Chinese Dynasty Timeline Infographic

Create a vertical editorial history infographic for [HISTORICAL_SEQUENCE], inspired by a long river timeline. Use a graceful winding path from top to bottom, with 10-14 major era nodes placed along the flow. Each node should include a concise editable era name, date range, short 3-6 word descriptor, and one small symbolic icon such as a seal, architecture silhouette, artifact, map marker, book, coin, vessel, or landscape motif. Add a title block at the top, a small legend, and optional color-coded bands for rise, transition, peak, and decline periods. Use refined cultural styling with parchment texture, ink-line dividers, muted jade, cinnabar, ivory, and deep charcoal accents. Keep the layout readable, balanced, and information-rich without becoming crowded. Use user-provided historical dates when accuracy matters; if dates are not supplied, leave date labels as editable placeholders. Avoid fake dates, invented rulers, nationalistic slogans, modern political claims, tiny unreadable labels, copied museum graphics, messy icon overlap, overly ornate borders, and any detail that implies the infographic is a verified historical source without review.