It's taken Zhang about 10 years to paint the grottoes' Buddha statues, which date back to the Sui Dynasty (581-618), on the walls of the caves. The grottoes were dug and built over a period of 300 ...

[Photo/Chinanews.com] An ancient phoenix crown of Empress Xiao from the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618 ... of the highest rank from the period of Sui and Tang Dynasties ...

At the same time in the east part of the Asian ... for selecting government officials started from Sui dynasty (581–618). In the Ming period, this examination system had been in practice for ...

A cliffside Buddhist carving dating back to the Northern Qi (550-577) to Sui Dynasty (581-618 ... defining characteristics of the Northern Qi period," Wang told the Global Times.