Northern Wei dynasty

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Chinese dynasty Northern dynasty imperial dynasty

The Northern Wei dynasty was a powerful Xianbei-led imperial dynasty (386–534 CE) that unified northern China, promoted Buddhism, and significantly shaped early medieval Chinese politics and culture.

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Label	Occurrences
Northern Wei dynasty canonical	12
Northern Wei	3
Northern Wei period	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese dynasty ⓘ Northern dynasty ⓘ imperial dynasty ⓘ
architectureStyle	rock-cut cave temples ⓘ
artStyle	early Chinese Buddhist sculpture ⓘ
capital	Luoyang ⓘ Pingcheng ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Northern Wei dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Wei
culturalInfluenceOn	Sui dynasty ⓘ Tang dynasty ⓘ
currency	Chinese cash coins ⓘ
demographicChange	Sinicization of Xianbei elite ⓘ
endTime	534 ⓘ
ethnicGroupInPower	Xianbei ⓘ
firstRuler	Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei ⓘ
followedBy	Eastern Wei ⓘ Western Wei ⓘ
foundedBy	Tuoba Gui ⓘ
founder	Emperor Daowu of Northern Wei ⓘ
governmentType	hereditary monarchy ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
knownFor	Longmen Grottoes ⓘ Sinicization reforms ⓘ Yungang Grottoes ⓘ equal-field land system ⓘ state promotion of Buddhism ⓘ unification of northern China ⓘ
lastRuler	Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei ⓘ
legalSystem	codified laws influenced by earlier Chinese codes ⓘ
locatedIn	northern China ⓘ
militaryStructure	Xianbei cavalry-based army ⓘ
notableEvent	Sinicization edicts of Emperor Xiaowen ⓘ division into Eastern Wei and Western Wei in 534 ⓘ move of capital to Luoyang in 494 ⓘ
officialLanguage	Classical Chinese ⓘ
partOf	Northern and Southern dynasties period ⓘ
partOfConflict	Northern and Southern dynasties wars ⓘ
precededBy	Former Qin ⓘ Later Yan ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Taoism ⓘ surface form: Daoism
rulingClan	Xianbei ⓘ surface form: Tuoba clan
significantRuler	Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei ⓘ Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei ⓘ surface form: Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei
startTime	386 ⓘ
usedWritingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ Xianbei language ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Wall of China → rebuiltBy → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Dunhuang → historicalDynastyAssociation → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Northern Wei dynasty → country → Northern Wei dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Wei

Mogao Caves → significantPeriod → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Longmen Grottoes → periodOfSignificance → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Longmen Grottoes → associatedDynasty → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” → associatedWithDynasty → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Shaolin Kung Fu → historicalPeriodOfOrigin → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Luoyang → capitalOf → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Luoyang → historicalPeriodOfProminence → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Tanluan → era → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Wei period

Yungang Grottoes → builtDuring → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Hanging Temple of Hengshan → foundedDuring → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Datong → historicalDynastyAssociation → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

Ballad of Mulan → associatedDynasty → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Wei

Xianbei → influenced → Northern Wei dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Wei