Emperor Yongle, the first ruler of the Ming dynasty, wanted to showcase China's naval power, and in 1402 commissioned Zheng to undertake a daring mission to the seas known to the Chinese as the ...

This is not the first time that a Ming Dynasty artifact has smashed its auction estimate. In July 2020, two rare volumes of an ancient Chinese encyclopedia sold for more than €8 million ($9 ...

He lived at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, becoming one of the most unusual emperors in Chinese history—not only as the first to renounce any military glory but also the only one to have a ...

Xiaoling is the mausoleum of the first Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. It is one of the largest imperial mausoleums existing in China, as a historical monument put under state protection.

Sixteen emperors ruled China during the Ming dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to 1644. Of those, 13 are interred in an extensive burial complex near the base of a mountain range on the outskirts of ...

A 600-year-old Chinese teapot made for a Ming Dynasty Emperor has sold for £11million. The nine-inch imperial blue and white ewer was made for Yongle Emperor Zhu Di during his reign between 1402 ...

The Chinese characters on the crumpled banknote show that it was issued in the third year of the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty — or 1371 in the Western calendar ...

Two sets of Buddhist Sutra Manuscripts from the Ming Dynasty, made by imperial order of the Ming Emperor Xuande in the first part of 15th century, were sold Tuesday for HK$238,807,500 (US ...