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 ...

I never imagined that the table our family had used for decades was actually my great-great-grandfather’s academic record,” ...

The Qing Dynasty in China, after over 250 years, crumbled in 1912. Led by the Complexity Science Hub (CSH), an international research team has pinpointed key reasons behind the collapse, revealing ...

Empress Xiaoxian, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1777, with repainting possibly in 19th century, Ignatius Sichelbarth (Ai Qimeng) [China (born in Bohemia), 1708–1780], Yi Lantai (active about ...

Carvings on cracked and faded furniture reveal it to be honour board recognising ancestor's high mark in provincial imperial ...

Eight coffins from Qing Dynasty (1636-1912) imperial figures, including Emperor Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi, will be moved to prevent them from decay, said archeologists in North China's Hebei ...

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

Probably Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining, 1688–1766) and other court painters, “Consort of the Qianlong emperor and the future Jiaqing emperor in his boyhood” (1760s), painting originally mounted ...

The stone sculptures were originally acquired in Japan by the museum's founder in the 1930s.

The rare hanging scroll "The Blue Goats" will make its first public appearance and its auction debut at Sotheby's. The Blue Goats by Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining, 1688-1766) and Jin Tingbiao (d.