Taihe Gallery

Southern and Northern Dynasties (420A.D. TO 589A.D.)


Mathematician Zu Chong Zhi calculated the ratio of circumference to seven decimals. Agriculture began to develop; Jia Si Xie wrote a famous writing "Qi Min Yao Shu"(The Essential Skills of the Mass) that set the basic agricultural process for all Chinese peasants; Wang Chong, a materialism thinker, wrote "Shen-Mie Lun," (a Theory of Spiritual Perishability and the Destructibility of the Soul upon Death); rock carvings made during this era in the Yun Gang Cave and Long Men Cave are historical and cultural treasures.