The Wall was built over many dynasties to protect against invaders. The most famous parts were made during the Ming Dynasty ...

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

Many of these sections have eroded over the centuries; the Great Legacy of an Ancient Time Wall as we know it largely dates from the Ming dynasty from the 14th to the 17th centuries. The Ming wall ...

After the fall of the Han Dynasty, the wall gradually decayed into ruins. In 1368, the founding year of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu commanded his general Xu Da to direct the reconstruction of ...

Records note the red wall of the mausoleum at 22.5 kilometers ... This speaks of the fact that all Ming Dynasty imperial tombs were modeled after the former. Zhu Yuanzhang was from a poor peasant ...

Say the word Xi'an, and people think of the Chinese city's astounding collection of terracotta warriors, created to guard the Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb in the third century B.C. But on a recent ...

This project, nestled in a mountainous valley two hours away from Beijing, is a monolithic open-air concert hall resting in the valley of the Ming Dynasty-era Great Wall ruins. While designed to ...

Explore the Great Wall of China (largest manmade structure in the world) as it snakes through north of Beijing and club the trip with an excursion to the Ming Dynasty Tombs. Marvel at the ...