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The Liao dynasty also called Khitan empire, the was an empire in Asia. It was formed by the Yelü clan of the Khitan people after the fall of the Tang Dynasty. They ruled from 907 AD to about 1125. The first ruler was Yelü Abaoji, Khan of the steppe Khitan peoples.It was originally called the "Qidan Kingdom" until about 947. Its capital was the present day Bairin Left Banner in Inner Mongolia. Its territory included parts of Northern China, middle Mongolia, and Tianjin and Hebei to the south.

Emperors

  1. Liao Taizu (907–926)
  2. Liao Taizong (926–947)
  3. Liao Shizong (947–951)
  4. Liao Muzong (951–969)
  5. Liao Jingzong (969–982)
  6. Liao Shengzong (983–1031)
  7. Liao Xingzong (1031–1055)
  8. Liao Daozong (1055–1101)
  9. Tianzuo Di (1101–1125)

Images for kids

  • Khitan Rebellion

    Rebellion of Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong against the Tang dynasty in 696-697

  • Liao Silver Crown

    Khitan crown (female), silver

  • Zhangfangshan Liao tomb mural H

    Liao tomb mural showing Khitan men with banners, drums, and maces

  • Northeast Asia at 900 Khitan Bohai border

    The location of Balhae in the year 900

  • Horse leading, mural(part) from Tomb in Aohan, Liao Dynasty

    Khitan man in tomb painting in Aohan Banner, Inner Mongolia

  • Preparing for hunting, mural from Tomb in Aohan, Liao Dynasty

    Khitan tomb mural in Inner Mongolia – attendants holding a musical instrument, bow and arrows, boots, and a falcon

  • 遼金兩種頭盔 (51588016667)

    Liao or Jin dynasty (1115–1234) helmets and mask

  • Rest Stop for the Khan

    Zhuoxie tu, a 10th-century painting of a rest stop for the khan

  • KhitanMural

    Khitan boys and girls

  • Guard, Fresco, Liao Dynasty, Chifeng Museum

    Khitan holding a mace

  • Anonymous-The King of Dongdan Goes Forth

    The King of Dongdan Goes Forth (東丹王出行圖), scroll, light colors on silk. 146.8 x 77.3 cm. National Palace Museum, Taipei. Attributed to Li Zanhua (李贊華 909–946), but possibly a later artist.

  • MongolHuntersSong

    Khitans hunting with birds of prey, 9–10th centuries

  • Geyuan Temple 1

    Geyuan Temple Wenshu Hall built in 966 is the oldest extant Liao building

  • China, Northern, Liao dynasty - Pair of Boots - 1992.349 - Cleveland Museum of Art

    Liao silk boots

  • 993 Khitan Goryeo invasion

    First conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War, 993

  • Liao and Song Dynasties

    Khitan invasion of Song in 1004

  • 1018 Goryeo Khitan invasion

    Third conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War, 1018

  • 契丹冠 06

    Liao phoenix and dragon crowns

  • 契丹冠 08

    Liao dynasty dragon crown

  • 契丹冠 01

    Liao dynasty crown – side

  • 鎏金银扞腰06272

    Liao dynasty crown – back

  • The Fugong Temple Wooden Pagoda

    The Pagoda of Fogong Temple, built by Emperor Daozong of Liao in 1056 at the site of his grandmother's family home.

  • 契丹冠 09

    Liao dynasty gold wire phoenix crown

  • Parure funéraire masculine. Liao (907 – 1125). Musée Cernuschi

    Liao funerary mask and crown (female)

  • Liao Woman Headwear

    Gilt silver crown, excavated in 1986 from the tomb of Princess of Chen and her husband in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia.

  • Clevelandart 1980.24

    Gilt bronze statue of the six-tusked elephant holding the throne of Puxian (Samantabhadra), the Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue, c. 1000 Liao dynasty

  • Epitaph of Empress Xuanyi of Liao

    Epitaph of Xiao Guanyin, the wife of Emperor Daozong of Liao, in Khitan small script

  • Collapse of the Liao dynasty 1117-1124

    Collapse of the Liao dynasty (1117–1124)

  • Anonymous - Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute, The Story of Lady Wenji - 1973.120.3 - Metropolitan Museum of Art

    Depiction of Xiongnu cavalry in the Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute, commissioned by Emperor Gaozong of Song. While the subjects are the Xiongnu, the hairstyle depicted is distinctly Khitan, and likely based on northern steppe peoples contemporary to the Song.

  • Vaulted cinerary urn engraved with deer designs

    Miniature model of a Khitan tent found in the Hadatu tomb in 1973

  • Fragment of a tomb mural showing a Khitan man and a Khitan boy

    Fragment of a tomb mural showing a Khitan boy

  • Wanggiyan Aguda

    Aguda, posthumously Emperor Taizu of Jin, founder of the Jurchen Jin dynasty

  • Tianning Temple Pagoda

    The Tianning Temple Pagoda, a Buddhist structure built at Liao Nanjing ("Southern Capital", modern Beijing) in 1120 during the last years of the Liao dynasty

  • Western Liao

    The Qara Khitai empire in 1160

  • Liao dynasty silver coin with Khitan large script characters

    Liao silver coin in Khitan large script translated as "天朝萬順" (Heavenly Dynasty — Myriad [affairs are] Favourable).

  • Nova N 176 folio 9

    The only extant manuscript in the Khitan language, Folio 9 of manuscript codex Nova N 176

  • Parure funéraire féminine. Liao (907 – 1125). Musée Cernuschi

    Female funerary mask and crown from the Liao dynasty

  • Liao Dynasty Avalokitesvara Statue Clear

    A Liao dynasty polychrome wood-carved statue depicting Guanyin in the Water Moon pose, which raises the right knee and rests the right arm on top of it, symbolizing the divinity of the Pure land, Guanyin's personal paradise, which Guanyin puts off going to until s/he has saved humanity.

  • LiaoDynastySancaiLuohanCirca1000

    One of the famous set of lifesize Yixian glazed pottery luohans, sancai, early 12th century

  • Liao Metal Net Burial Dress (14176487663)

    Liao burial dress made of metal wire

  • Liao Gold Ornaments (19835545761)

    Liao gold waist ornament

  • Bars Hota Mongolia

    A brick stupa in the Khitan city of Hedong (Bars-Hot)

  • Luohan (arhat), Yixian cave, Hebei Province, China, Liao Dynasty, 11th century - Royal Ontario Museum - DSC09807

    Luohan statue, Liao dynasty, 11th century

  • 1090-1110 Buddha Sakyamuni anagoria IMG7142

    Liao era bronze figure of Gautama Buddha

  • Bronze Guanyin statue from Liao Shangjing

    Bronze Guanyin statue from the Chinese section of the Supreme Capital

  • 辽彩绘木雕观音立像

    Liao era painted wooden statue of Guanyin

  • Bodhisattva Guanyin Liao China 10th century CE Penn Museum 03

    Bronze statue of Guanyin, Liao dynasty, 10th century

See also

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