Food preparation is impossible without cooks, so emperors in ancient times cherished excellent cooks. The Historical Records by Sima Qian, a famous historian of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 220 ...

Tombs of emperors in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth mounds packed into square shapes with level tops. Tombs from that time are called fangshang for their square shapes. The mausoleum ...

The Emperor in Han Dynasty,[1] also released under the title The Emperor Han Wu in some countries, is a 2005 Chinese historical television series based on the life of Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty.

During the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) and Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 11th century-771 BC), snakes kept their divine status, appeared frequently on bronze ritual vessels and began to ...

The tomb provides a rare glimpse into the Western Han dynasty’s feudal system, where emperors consolidated power by granting titles and estates to loyal officials and family members. This system not ...

Within a decade, most of these kings were demoted and replaced by members of the imperial family. Accordingly, while Qin Shi Huang was the first ruler to unify China, it was the Han dynasty ...

claiming the title Emperor Gaozu of Han. His dynasty ruled for four centuries, expanding its territory across much of what we now call China. It united the warring kingdoms and spread Confucianism.

A general called Zhang Qian was sent to the Far West by Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty to make contact with Yuezhi, a nomadic tribe. The emperor feared the Xiongnu people – a group who ...

In this programme, we are in Han Dynasty China, two thousand years ago, exploring the giving of Imperial gifts - an activity which straddles the murky boundary between diplomacy and bribery.

dark green jade vase duplicate of a Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220) bronze vase with a fish-waterfowl design. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] When Emperor Qianlong (1711-99) ascended the throne in ...

Chinese archaeologists have discovered a Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD25) marquis cemetery and nearly 700 other tombs in Xianyang, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The cemetery owner is believed to ...

Made of iron, copper, and leather, the multi-material armor scales are the first and smallest of its kind ever discovered in Han Dynasty archaeology. Found in the west part of the outer coffin of ...