Ancient Chinese astronomers were careful in how they described celestial phenomena when reporting to the emperor. To ensure ...

The roof of a 650-year-old Fengyang Drum Tower in the city of Chuzhou in East China's Anhui province came crashing to the ground this week. Visuals from the incident showed several eyewitnesses ...

The Drum Tower - reportedly the largest in China - was built in 1375 during the Ming Dynasty but had undergone an extensive rebuild in 1995. Officials for the county, around 200 miles away from ...

Having arrived at the Ming court in 1583 ... Ricci’s translation first appeared in his 1602 Complete Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the World (Kunyu Wanguo Quantu), in which it states ...

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise Almost 300 ...

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty is a visual novel set in the mid-1600s. China was in awful shape at this time; natural disasters, plague, economic issues, and a government ...

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...

An AI-created video of “Elon Musk” explaining what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is while dressed as a secret agent during the Ming Dynasty is going viral. Who’s behind it: Created by ...

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th century have sold for £9.6 million ($12.5 million) at auction, smashing their estimate of £1 million ($1.3 million). The porcelain jars ...

The announcement was made during the 2024 Ming Dynasty Culture Forum. Construction on the Ming Tombs, the burial grounds of 13 Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) emperors, began in 1409 during the reign of ...