People & stories
People & stories
Behind every view there are people: warlords who founded cities, exiled poets, architects who gave their lives to a single church. Here are 162 historical figures linked to our destinations and 1161 local stories. History and folk legend are labelled separately, and every story has a source.
中国
Late Warring States to Qin · 259–210 BC
Qin Shi Huang
China's first emperor
1 related places
Tang dynasty · 602–664
Xuanzang
Monk, traveller and translator
1 related places
Tang to Wu Zhou · 624–705
Wu Zetian
The only widely recognised empress regnant in Chinese history
2 related places
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7th century · ？–650
Songtsen Gampo
Founder of the Tibetan Empire
1 related places
Tang dynasty · 772–846
Bai Juyi
Poet
1 related places
Northern Song · 1037–1101
Su Shi (Su Dongpo)
Writer, calligrapher, painter and gourmet
2 related places
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Late Yuan to Ming · 1328–1398
Zhu Yuanzhang (Hongwu Emperor)
Founding emperor of the Ming dynasty
1 related places
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Ming dynasty · 1360–1424
Zhu Di (Yongle Emperor)
Third Ming emperor and builder of the Forbidden City
2 related places
17th century · 1617–1682
The Fifth Dalai Lama
The first Dalai Lama to hold both religious and political power in Tibet
1 related places
Qing dynasty · 1711–1799
Qianlong Emperor
Sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty
2 related places
Late Qing and early Republic · c. 1849–1931
Wang Yuanlu
Discoverer of the Library Cave at Mogao
1 related places