Qianlong has been billed as a lady killer, but when he headed to his favorite retreat he had very serious regal duties on his mind. When Emperor Qianlong arrived in Hangzhou for the first time in ...

The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday, surrounded by thousands of followers who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been living in exile since f ...

The following is a signed article by Li Decheng, deputy director-general of and a research fellow with China Tibetology Research Center. Reincarnation of Living Buddhas never decided by reincarnated ...

Qianlong Emperor, born in 1711, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty, ruling from 1735 to 1796. View Emperor Qianlong’s artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, ...

One of the most expensive vases in the world is this large oval ceramic that showcases the Famille-Rose pastel colors and stylized flower design pattern. The piece has a long neck and flared mouth ...

One masterpiece the museum highlighted is the "Consort of the Qianlong Emperor and Yongyan", a 3.5-metre-tall piece of the emperor and his son, who later became the Jiaqing Emperor.

This beautiful book, skillfully translated from a set of scrolls in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan, reproduces extraordinary color portraits commissioned by the Qianlong emperor.

Decoding the past The Qing dynasty’s fourth emperor, the Qianlong Emperor, was “one of the most powerful rulers on Earth in the 18th century,” said Wang.