Ancient Chinese astronomers were careful in how they described celestial phenomena when reporting to the emperor. To ensure ...

The Fengyang Drum Tower in China had shown signs of damage since 2017, and restoration work was completed last year ...

Visitors to a centuries-old tourist site in eastern China were sent scrambling after hundreds of roof tiles came loose and ...

Fengyang county is famous for being the hometown of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor - Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang.

[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Xiaoling Tomb, at the foot of Zijin Mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, is a mausoleum of the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Zhu Yuanzhang ...

The lord of the Shu Kingdom held particular prominence since the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was very focused on the region due to its importance in military ...

as Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang reformed the method to make tea. The Dragon Well is said to have been discovered during the Three Kingdoms period (220-280), known as one of the three famous springs in ...

In response to northern examinees' anger, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang decided to reorganize the examination and personally review the papers. As a result, 61 northern examinees were admitted ...

Also on this date: In 1368, China’s Ming dynasty, which lasted nearly three centuries, began as Zhu Yuanzhang was formally acclaimed Hongwu Emperor ... became the first woman to receive ...

In Xi'an, Shaanxi province, archeologists recently unearthed remains of two chariots from the No 2 pit at the mausoleum belonging to Qinshihuang, China's first emperor who unified the country in ...