Emperor of China (Chinese: 皇帝; realized as Huáng dì in Standard Chinese) was the title given to the monarch of China during the Imperial Period of Chinese history. The painter and calligrapher emperor Emperor Huizong (1082 – 1135) of Northern Song dynasty was good at painting and calligraphy. It functioned as a place to worship wise emperors and brilliant government officials and military officers in feudal times. The dynasty with the least emperors. Artists such as Zhang Xuan and Zhou Fang showed the splendor of court life in their paintings of emperors and palace ladies. Once emperor, Taizong implemented many changes in the economy and government that helped to usher China into a golden age of peace and prosperity. Detail of Chen Shu’s painting album titled Moral Rule of Kings and Emperors in Past Dynasties [Photo/digicol.dpm.org.cn] Moral Rule of Kings and Emperors in Past Dynasties Dated 1736 Album of 16 leaves, ink and color on silk, 33.5×37.3 cm Collection of the Palace Museum. Using bold strokes and black lines, artists depicted rolling hills, rivers and stones. The time from the Five Dynasties period (907-960) to the Northern Song period (960-1127) is known as the “Golden Age of Chinese Landscape Painting”. Emperor Taizong (626 AD to 649 AD) - Emperor Taizong helped his father to establish the Tang Dynasty. Others used softer brushwork to paint peaceful scenes of nature, birds and animals. The temple, aka Emperors Temple of Past Dynasties, was originally built in 1530, the ninth year of Emperor Jiajing's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Among all Chinese dynasties, Xin Dynasty and Eastern Wei Dynasty both had the smallest number of emperors with only one emperor for the entire dynasty. Tang Dynasty (618–907) During the Tang dynasty, figure painting flourished at the royal court. 6. Click to view high-resolution images of 16 leaves

A series of claimants to the Ming throne continued to claim the throne of what was known as the Southern Ming until the last was executed in 1662. Most of the Tang artists outlined figures with … The Ming dynasty ruled China from 1368 to 1644, succeeding the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and falling amidst much peasant turmoil to the Manchu-ruled Qing dynasty.Sixteen emperors ruled over the whole of China spanning 276 years. Temple of Ancient Monarchs enjoys a comparable political status with the In painting, it depicts images of 13 emperors who got different achievements in history from Han to Sui dynasties. 5. His reign was considered one of the best in Chinese history and was studied by future emperors.