It is said to have originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty when a poem, set to the rhythm of a loom and read aloud by weavers, was first written about this heroine.
32.
The " Wei shu " ( History of the Wei dynasty ) gives the following names : 1g�� Jumong, ��T?Yeodal, �Y��� Shiryeohae, �Yh Yeoyul, and ���O Mangnae.
33.
The Wei Dynasty was good to Maijishan and the grottoes existence close to the Wei capital city of Loyang and the main road west brought the site recognition and, most likely, support.
34.
In the first half of the Northern Wei dynasty ( 386 534 ), the Xianbei steppe tribesmen who dominated northern China kept a policy of strict social distinction between them and their Chinese subjects.
35.
The earliest reference to a Khitan state is found in the " Book of Wei ", a history of the Northern Wei Dynasty ( 386 534 ) that was completed in 554.
36.
By the time of the Northern Wei dynasty ( A . D . 386-534 ), however, the Chinese had developed a functional saddle and stirrups that gave better seating to combat riders.
37.
Emerging as the partially sinicized state of Dai between AD 338 and 376 in the Shanxi area, the Tuoba established control over the region as the Northern Wei Dynasty ( AD 386-533 ).
38.
To the northeast of the Palace to Goddess Dou Mu is Sutra Rock Valley in which the Buddhist Diamond Sutra was cut in characters measuring fifty centimeters across believed to be inscribed in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
39.
Three relics from the earliest Buddhist Yongning Temple built in 519 under the Northern Wei dynasty reign, and a figure painted in clay unearthed from the base of the Yongning Temple are also part of the collection.
40.
Bao spent a number of years in Liu Jun's service, and accompanied him on his campaign to retaliate against the Xianbei-ruled Northern Wei dynasty, which had invaded southern China in January 451.
