Ancient silk paintings dating to China’s Ming dynasty have yielded new clues about the domestication of brown rats, which according to researchers, could have spread to the rest of the world ...

The Galle Trilingual Inscription, a relic of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 ... making it a crucial relic of China's ancient Maritime Silk Road with significant historical value.

Local opera performers stage a performance in a restored ancient architectural complex at Huanzhou Ancient City in Huanxian County of northwest China's Gansu ...

Retired Hong Kong actress Chingmy Yau recently took her two daughters on a trip to the historic city Xi'an, one of the most ...

The county has also restored military heritage sites from the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-207 BC) and Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and integrated ... local small-scale art troupes to embrace the tourism industry ...

The Song Dynasty in China is another empire that ... They also presided over a booming market economy, with a thriving silk industry, advanced porcelain production, and flourishing trade networks.

Most art historians believe she is Lisa del Giocondo, the wife of Florentine silk merchant ... not just during the 1368–1644 Ming Dynasty, though ceramic techniques did improve vastly during ...