HONG KONG, Nov. 26 (UPI) --A 15th century silk wall hanging from China's Ming Dynasty sold at auction Wednesday for a record $45 million. The hanging, called a thangka, brought the highest price for a ...

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For people who are keen to explore China's charming past, stunning present and bright future, Suzhou, a city with more than 2,500 years' of history should not be missed. One of the city's highlights ...

Day 2 You'll have a view of the most outstanding mausoleum in modern Chinese history where Dr Sun Yat-sen rested in peace and appreciate the best art in architecture and stone-carving of the Ming and ...

The posters on the streets of San Francisco and the wall-size banners on the building suggest that the Asian Art Museum’s new exhibit — court art from China’s Ming dynasty — will be a grandiose ...

A weekend of shopping and sightseeing in Suzhou - the tourist capital of the Ming dynasty! Michael Wood visits Suzhou, "the Venice of China." Five hundred years ago during the Ming dynasty Suzhou was ...

Archaeologists in China have unearthed a husband-and-wife tomb dating to the Ming Dynasty that contains extraordinarily well-preserved clothing decorated with elaborate designs. The 500-year-old tomb ...

The Nan Tianshun, China's primary underwater excavation vessel, is being used to explore the remains of a Ming Dynasty pirate ship that defied the country's ban on maritime commerce in the 16th and ...

A new exhibition of Chinese Ming dynasty paintings includes just 10 works, one each by 10 artists, but it’s more absorbing than many shows two or three times its size. These 15th and early-16th ...

The Ming dynasty built a giant wall stretching 5,000 miles to keep invaders out of China, but how effective was it against the enemy? The Great Wall is nearly 30 feet high along some stretches, and ...

Max Anderson took over — there’s more to see. And it’s not just the special exhibitions that keep things lively. For instance, on my most recent stop — to see "The Power and Glory: Court Arts of China ...