MING/ 50 YEARS THAT CHANGED CHINA

Catalogue of the Ming 50 years that changed China. The exhibition will explore the years 1400 1450, a pivotal 50 year period that transformed China during the rule of the Ming dynasty. Bureaucrats replace military leaders in the hierarchy of power, the emperors role changes from autocrat to icon, and the decision is taken to centralise, rather than devolve, power