Qianlong Emperor, born in 1711, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty, ruling from 1735 to 1796. He was the fourth son of Emperor Yongzheng and is remembered as one of the most prosperous and ...

Passing under a vibrant vermilion archway in the morning, the lively calls of street vendors fill the air, instantly ...

A rare Qing dynasty painting, titled "The Blue Goats," heads to auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong with a high estimate of $19 ...

They inspired several works of art, such as “Portrait of the Qianlong Emperor” (1736) and the “Qianlong Emperor Hunting Hare” (1755) by Jesuit painter Giuseppe Castiglione, showing the ...

President Trump is nothing if not audacious, even brazen, in charting a course distinct from his presidential predecessors. Yet certain aspects of his policies and behavior resonate with a historical ...

Years ago, the buzzword term "Yongzheng so busy" was invented to echo a pop culture moment in which Emperor Yongzheng of the ...

Une passion chinoise, the exhibition organized at the Musée du Louvre, offers us a fascinating dive into the little-known ...

In the study, the team systematically dug through preserved poems dating back to the year 618 CE and found hundreds of ...

Nearly any person you speak to has heard of Beijing’s most famous site — the Great Wall of China. However, Beijing is an ...

For centuries, the Yangtze porpoise was a common sight on the river it is named after. Now, the freshwater mammal is ...

Learn more about the Yangtze finless porpoise and how researchers used ancient poems to map out it's habitat decline.

The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years.