas; prosperous ding kilns were located in Hebei.