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

The Palace Museum in Beijing, which was called the Forbidden City, is an important repository of China's 5,000-year-old ...

and five imposing city gates—an unusual feature in ancient Chinese city design. But in 1959, a bold decision by the Chinese government changed its fate forever. To make way for a hydroelectric ...

A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive ...

With lavish pageantry and an uncharacteristic personal flourish, Chinese President Xi Jinping rolled out a red carpet welcome for US President Donald Trump at the Forbidden City, the ancient home ...

The city walls, believed to date back to the 16th century, had five entrance gates, as opposed to the traditional four in old Chinese cities, and its wide streets contain 265 archways featuring ...

The official poster blends reality and imagination to present the cultural brilliance of ancient Chinese palace architecture ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The phrase “moveable feast” often brings to mind the title of Ernest Hemingway’s memoir about his ...

Beijing's Forbidden City is a treasure trove of priceless antiquities. Behind the scenes, it takes a team of skilled workers and modern science to preserve and repair the historic artefacts.

A small team of Minecraft users have spent more than two years building a virtual model of China's Forbidden City. SEE ALSO: The Lego 'Minecraft' Mountain Cave is the new biggest set in town The ...