The three tombs, which served as a family cemetery, were discovered in the city of Changzhi, Shanxi Province, China, and date ...

The imperial food of the Ming and Qing Dynasties had one common attribute: Diet was used to protect health. Kublai (1215 - 1294), the first emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, paid great attention to ...

The tomb of the first Ming Emperor, the Xiaoling Tomb broke with the past and established the basic design for those that followed in Beijing, and also the Xianling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty in ...

Some famous ancient Buddhist temples and tombs are found here. Xiaoling is the mausoleum of the first Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. It is one of the largest imperial mausoleums existing in ...

It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing. To ease their transition into power, the first Qing emperor ...

Sixteen emperors ruled China during the Ming dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to ... the tombs will be opened in phases. During the first phase, which is scheduled to take place in 2024 and 2025 ...

Emperor Zhu Di first invites criticism, but soon he kills those who criticized ... ruled as an intellect and a warrior to create one of the greatest empires in history. China's Ming Dynasty treasure ...

The world-famous Terracotta Army was constructed to accompany the tomb of China's first emperor as an afterlife ... depicts the honour guards of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

BEIJING -- Two emperors' mausoleums in Beijing have recently opened to the public, meaning that six out of the 13 tombs in the Changping district belonging to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 ...