The Imperial Palace of the Qing Dynasty in Shenyang consists of 114 buildings constructed between 1625–26 and 1783. It contains an important library and testifies to the foundation of the last dynasty ...

The Forbidden City would be the home and seat of power for 24 rulers—14 from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and 10 from the Qing (1644-1911). When the Manchu Qing emperors overthrew the Ming ...

By Julie Ho This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851 ... that were invited by the Qing dynasty to send their sons abroad ...

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Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure. Its historic and strategic importance is matched only by its architectural ...

Plate 12: Map of the Northern Heavens Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851. Source: Original edition from my own archives. Copyright has expired on this ...

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