What did poetry mean to the ancient Chinese? Confucius (551-479 BC) offered an answer. "Poetry can inspire the mind, offer ...

When Chinese archaeologists first unearthed a delicate silk textile adorned with swirling "Cheng Yun Xiu" (cloud-riding) embroidery from Mawangdui, an ancient ... T-shaped silk painting, a 2,000 ...

Today, Thailand’s oldest bastion of Chinese republicanism, located in a glass and marble 1990s-government-style building in ...

The Hall of Supreme Harmony (Taihe Dian) of the Palace Museum in Beijing Photos on this page: VCG. The air hums with focused energy as 237 restoration specialists bend over fragme ...

From a stolen portrait of Francis Bacon to encromancy, here's our selection of outstanding shows to see in the UK capital ...

From grand cathedrals to political buildings, these world-famous landmarks were very nearly lost forever, surviving the ...

Lego Masters is back for its seventh season, “Grand Masters of the Galaxy.” Contestants from six countries will face off against Aussie teams, some of whom have never built together before. Ten teams ...

Traditional Chinese painting often originates from the ancient literati’s hands ... solidifying into the “supreme truth” of their artistic pursuit. As shown in Figure 4, Kuanglu Tu depicts the scenery ...

Sumo, known as Japan's "national sport", actually originated in ancient China. Sumo was called jiaodi or jiaoli in ancient times. Ancient jiaodi, a Chinese-style wrestling ... A detail from the ...

Workers unpack a box containing the remnants of an ancient Chinese silk manuscript at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sunday before delivering them to the National Administration of ...

The scientists pored over more than 700 ancient Chinese poems from the Tang through the Qing dynasties that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to find out where and when poets described seeing ...

They soon established that the tomb was indeed an ancient burial chamber ... THE MANCHENG TOMBS became the poster child of Chinese archaeology. The grave goods formed the core of an exhibit ...