Qin Shi Huang famously sent alchemists east to Japan seeking immortality. Now, a newly discovered inscription suggests he ...

He installed the flask at his 13-bedroom stately home ... the Qianlong Emperor presided over one of the greatest collections of Chinese art. Items from his collection are now among the most ...

Nonetheless, the number 9,999 is auspicious in Chinese culture, associated with the emperor, and pronounced the same as the Chinese word “eternal.” The Imperial Ming PalaceThis 15th-century ...

China already had a long history by the time its states were unified under its first emperor. Settlements in the Yellow and Yangtze River Valleys had grown into an agricultural civilization.

What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like? A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains.