The China Institute Gallery in New York is showing ancient Chinese bronzes from the 12th century BCE to 1st to 2nd century CE ...

What did poetry mean to the ancient Chinese? Confucius (551-479 BC) offered an answer. "Poetry can inspire the mind, offer ...

Recently, the museum published an informative book titled The History of Ancient China in 115 Objects, introducing 115 fine ...

In Xianyang, China, on the banks of the Weihe River, the remains of ancient homes have been unearthed for the first time in ...

Xuan paper is recognized by UNESCO and prized among Chinese artists. Now its largest manufacturer is trying to sell it ...

The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on Friday night features the four great inventions by ancient Chinese: papermaking, movable type printing, compass and gunpowder. The invention of ...

Paper is one of the four great inventions of ancient China. When Ai was 13, she first learned about Cai Lun, the inventor of the paper-making process during China's Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.).

Finally, the last of the Four Great Inventions is the compass. Some ancient cultures had learned to use magnetic rocks, like the Olmec in Mexico in 1000 BC, but the Chinese were the first to ...

Visitors line up to enter a scenic spot with the Karez system in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, in June (LIU JIAN / FOR CHINA DAILY) Another four ancient Chinese irrigation projects ...

When a civilisation has endured as long as Chinese culture, the story of its founding often transforms into a legend rather than a historical account. The three figures of Xuan Yuan Huangdi, Yandi ...

Another four ancient Chinese irrigation projects have been ... The karez well system, an invention that provides water through a technique derived generations ago, consists of well-like vertical ...