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*''Dates: [[1127]]-[[1279]]''
*''Dates: [[1127]]-[[1279]]''
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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 南宋 ''(Nan-song / Nansou)''
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*''Chinese/Japanese'': 南宋 ''(Nánsòng / Nansou)''
The Southern Song Dynasty, based at [[Hangzhou]] (then called Lin'an), ruled the southern half of China following the loss of northern China to invasion by the [[Jurchens]] in [[1127]]. The period was one of many notable artistic and cultural developments; much poetry and painting of the period centered on themes of loss and of desire to reconquer the north.
The Southern Song Dynasty, based at [[Hangzhou]] (then called Lin'an), ruled the southern half of China following the loss of northern China to invasion by the [[Jurchens]] in [[1127]]. The period was one of many notable artistic and cultural developments; much poetry and painting of the period centered on themes of loss and of desire to reconquer the north.