At dusk on a late October night in 1408, something mysterious lit up the skies above China. Ming Dynasty astronomers who ...

The emperor always stood inside a gateway or ... temples, and tombs in the Zhou dynasty (11th-3rd centuries B.C.). The way insideThe Meridian Gate is the main entrance to the Forbidden City ...

A new biography of Xi Zhongxun shines light on both the suffering caused by one-party rule and the loyalty that keeps such a ...

Identifying ancient Chinese astronomical events represents a fascinating aspect of modern astrophysics. Chinese astronomers ...

“World of the Terracotta Warriors: New Archaeological Discoveries in Shaanxi in the 21st Century” is on view through Oct. 16 ...

IN COLLABORATION with the Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center and institutions across Shaanxi Province, World of the Terracotta Warriors offers an exclusive glimpse into China’s political ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

China’s first poem-opera, The Hegemon's Farewell: Xiang Yu and His Beauty Yu, after its premiere on May 8 in Xi’an, China, debuted at China Night 2025 of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

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

For over 800 years from around 1050BC to 221BC, China was organised as a feudal state under the Zhou dynasty.

The Shang would eventually give way to the Zhou dynasty and the exquisite bronze ... to provide a variety of vivid entertainments for the emperor in the afterlife. “Art has the unique power ...