Near the city of Taiyuan in north-central China, workers tasked with upkeeping the local roads made an astonishing archaeological discovery: a tomb from the Tang Dynasty, adorned with murals ...

From the 7th Century to the 10th Century A.D. Tang Dynasty: ... It depicts the scene of how Tang Emperor Taizong met with mGar-stong-rtsan (left, second), a Tubo marriage envoy in Chang’an.

The Sui Dynasty's rule came to an end with the revolt against the emperor Yangdi (604-617) because of his unpopular and unsuccessful wars against Korea. General Li Yuan, who led the revolt, took the ...

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 ...

Love Legend of the Tang Dynasty, also known as Da Tang Qing Shi, is a Chinese historical television series with the Tang Dynasty's Princess Gaoyang, a daughter of Emperor Taizong, as the central ...

Guo Xing, a Tang Dynasty military officer under Emperor Taizong, Li Shimin (599-649), rests alongside his wife within the tomb. Exquisite murals adorn the chamber walls, ceiling, door, and even ...

During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong favored his concubine Wu Meiniang. She fell in love with the crown prince Li Zhi, and the emperor asked her to become a nun before he died, with the ...

Princess Wencheng was a member of a minor branch of the royal clan of the Chinese Tang dynasty. In 641,she was granted by Emperor Taizong of Tang to King Songtsän Gampo of Tibet for marriage, an ...

Epitaphs etched into ancient tombstones can sometimes tell stories overlooked by historians. This is especially true of epitaphs for women. A prime example are memorials from the Tang dynasty (618-907 ...

Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, reigning from 690 to 705 C.E., accumulated immense wealth estimated at 16 trillion USD. Born in 624 AD, she rose to power through astute and often ruthless ...