Wei, known in historiography as the Eastern Wei, was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty. One of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and So
Armored warriors, China, Eastern Wei dynasty, 534–550 AD
Eastern Wei Buddhist triad
Eastern Wei Limestone Bodhisattva
Eastern Wei Buddhist sculpture on the temple yards of Linji Huguo Chan Temple in Taipei: Lord Buddha with Two Bodhisattvas, Two Disciples and Four Flying Heavenly Beings
Wei, known in historiography as the Northern Wei, Tuoba Wei, Yuan Wei and Later Wei, was an imperial dynasty of China ruled by the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei. The first of the Northern dynasties, it ru
Eastern Wei
…Eastern Wei (simplified Chinese: 东魏; traditional Chinese: 東魏; pinyin: Dōng Wèi), was an imperial dynasty of China that followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei dynasty. One of the Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern dynasties period, the Eastern Wei ruled the eastern part of northern China from…
China at the time of Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei's ascension in 423.
Army of Northern Wei terracotta soldiers in Xianbei uniform, tomb of Sima Jinlong, 484 CE.
Northern Wei warrior, tomb mural, Datong
Northern Wei officer. Tomb statuette, Luoyang Museum.