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

Archaeologists in China have ... Artwork and ancient innovation “It is both an artwork and an example of ancient innovation,” Mr. Xin said, adding that the lamps can be dismantled for cleaning ...

Fans are to keep one cool and umbrellas to prevent one from getting wet. But parasols usually provide shelter from the sun rather than the rain. Ancient Chinese scroll paintings too depict fans as ...

Zheng is manager of the Guoming Oilcloth Umbrella Factory in Gufeng village, Jing county, in eastern China's Anhui province. He is a sixth-generation inheritor of the ancient umbrella-making craft ...