Mooncakes, those beautifully crafted pastries with intricate designs, hold a special place in Chinese culture.While traditionally associated with the Mid-Autumn Festival, they are also enjoyed during ...

An outstanding strategist and statesman, he was known as Emperor Tai Zu, founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The period from the late 12th to the early 13th centuries saw strengthened economic ...

The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an international society committed to the encouragement of the study of Chinese—as well as Jürchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol—history, ...