Some famous ancient Buddhist temples and tombs are found here. Xiaoling is the mausoleum of the first Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. It is one of the largest imperial mausoleums existing in ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

The well-developed academy system provided Jiangxi with a significant educational advantage, producing many Jinshi scholars ...

BEIJING -- Two emperors' mausoleums in Beijing have recently opened to the public, meaning that six out of the 13 tombs in the Changping district belonging to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 ...

It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming dynasty and established their capital in Beijing. To ease their transition into power, the first Qing emperor ...

Sixteen emperors ruled China during the Ming dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to 1644. Of those, 13 are interred in an extensive burial complex near the base of a mountain range on the outskirts of ...

A pair of rare Ming Dynasty fish jars dating from the 16th ... The porcelain jars, made for the Jiajing Emperor, sparked a 20-minute bidding war among more than 10 collectors before eventually ...

Her first book, What the Emperor Built: Architecture and Empire in the Early Ming (University of Washington ... Her second book, In Death as in Life: A Material History of Ming Dynasty Tombs (in ...

After defeating the Mongol Empire in 1368 and establishing the Ming dynasty, the Chinese emperor attempted to reestablish the tribute relationship with neighboring states. In 1402, during a ...

Emperor Chongzhen, the last emperor of Ming Dynasty, on coming to power, distanced the mighty eunuch Wei Zhongxian and removed all his supporters. The country was in turmoil, but the heroes of ...

During the Ming Dynasty, Xi'an was an important military ... It is a joint tomb of Han Jingdi, the emperor of Jing, an emperor of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC - 8 AD) and his empress Wang.