Antique Chinese Porcelain, Vases, Furniture, Carpets, Jade, Cloisonné, Blue & White, Famille rose, Celadon, Double Happiness etc

Chinese History

Chronology of the Chinese Dynasties
.


Neolithic Period c. 7000-1600 B.C.
Shang c. 16th -c.11th B.C.
Western Zhou 11th c.-771 B.C.
Eastern Zhou 770-221 B.C.
Spring and Autumn 770-476 B.C.
Warring States 475-221 B.C.
Qin 221-206 B.C.
Western Han 206 B.C. -A.D. 25
Eastern Han ( first Celadon ) 25-220

Six Dynasties:

220-589
Three Kingdoms 220-265
Western Jin
Eastern Jin
265-420
Southern and Northern Dynasties 420-589
Sui 581-618
Tang 618-907

Five Dynasties

907-960
Northern Song 960-1126
Southern Song 1127-1279
Liao 916-1125
Jin 1115-1234
Yuan 1271-1368

Ming:

1368-1644
Hongwu 1368-1398
Jianwen 1399-1402
Yongle 1403-1424
Hongxi 1425-1425
Xuande 1426-1435
Zhengtong 1436-1449
Jingtai 1450-1457
Tianshun 1457-1464
Chenghua 1465-1487
Hongzhi 1488-1505
Zhengde 1506-1521
Jiajing 1522-1566
.  
Longqing 1567-1572
Wanli 1573-1619
Taichang 1620-1620
Tianqi 1621-1627
Chongzhen
1628-1644

Qing:
1644-1911
Shunzhi 1644-1661
Kangxi 1662-1722
Yongzheng 1723-1735
Qianlong 1736-1795
Jiaqing 1796-1820
 
Daoguang 1821-1850
Xianfeng 1851-1861
Tongzhi 1862-1874
Guangxu 1875-1908
Xuantong
1909-1912
Hongxian 1915-1916  
Republic of China 1912-1949  
klick  >>>  to go home