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 Church of the East was already present among various Mongol tribes when Kublai Khan (1260–1294) conquered China. Though ...

The thirteen Ming Dynasty imperial tombs are Changling of Emperor Cheng Zu (Zhu Di), Xianling of Emperor Ren Zong (Zhu Gaozhi), Jingling of Emperor Xuan Zong (Zhu Zhanji), Yuling of Emperor Ying ...

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 ...

After defeating the Mongol Empire in 1368 and establishing the Ming dynasty, the Chinese emperor attempted to reestablish the tribute relationship with neighboring states. In 1402, during a ...

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th ... The porcelain jars, made for the Jiajing Emperor, sparked a 20-minute bidding war among more than 10 collectors before eventually ...

Emperor Chongzhen, the last emperor of Ming Dynasty, on coming to power, distanced the mighty eunuch Wei Zhongxian and removed all his supporters. The country was in turmoil, but the heroes of ...

The plot of The Apothecary Diaries takes place primarily in the inner palace, but who exactly are the consorts?

The well-developed academy system provided Jiangxi with a significant educational advantage, producing many Jinshi scholars ...

Succeeding emperors and dynasties continued the construction ... 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.

Her first book, What the Emperor Built: Architecture and Empire in the Early ... Her second book, In Death as in Life: A Material History of Ming Dynasty Tombs (in progress), moves away from the ...