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[[File:Haa-guanyin.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A [[Northern Song Dynasty]] or Xi Xia statue of [[Kannon|Guanyin]], Honolulu Museum of Art]]

[[File:Haa-guanyin.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A [[Northern Song Dynasty]] or Xi Xia statue of [[Kannon|Guanyin]], Honolulu Museum of Art]]

*''Dates: [[1038]]-[[1211]]''

*''Dates: [[1038]]-[[1211]]''

*''Chinese'': 西夏 ''(Xī Xià)''

*''Chinese'': 西[[夏]] ''(Xī Xià)''

The Western Xia, or Xi Xia, was a [[Tangut]] state controlling parts of Inner Mongolia and northwestern [[China proper]] in the 11th to early 13th centuries. Its territory was located to the west of the [[Khitan]] [[Liao Dynasty]], the northwest of the Chinese [[Song Dynasty]], and north of [[Tibet]]. Though not known for balancing Sinification and nomadic steppe traditions as successfully as the Liao, Xi Xia is still known for its exquisite Buddhist sculpture.

The Western Xia, or Xi Xia, was a [[Tangut]] state controlling parts of Inner Mongolia and northwestern [[China proper]] in the 11th to early 13th centuries. Its territory was located to the west of the [[Khitan]] [[Liao Dynasty]], the northwest of the Chinese [[Song Dynasty]], and north of [[Tibet]]. Though not known for balancing Sinification and nomadic steppe traditions as successfully as the Liao, Xi Xia is still known for its exquisite Buddhist sculpture.