Shanghais charming answer to Venice, Zhujiajiao is a water town on the outskirts of Shanghai, and was established about 1,700 ...

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 ...

Other protective rituals include placing bundles of mugwort and calamus above doorways. Mugwort and calamus serve both ...

Suzhou Silk Museum staff members Chen Yanlu (L) and Meng Xiaochou arrange a silk garment dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, May 18, 2025. Restoration ...

China and Sri Lanka have stepped up bilateral cooperation in heritage-led tourism and cultural economy development, ...

When we travel, we often chase sunsets, flavors, and Instagram-worthy vistas. But every beloved destination also holds the power to transport us through time, revealing the layers of history that ...

Ming dynasty officials had their meager wages supplemented ... Using price records, we converted every recorded salary—whether paid in silk, silver, rent or servants—into its rice equivalent.

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 ...

was an important coastal defense town and node on the ancient Maritime Silk Road during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Cao Jing, director of the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics ...