2 Ancient City Wall Xi'an City Wall was built in the 14th century by Zhu Yuanzhang, the first Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) as a military defense system. Now it is one of the oldest and best ...

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

Throughout Chinese history, the dragon has also been associated with imperial power, going back to the first emperor of unified China, Qin Shi Huangdi (r. 221-210 B.C.). The relationship between ...

Creating thousands of live-size soldier statues to protect the mausoleum of China's first emperor was a massive operation, requiring many steps and close collaboration. Thousands of life-size ...

Among five openings, the central one was reserved for the emperor alone, with only two exceptions, the empress was entitled to go through it once - on her wedding day; and the first three ...

His work led to the construction of the first true computers, but his most famous work came in 1950 when he published a paper asking “can machines think?”. He detailed a procedure, later known ...

The Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing known as the Forbidden City was constructed between 1406 and 1420 by the Ming emperor Zhu Di and witnessed the enthronement of 14 Ming and ...