Eastern Han Dynasty paper found in Wuwei, Gansu, in 1974 carried words which were still clearly decipherable. Thin, soft, and with a smooth finish and tight texture, this paper is the most refined ...

Spanning 400 years, the Han imperial dynasty lasted longer than any other and is viewed as a golden age in Chinese history. It was divided into two periods - the Western and Eastern Han ...

Chinese archaeologists have reconstructed 6,000 composite armour scales unearthed from the tomb of Liu He – the deposed ninth ...

In the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Northern Xiongnu took the opportunity to annex the Western Region and control the Silk Road. The Han court sent Ban Chao on a mission to the Western ...

A legend has it that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD25-220), "Medical Saint" Zhang Zhongjing saved many people in Henan province from a typhoid epidemic and their ears' from being ...

Legend has it that Zhang Zhongjing, the celebrated “Sage of Medicine” who lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty, was worried when he visited a village and saw the frostbitten ears of its ...

Archaeologists conduct experiment to recreate distillation process from Western Han dynasty using replica still and taro.

The ancient tombs in Luohe, Central China's Henan Province Photo: CCTV An ancient tomb complex dating from the Warring States period (475BC-221BC）to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) has been ...

Takanori Kobayashi portrays Dian Wei, a general at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220). PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY Takanori Kobayashi, 23, has had a deep connection with Peking Opera that ...

The pagoda is said to date back to as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it has undergone repeated repairs and reconstructions. Today's pagoda, made of glazed bricks and tiles, was ...