For nearly 900 years, the descendants of Confucius occupied one of the most remarkable positions in human history. What began ...

A 2,000-year-old Chinese emperor's tomb revealed record Han Dynasty gold, nearly 2 million coins, and rare Confucian artifacts.

But for some donning the historic threads, they are a display with political undertones: a celebration of Han traditions and a rejection of the “foreign” Qing, China’s last imperial dynasty whose ...

At the time, the land that is now China was warmer and wetter than it is today, rich with rainfall and fertile soil. But the question inscribed on that oracle bone — No rain? — betrayed a deeper ...

Chinese archaeologists have made an extraordinary discovery in Shaanxi Province, unearthing two ancient game boards from the Han Dynasty. The find, dating back approximately 2,000 years, sheds new ...

Experts believe the marble sculptures guarded an imperial residence before they were taken by Japanese invaders in the early ...

Faced by advancing Nationalist Armies, lacking the allies he had counted on, stalwart, crop-headed “Christian” General Feng Yu-Hsiang realized dismally last week the inopportuneness with which he had ...

Yang Hexiang, director of the Yunnan Provincial Library, introduces the digital ancient books the institute released on Dec ...