A group of international Shenyang Agricultural University students recently gathered at the Shenyang Imperial Palace for a photoshoot of them wearing antiquated Chinese outfits.

Experience the vast imperial palace complex, with its intricate rooftops, grand courtyards, and centuries-old architecture, revealing the grandeur and history of China’s ancient dynasties from a ...

Imperial China The chapter opens on a busy street, as the narrator spins the yarn of an elderly man tirelessly searching for a successor to prolong his ancient martial art.

Experience the vast imperial palace complex, with its intricate rooftops, grand courtyards, and centuries-old architecture, revealing the grandeur and history of China’s ancient dynasties from a ...

The ancient imperial palace, described as a “lost jewel” is once again welcoming visitors after a painstaking six-year renovation.

Archaeologists exploring a small village in China announced recently that they discovered three tombs filled with ancient treasures, including gold ornaments, a jade sword and ivory lacquerware ...

Go inside China's Forbidden City—domain of the emperor and his court for nearly 500 years Access to this vast complex of grand palaces, abundant gardens, and sacred pavilions was off limits to ...

These exquisite jade burial suits were just a rumor—until the discovery of an ancient Chinese tomb Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial ...

More than 83 dynasties rose and fell over the course of imperial China’s two-millennia-long history, yet hardly any of the hundreds of palaces they built still stand today. This is in large part ...

Arguing that the exams stifled innovation in ancient times, Professor Huang sees lessons for Xi Jinping’s China. The keju became more doctrinaire over time.

For over 1300 years, anyone who wanted to become a civil servant in imperial China had to pass the same exam, the keju. The gruelling tests were an egalitarian route to officialdom, but critics ...

The city’s 13-kilometer-long City Wall, which measures 12 meters high and 5 meters wide, plays host to an annual light show as part of Lunar New Year celebrations.