These burial figures date from the Tang dynasty in China. If you died in China and you were an important figure, such as an emperor, you would want all of your retinue to come into your tomb as ...

The cost—financially and environmentally—of preserving works of art can be huge. Perhaps it is time to rethink how we look ...

Liu Tingxun was a loyal servant of the Dynasty, and his tomb figures, both human and animal, sum up many aspects of Tang China at its zenith. They show the close link between the military and the ...

Qianling, the tomb of the third Tang emperor, Li Zhi, and Empress Wu Zetian, is located on Liangshan Mountain, 6 kilometers north of Qianxian County seat and 80 kilometers from Xi'an. Here also ...

The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) is generally regarded as a golden age in imperial Chinese history. The dynasty’s greatness owes ...

Young people in China are seeking inspiration from historical figures. Through AI-generated art, short videos, and social media discussions, ancient wisdom and modern-daily life are being bridged in ...

Because Southern Tang had declined by the time Li Jing died, and he had declared himself a vassal of the Later Zhou Dynasty, his mausoleum was much smaller than for Li Bian. The layout of its ...

At an ancient Tang Dynasty site in Hebei Province, south of Beijing, archaeologists discovered a rare ceramic sculpture. Siyi via Unsplash Seven years into excavations at a Tang Dynasty site in ...

The story centers on a Lantern Festival day during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) era, and follows Li Bi, chief of the intelligence bureau, and Zhang Xiaojing, a former soldier and now convict ...