Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

the fifth emperor of the Ming dynasty, from the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. “The scroll consists of three paintings of three rats showing the morphological characters of the ...

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 ...