Of emperors and dynasties - see how ancient jade and gold, dragons and cranes are used in eye-catching, new ways The history ...

The discovery that scurvy, a debilitating illness caused by vitamin C deficiency, could be treated with citrus fruit ...

The Byzantines maintained relations with China. Credit: Carole Raddato, Flickr CC-BY-SA 2.0 The Byzantine Empire, which was known at the time as the Eastern Roman Empire, maintained a relatively ...

As Lunar New Year approaches, the once-endangered folk tradition of stilt walking is undergoing something of a revival in ...

Stilt walking is part of a folk tradition of performances, rooted in ancient Chinese ... drawing on a long history of cross-gender acting and improvisation in Chinese folk performances.

During the Spring Festival holidays, both domestic and international tourists flocked to this site to pray for blessings, wishing for "family harmony," "bountiful harvests," and "good things in ...

Leonard Cohen famously sang about oranges that came from China in his 1967 debut ... But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance ...

In 1979, Yin became a guardian of the Guangwu Great Wall, patrolling daily to deter villagers from taking any bricks. In the 1980s, he measured the wall using a spool of rope and a tape measure, with ...

Lost for decades, divers were finally granted permission to find and explore the city's ancient streets which flourished ...

In Taipei, I was attracted by the beautiful artworks in ink and decided to learn the ancient Chinese technique of painting,” she says. In July 2023, Harsha held her first exhibition at the ...