Most women in the Forbidden City were employed as maids and servants, but there was also a select group of concubines whose task was to bear children for the emperor. Those who gave birth to male ...

The staff was friendly and chatty, delighted to talk about ancient China's concubines and foot-binding and royal dishes made of bear paws. They even passed on imperial gossip: In his last days ...

At 8 am in Beijing's Forbidden City, Wang Youliang pushes open the seven securely fastened gates to his workplace. As each door opens, he lets out a loud cry.

Go inside China's Forbidden City—domain of the emperor and his court for nearly 500 years. Access to this vast complex of grand palaces, abundant gardens, and sacred pavilions was off limits to ...

Inside the Forbidden City, within a lab-like workshop, restorers are undertaking a meticulous effort to preserve the sprawling palace's historical treasures. A fragment of glazed roof tile ...

How restorers are unlocking the secrets of the relics in China’s Forbidden City. Scientific analysis and traditional techniques are preserving the palace’s historical treasures.

The Forbidden City was constructed during the Ming Dynasty in the early 15th century and served as the imperial palace for over 500 years housing 24 emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its ...

BEIJING — It’s highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray ...

In China’s Forbidden City, a mix of science and tradition helps restore relics A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise ...