Nanjing will launch a rickshaw tour of its Ming Dynasty City Wall (built in the 1300s) on August 8 to coincide with the Summer Youth Olympic Games, which will be held in the city August 16-24.

An archaeological excavation at the ruins of the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Nanjing, East China's ...

Beijing, the Chinese capital with a history of more than 3,000 years, accelerated plans to protect its historical heritage by kicking off a renovation project of its old city wall, which was built ...

Since 2022, 11 themed exhibitions of Ming Dynasty relics have been held in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Chengdu, enhancing the reach and impact of ...

The Forbidden City, Beijing. Image Courtesy of Wikimedia user pixelflake (licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0) As the heart of Imperial China from 1421 until 1912, the Forbidden City—a palatial complex ...

In 1915, a railway arch was made in the Ming Dynasty city wall to make way for the Round the Capital Railway which opened the following year.

An ancient bridge has been discovered at the site of the Middle Capital of Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Fengyang city of East China's Anhui province.

Bigger than the Forbidden City in Beijing, the imperial city in Fengyang was the first Ming Dynasty capital and was a model for later cities. After around 600 years underground, the ruined city is now ...