Qin Shi Huang famously sent alchemists east to Japan seeking immortality. Now, a newly discovered inscription suggests he ...

Nonetheless, the number 9,999 is auspicious in Chinese culture, associated with the emperor, and pronounced the same as the Chinese word “eternal.” The Imperial Ming PalaceThis 15th-century ...

A grand ancestral worship festival in the hometown of Chinese Yan Emperor was held in Suizhou, central China's Hubei Province, on May 23. The People's Government of Suizhou City Suizhou, China (ANTARA ...

Huangling County is located on the Loess Plateau of northwest China in Shaanxi Province. It is known for the Yellow Emperor s tomb, hence the name Huangling of the county. Yellow Emperor is the ...

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A grand ancestral worship festival in the hometown of Chinese Yan Emperor was held in Suizhou, central China's Hubei Province, on May 23. A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is ...

This immersive experience spans 1,500 years of Chinese history, tracing the cultural and political developments that led to Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s rise and the unification of dynastic China.

Given the traditional name taboo among the Chinese, where addressing people ... Sometimes, “the current emperor” sufficed.

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

In dissent, Chief Justice Melville Fuller wrote that Wong could not be a citizen because his parents still owed their allegiance to the Chinese emperor and could not be fully “subject to the ...

CHINA DAILY Qing Dynasty ruler played a vital ... "Yongzheng so busy" was invented to echo a pop culture moment in which Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) appeared as the main ...

Emperor Yongzheng's dedication to excellence was exemplified ... The peach symbolizes vigor and prosperity, while the bat implies auspiciousness in Chinese folk tradition. The second half of bat’s ...