December 1, 1922 was the wedding day for China's last emperor Aisin-Gioro Puyi. Seventeen yearold beauty Wan Rong was wed to him as the last empress in China's history. The Directorate of ...

Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] Watching The Last Emperor again ... She became a teacher of Chinese language and traditional Chinese painting at a school in Beijing ...

South of Luoyang, central China's Henan province, a winding path ascends the West Hills of the Longmen Mountains. Carved into the cliffs are thousands of niches and statues of varying sizes - the ...

The true story of Byzantium's fall reveals a legacy betrayed by the West, misunderstood by the Left, and weaponised by the ...

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

The paintings by renowned Qing dynasty court painter Jiang Tingxi (1669–1732), were discovered in a Dorset home after more than a century in private hands and have been sold at Roseberys Auctioneers ...

T hose who fell in love with the intrigue, lush setting, and rich character work in The Apothecary Diaries are not alone. The ...

The Emperor, the Empress and their daughter Princess Aiko stand in front of a painting at the National Museum of Western Art in Taito Ward, Tokyo, in January. The Yomiuri Shimbun 16:57 JST, May 8, ...

How much cuter could you get than a dog resembling a little fluffy lion? These curious canines have an interesting history ...