Where To Stream The Story of China Season 1 Episode 3
The Golden Age
- Aired February 4, 2016
- 60 Min
- Rated 9.0
- Number 2 Of 6 Rated Episodes
This episode tells the tale of what's broadly considered China's most creative dynasty - the Song (960-1279). Michael Wood heads to the city of Kaifeng, the greatest city in the world before the 19th century. Here in Twin Dragon Alley, locals tell him the legend of the baby boys who became emperors. He explores the ideas and inventions that made the Song one of greatest eras in world culture, helped by China's most famous work of art, the Kaifeng scroll, which shows the life of the city in...