The Church of the East was already present among various Mongol tribes when Kublai Khan (1260–1294) conquered China. Though ...

Empress Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to rule as emperor, remains a figure of fascination and debate. Born in ...

The main building structure along the central axis of the Grand Temple comprises four painstakingly laid out courtyards ...

Although it is one of his lesser-known verses, it inspired the name of the protagonist in Flourished Peony, a popular costume ...

The earliest ice skates in ancient China were primarily crafted from horse shinbones. Over time, wooden ice skates emerged, ...

Provided by Xinhua This photo taken on Feb. 3, 2025 shows the ice and snow festival at Longtan Park in Dongcheng District in ...

Unfortunately, no confirmed authentic works of Wang have survived and the reliability of the some hundred ancient copies ...

During the Tang Dynasty, bronze mirrors such as this one were gifted by the emperor to his trusted ministers or foreign guests. The unearthed mirror is evidence of this ritual custom binding the ...

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

Among those displays, a Tang Dynasty (618-907 ... Wuji made great contributions to the country under the reign of Emperor Taizong. However, after the emperor's time, Zhangsun Wuji was falsely ...

Hsu‐Tang, whose father is a scientist and mother a businesswoman, is descended from the 16th-century Ming dynasty imperial minister Xu Guangqi, a scholar and a collaborator of the Jesuit ...

E very year, the sheer number of anime shows released fluctuates, with some months seeing a large number and others seeing ...