A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...

Yuan Goang-Ming grasps the dual aspects of the sublime — the experience of overwhelm in the face of either great beauty or great terror. The pioneering artist, who over a 40-year career has broadened ...

The From Ornate to Essential section presents opulent carvings and solemn hues of Qing Dynasty furniture which contrast with ...

Also known as the Duke Yansheng Residence, the site in Qufu, Shandong province, was the hereditary home of the Confucius ...

A large, rare Chinese dragon palace carpet from the Ming dynasty is heading to auction at Christie's London on Thursday (May 1) with a $1.1 to $1.6m estimate. "Of the seven ... we know of in the ...

The Galle Trilingual Inscription, a relic of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 ... artifact remind today's world of the importance of drawing wisdom from the past and cherishing cultural diversity ...

“The publisher of a local leftwing newspaper [Ta Kung Pao], Mr Fei Yi-ming, who was recently elected ... They include several bronze artefacts of the Shang dynasty and pottery warriors of ...

drawings and models, are evidence of the court culture and law and regulations of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang while following the traditions of ...

"They learned about Ming Dynasty clothing ... more than 130 ceremonial boats gathered in the city on the day, drawing over 40,000 visitors. Ahead of the holiday, villagers staged practice sessions ...

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty is a visual novel set in the mid-1600s. China was in awful shape at this time; natural disasters, plague, economic issues, and a government ...

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...

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