This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

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

Xiaoling Tomb, at the foot of Zijin Mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, is a mausoleum of the first emperor of the Ming ...

Dubbed the "jade" of Chinese porcelain, Longquan celadon stands out in the long history of Chinese ceramics for its ...

Indeed, the term “Han Chinese” is liberally applied to cover most, if not all, non-indigenous groups, in Taiwan, including Hoklo (閩南), Hakka (客家), post-Chinese Civil War migrants, and even Tibetans ...

An exterior view of Guangsheng Temple in Linfen, North China's Shanxi Province Photo: Chen Xi/GT. Travelling through North ...

Emperor Yongzheng's dedication to excellence was exemplified in governance and his patronage of art and aesthetic pursuits he ...

The Sakyamuni Pagoda the Fogong Temple in Yingxian county, Shanxi province, was built during the Liao Dynasty (916-1125) and ...

"The face is modern — contours, expression, and hairstyle, which speaks today's visual language," he adds. Using silver as ...

Nearly any person you speak to has heard of Beijing’s most famous site — the Great Wall of China. However, Beijing is an ...