The resulting images, projected onto computer screens, hold clues to the discoloration's origin. "We want to learn what the black material is," explains Kang Baoqiang, one of the Forbidden City's ...

A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction machine that produces images, which are then projected onto computer screens.

About 150 restorers are fusing scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch and revive Forbidden City ...

The creation from Huo Tingxiao, art director on such movies as ‘Farewell My Concubine,’ features an Easter egg and wants to ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

Forbidden City Opens Accessible Tourist Paths Tourists with a disability from all over the world will now have better access to Beijing's famous Forbidden City and Great Wall following extensive ...

In the Forbidden City, a rare artwork is on display for one month before it’s hidden away again for three years. Art Historian Alastair Sooke meets Professor Lu Ying to discover why Chinese ...

Restorers at Beijing's Forbidden City Museum use modern technology to preserve ancient artifacts with traditional techniques.

A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing’s Forbidden City is analyzed in a state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction machine that produces images, which are then projected onto computer screens.