How Long to Read Datong: A Historical Guide

How Long Does it Take to Read Datong: A Historical Guide?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Datong: A Historical Guide by Kim Hunter Gordon

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In modern times the coal capital of China, Datong was once the capital of empire and one of the most important cultural centres of northern China. A controversial reconstruction of its old city has attracted recent attention, but Datong’s lasting attraction is its artistic and architectural heritage. The Northern Wei (386-535), a dynasty founded by outsiders, established its capital in capital in Datong from 398 until 494. The artistic legacy of that period, the Buddhist carvings at the Yungang Grottoes, illustrates how foreign motifs and styles interacted with native Chinese aesthetics to establish forms that would dominate the iconography of East Asia. The city remained an important military, religious and mercantile centre throughout imperial China, with spectacular wooden temple architecture from the Liao and Jin dynasties (907–1271) is preserved to a greater extent here than in any other region of China.

How long is Datong: A Historical Guide?

Datong: A Historical Guide by Kim Hunter Gordon is 369 pages long, and a total of 95,571 words.

This makes it 125% the length of the average book. It also has 117% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Datong: A Historical Guide Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 42 minutes to read Datong: A Historical Guide aloud.

What Reading Level is Datong: A Historical Guide?

Datong: A Historical Guide is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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