The 15th century painting of an envoy from Samarkand, a lioness and a lion tamer illustrates the gifting of exotic animals to Chinese emperors as tribute. Court officials did all they could to ...

A total of 81 sets of precious portrait paintings from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) on loan from Beijing Palace Museum are now on display at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Fourteen sets of national ...

Ancient Chinese genre painting as a unique art form has been endowed with a relatively broad developing space since the Song Dynasty. For the autumn, the Guimet is inviting visitors to experience the ...

Over 100 masterworks by 59 artists spanning the Ming and Qing dynasties are on view at China Institute Gallery in New York. Zhu Da (1626–1705), “Flowers on a River” (1697), hand scroll; ink ...

Almost 40 years ago, the costume drama Journey to the West debuted on Chinese mainland televisions. It has been one of the earliest and most recognized visual-audio interpretations of China's Ming ...

The Nanjing Yunjin Research Institute adopts yunjin technique in replicating cultural relics, including a garment that belonged to an empress from the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). [Photo provided to ...