While serious historians suggest the concubine likely received lychees from a closer province, Sichuan, rather than distant ...

The opening ceremony of the "Tang Vogue Beyond the Horizons: A Golden Era of Multicultural Integration and Openness" ...

A Golden Era of Multicultural Integration & Openness” exhibition, which will run at the Heritage Discovery Centre from June ...

The analysis found the oldest domestic cat dated to the Tang Dynasty, when trade was at its peak. Unidentified Artist, Copy after Xuanzong, Spring Play in a Tang Garden (18th century).

The next day, the emperor felt healthy and well. He ordered the great Tang dynasty painter Wu Daozi (680–760) to paint a portrait of Zhong Kui and issued an imperial edict to have his subjects hang ...

Archaeologists have uncovered 1,240 ancient tombs in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, revealing nearly 4,000 artifacts during the past two years. Among the findings are the tombs of the family of Dong ...

A Tang dynasty tomb unearthed in China dates from the 700s, and the murals on its walls give an unprecedented view of daily life at the time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Li's son, Li Shimin, advises his father to raise an army against the emperor. After a successful revolt, Li Shimin becomes the Crown Prince of the new Tang Dynasty.

According to the epitaph, the owner of the tomb died in the 24th year of the early reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, known as the Kaiyuan era (736) at the age of 63.

Over 240 relics from 15 museums display the prosperity of Tang Dynasty (618-907) emperor Li Shimin’s era in the National Library of China (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY) As the result of a royal coup ...