Beginning from 1032 when Zhao Yuanhao assumed the imperial title, it was known as the Xia Kingdom. In 1227, Western Xia was conquered by Yuan emperor Tai Zu (Genghis Khan). The Western Xia had ten ...

The kings of the ancient kingdom of Western Xia are buried in nine mausoleums on the eastern side of the Helan Mountain. Forming a complete architectural group together with these mausoleums over ...

The Western Xia Imperial Tombs, often dubbed the "Oriental Pyramids," were built by the Tangut (Dangxiang) people, an ethnic minority that prospered in agricultural-husbandry areas of Northwest ...