Example sentences for: kublai

How can you use “kublai” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Kublai Khan erected his own capital in 1279 on the shores of Beijing’s Beihai Lake, where some of his imperial treasures remain on display today.

  • The Bishop White Gallery features Buddhist and Taoist frescoes of the 13th-century Yuan Dynasty, under Emperor Kublai Khan, along with some monumental polychrome and gilded wooden statues of the Buddha.

  • It was modeled on one of the great Chinese monasteries of the time and built for a Chinese monk who was said to have interceded with the dreaded Kublai Khan to stop the Mongol invasion of Japan.

  • Today’s Beijing would seem to have little in common with the Beihai lakeshore of Kublai Khan and Marco Polo, the Forbidden City of the Ming, the Summer Palace of the Qing, the Temple of Confucius, or even the patriotic tomb of Chairman Mao.

  • It was to these same shores that Marco Polo claimed to have journeyed at the end of the 13th century, where he won the support of Kublai Khan.


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