A growing number of visitors are flocking to the Suzhou Silk Museum, one of only two state-owned museums in southern China ...

A growing number of visitors are flocking to the Suzhou Silk Museum, one of only two state-owned museums in southern ...

Today, collectors go gaga for ancient Chinese vases and the like: In 2014, Shanghai buyer Liu Yiqian shelled out a record $36 million for a so-called chicken cup from the Ming Dynasty that was ...

Fast-forward a few hundred years to the Ming Dynasty—which lasted from ... printing presses and stencils eventually helped to simplify the patterns on the cards and made them more accessible ...

Another country, China, offers the chance to chart patterns of growth and inequality ... solely with polishing his ceremonial armor. Ming dynasty officials had their meager wages supplemented ...

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.

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 ...

Editor's note: Chinese paper-cut is an ancient folk art form that involves cutting intricate patterns ... during the Song dynasty (960–1279) and flourished during the Ming (1368–1644) and ...

Long before modern trade agreements, merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty anchored off the coast of Melaka, their hulls heavy with silk, porcelain and tea. In return, Malaysia offered tin ...

Patterns that can ... A Shang dynasty tripod cauldron, from the 11th century B.C., looks at first glance almost identical in shape and form to a Ming dynasty bronze from the 17th century, except ...