A technician works on excavation at the Zhongdu site of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) in Beijing (PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) The early story of Beijing grows, as initial incarnations of the national ...

In the jigsaw puzzle of China's rulers and ethnic groups, the 12th-century Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) is one of the least known, particularly outside China. Sweeping down from the steppes of ...

Jin Dynasty Descendants in Gansu Province The Nuzhen (Jurchen) tribe originated in what is now northeast China. Once vassals of the Khitan Liao Dynasty (907–1125), they rose to power under the ...

The discovery of ancient tombs in China sheds light on cultural practices of bygone eras. A recent find from the second Jin Dynasty, approximately 800 years old, provides evidence of non-Chinese ...

The Jin Shangjing History Museum in Harbin is the only museum in China housing cultural relics from the Jin dynasty. Among the over 2,000 exhibits, 19 are category one National historical Relics.

The ensuing dig marked the first time a Jin Dynasty palace complex had been excavated. The imperial palace’s remains include city walls, moats, 14 roads, and 67 building foundations.

Mr. Jin is descended from the Manchu, the northern people who seized power in Beijing in 1644, founding the Qing dynasty. His uncle, who ascended to the throne as a three-year-old, was deposed ...