Explore 500 years of China's imperial history at the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site once home to 24 Ming and ...

A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive ...

The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ... Ever since the Tang Dynasty there has been a saying in China that tea is above wine. This saying was embodied in ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

the raw materials from Northeast China were the ones used in imperial meals. The eating habits and cooking of the Manchu nationality dominated the imperial meals of the Qing Palace. The valuable ...

For many centuries China held the secret to making ... part of the curatorial staff at the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, where 12 centuries of imperial art collections have been kept since ...

A restorer works on the head of a mechanical doll that manually moves a fan which once kept the imperial family cool on the ...

The exhibition, featuring loans from the Palace of Versailles and The Palace Museum in Beijing, celebrates the 60th ...

Emperor Naruhito composed a poem about the aspirations of children he has met around Japan for the annual New Year Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The event’s theme th ...

In the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City stands as a testament to China's rich imperial past. Now serving as the Palace ...