(Records of Kings and Princes) This lavish and licentious lifestyle led to the fall of the Shang Dynasty. Chinese imperial food originated around the Zhou Dynasty (11th century B.C. – 476 B.C ...

According to Chinese tradition, Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old, though the ancient China of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou ...

Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ruled by a powerful family of kings. This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this ...

The Shang Dynasty ruled part of China between 1600 BC and 1046 BC. What happened to the dynasty? Why did it end? What was it like to live in the Shang Dynasty? How was life in the Shang Dynasty ...

The Metropolitan Museum’s engaging “Recasting the Past” exhibition looks at the antiquarian spirit in China since the 12th century.

More than 70 objects are showcased at the China Institute Gallery, including a late Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th century BC) wine vessel and a Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) celestial horse ...

As the earliest-known established writing system for Chinese characters, Shang Dynasty oracle bone inscriptions have become a key cultural icon, but the understanding of its development in the ...

As a Chinese girl in Virginia in the US, Shang didn’t have many people in her school who looked like her. “I was the only Asian kid in my school as far as I could tell.” And she didn’t ...