In the middle of the Ming Dynasty there were great varieties of ... those called by the emperor were given a cake wrapped in red silk. When Imperial College students paid tribute to Confucius ...

By the end of the dynasty, both court ladies and commoners had adopted the new silk flower style. In the Ming and Qing, whole branches of the flowers, potted plants and wreaths were being produces ...

A background essay on the Ming Dynasty, its powerful trade networks and diplomatic missions as far as Africa and the Red Sea, and the domestic tensions that ultimately changed the course of world ...

The mass production of Dehua white ware can be traced to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and in the 17th and 18th centuries it ...

Portrait of Yang Hong (1381-1451). Ming dynasty, Jingtai reign, ca. 1451. Ink and color on silk. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C ...

A stunning 1000-year-old town in East China has been described as the ‘the Venice of Asia’. Quiet Nanxun, just outside the ...