There are thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over an ... The stone slab had eleven Chinese characters inscribed: "The underground palace has seven doors." Each panel of the ...

A friend described Xu’s character as “Drifting with ... that Xu was at large in the golden age of Chinese travel, during the prosperous Ming dynasty (1368-1644), when commerce was booming ...

The Story of the Kernel Carving Boat is an essay most Chinese would have read in their middle-school textbooks. The essay, ...

The People in the Time Tunnel documents fashion photographer Feng Hai's role as artistic styling consultant on Romantic Dream ...

The plate, at a diameter of 47 cm, is engraved with an inscription of 133 Chinese characters in 13 rows ... Empress Wen Hongxi reign (1424-25), Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) This is a fragmented ...

Explore War-Torn China and Battle Personal Demons in The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty ... influences the relationships with the characters Liang encounters, particularly ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...