Five hundred years later, Confucius would praise the Duke of Zhou’s ritual system and defend the secularist attitudes of the dynasty he’d built. As far as Li is concerned, the replacement of the Shang ...

The Zhou Dynasty imperial food was of a higher standard than the imperial food of the Xia and Shang dynasties, and famous dishes, feasts and banquets appeared one after another.

Li and his father introduce us to life in Bronze Age China under the Shang Dynasty. Relevant for teaching History at Key Stage 2 and Second Level.

An ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago has been reconstructed by a team of researchers using DNA extracted from his remains. Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou dynasty’s face has been ...

How old is Chinese civilization? Join Kings and Generals as we trace the earliest dynasties—the Shang and Zhou—to uncover the deep roots of one of humanity’s longest continuous cultures ...

According to a survey conducted by He Jingcheng (Shangzhou qingtongqi zushi mingwen yanjiu [Study of the clan pictograms on the bronzes from the Shang and Zhou dynasties], Jinan, 2009, pp 381 and 382) ...

A team in China used ancient DNA to reconstruct the face of an emperor who reigned 1,500 years ago. Emperor Wu was the ruler of the Northern Zhou dynasty from 560 to 578 CE.

Smithsonian’s ‘Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings’ is the first major U.S. show devoted to artifacts from the capital of the 3,000-year-old Shang Dynasty.

The tomb of Emperor Xiaomin that was uncovered in Xianyang, China. Known by his personal name, Yuwen Jue, the ancient Chinese ruler was the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains. The ...

A Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC) settlement, covering 220,000 square meters, was recently discovered in Handan, North China's Hebei Province, providing more insight into the cultural beliefs and ...