The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...

In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.

The 24 solar terms, originating in ancient China, integrate astronomy, farming, phenology and folklore. They greatly influenced Chinese life, promoted social progress, and are recognized globally as a ...

This cultural hybridity enabled the empress dowager to rule directly: On one hand, the Chinese court system rooted in the Han dynasty had ... with Buddhism, a religion that they had inherited ...

Moreover, the common assumption that cat domestication took place in China during the Han Dynasty between 206 B.C. and A.D.

"Initially, cats were considered valuable exotic pets," said study co-author Shu-Jin Luo, according to Live Science. Upon ...

Xinjiang’s strategic role in the Belt and Road Initiative has also led to demographic engineering, as Beijing resettles Han ...

Old Remains of 'Red Princess of the Silk Road' Reveal Rare Belief That Souls Resided in Teeth The Silk Road, a huge network ...

Many such shrines appeared in the Jiali area in 1895 due to deaths caused by military suppression of anti-Japanese resistance ...

The Escapist sat down with Smosh's Shayne Topp to discuss the one-hundredth of his Reddit-based podcast and so much more.

God of War Ragnarok offers the same brutal combat ... is set in China but during the fall of the Han Dynasty. It blends historical fiction with mythological elements, giving you a world that ...

GANSU- A number of foreign journalists from different countries visited Mogao Caves in Dunhuang city in China’s northwestern ...