The design of two horses shaking their heads and wagging their tails confirms the historic records that people domesticated dancing horses during the Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, with high ...

Among the findings are the tombs of the family of Dong Guifei, a concubine of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (618-907). This discovery offers valuable insights into the social, political ...

Emperor Xuanzong, or Li Longji, held the longest, most glorious reign (712-756 A.D.) of the Tang dynasty. However, his exclusive favoring of Imperial Concubine Yang Yuhuan in his old age was ...

Li Shimin (599-649) was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but its actual founder. His tomb is about 60 kilometers from Xi'an and 22.5 kilometers northeast of Liquan County seat. Now in front ...

Near the city of Taiyuan in north-central China, workers tasked with upkeeping the local roads made an astonishing archaeological discovery: a tomb from the Tang Dynasty, adorned with murals ...

Over 240 relics from 15 museums display the prosperity of Tang Dynasty (618-907) emperor Li Shimin’s era in the National Library of China (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY) As the result of a royal coup ...

The melody of “The Beautiful Lady Yu” heralded the end of the road for the last emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Li Yu ruled the world as the emperor but was better known as the Immortal ...

Li's son, Li Shimin, advises his father to raise an army against the emperor. After a successful revolt, Li Shimin becomes the Crown Prince of the new Tang Dynasty. As Li Shimin becomes more ...