What is Ming dynasty?
{{Infobox Former Country | native_name = {{big|{{lang|zh|大明}}}} | conventional_long_name = Great Ming | common_name = Ming dynasy| | continent = Asia | region = China | era = | status = Empire | status_text = | empire = | government_type = Absolute monarchy| | year_start = 1368 | year_end = 1644| | year_exile_start = 1644 | year_exile_end = 1683| | event_start = Established in [[Nanjing]] | date_start = 23 January | event_end = [[Battle of Beijing (1644)|Fall of Beijing]] | date_end = 25 April| | event1 = Beijing designated as capital | date_event1 = 28 October 1420| | event_post = End of the Southern Ming | date_post = 1683| | p1 = Yuan dynasty | flag_p1 = | s1 = Shun dynasty | flag_s1 = | s2 = Southern Ming dynasty | flag_s2 = | | image_coat = | symbol_type_article = | symbol_type = | image_map = Ming Empire cca 1580 (en).svg | image_map_caption = Ming China around 1580| | capital = [[Nanjing]] (Yingtian prefecture)<br /><small>(1368–1644)</small>{{efn|Primary capital after 1403; secondary capital after 1421.}}<br />[[Beijing]] (Shuntian prefecture)<br /><small>(1403–1644)</small>{{efn|Secondary capital until 1421; primary capital afterwards.}}{{efn|The capitals-in-exile of the [[Southern Ming]] were [[Southern Ming#Nanjing|Nanjing]] <small>(1644)</small>, [[Southern Ming#Fuzhou|Fuzhou]] <small>(1645–46)</small>, [[Southern Ming#The Guangzhou court (1646–1647)|Guangzhou]] <small>(1646–47),</small> [[Zhaoqing]] <small>(1646–52)</small>.}}| | common_languages = Official language:<br />[[Mandarin (late imperial lingua franca)|Mandarin]]<br />Other [[list of varieties of Chinese|Chin