From the fairytale towers of Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein to the golden battlements of Jaipur’s Amber Fortress in India, these ...

As Pride Month unfolds, Pride Source celebrates the voices, stories and icons that illuminate the rich tapestry of queer ...

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

History records the Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang as sending the alchemist Xu Fu eastwards towards Japan on a quest for the elixir of immortality. However, the ancient texts make no mention of any ...

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 ...

Given the traditional name taboo among the Chinese, where addressing people ... Sometimes, “the current emperor” sufficed.

Out of this chaos rose a single, extraordinary figure who would reshape the course of history: Chin Shrr Hwong, the First Emperor of China. His achievements were monumental, but his reign was ...

The terracotta army, one of China’s most significant archaeological discoveries, was built around 209 BC to guard the tomb of the country’s first emperor. With over 8,000 life-sized clay ...

Allusion to the top leader of China in general ... CDT first detected that "reigning emperor" was blocked from Weibo search results on August 21, 2014. It remains blocked as of October 20 ...

Huangling County is located on the Loess Plateau of northwest China in Shaanxi Province. It is known for the Yellow Emperor s tomb, hence the name Huangling of the county. Yellow Emperor is the ...