The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...

The parts of the manuscript returning to China are Wuxing Ling and Gongshou Zhan, known by scholars as Volumes II and III.

To start with Chinese knotting, you need a few basic tools: cords made of silk or nylon, a pair of scissors, and sometimes ...

Two volumes of 2,300-year-old silk books – the earliest known in China – arrived in Beijing from the United States in the early hours of Sunday, marking the end of their 79-year journey abroad.

In 2018, construction work on a road in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province in northern China, led to an unexpected ...

Xuan paper is recognized by UNESCO and prized among Chinese artists. Now its largest manufacturer is trying to sell it ...

The silk manuscripts, containing more than 900 Chinese characters, are the earliest examples of silk text discovered to date and the oldest classical Chinese book ...

Other protective rituals include placing bundles of mugwort and calamus above doorways. Mugwort and calamus serve both ...

Wuxing Ling consists of lunar month illustrations paired with explanatory texts, recording seasonal taboos and auspicious practices throughout the year.

The Zidanku Silk ... Art, part of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States. Volume I, a larger and more complete work, remains privately owned by the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation. Chinese ...