As is mentioned, Yin was reduced to ruins in fires at the Shang dynasty's collapse. Descriptions of Yin ruins can...
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In the northernmost part of Henan province，a place where the three provinces of Shanxi，Henan and Hebei meets，there lies a city...
The Yuan private gardens, which mainly inherited the tradition of the literati garden of the Tang and Song times, did...
In the Northern Song dynasty, private gardens were pluralized in Luoyang, the west capital. There were a large number of...
Many important works of art of the Palace Museum in Beijing were removed south before the Anti-Japanese War. However, before...
The Imperial Palace is situated at the heart of Shenyang old city. Its originalname was Mukden (Shengjing) Palace. After the...
Puyi's abdication did not force him to leave the Forbidden City. According to the Articles of Favorable Treatment of the...
The Manchurian rulers attached great importance to the function of literature in governing the nation. Many books were compiled under...
In 353, when the sage calligrapher Wang Xizhi had party with friends in the Orchid Pavilion, he wrote down the...
Under the reign of Emperor Shunzhi, Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Yongzheng, the Qing dynasty enjoyed political stability and economic prosperity...
If we look at the parts of the Forbidden City separately, we will find out that it is composed of...
The layout of the Forbidden City focuses on the Central Axis.In the Ming dynasty，it started from the Great Ming Gate（Daming...
The ancient Chinese philosophers regarded Yin and Yang as two opposing bodies of the world. Yin and Yang work together...
Architecture reflects culture.The ancient Chinese buildings contained rich symbolic meanings which could be regarded as a unique architectural language.The palaces...
The Forbidden City was the imperial complex of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Chinese emperor claimed himself to be...
Holding a strategically important position to confront with the Han regime in the south, Beijing was the capital of Liao,...
The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties where the Emperor, or the Son of...
Bamboo Sea in South of Sichuan The Bamboo Sea sprawls on the bor-der of Changning and Jiang'an counties in Yibin.It...
Caohai lake，located in the outskirts of Weining County with an eleva-tion of 2 200 meters，is a natural freshwater Lake found...
This scenic area is in northwestern Yunnan Province，covering the threeprefectures of Diqing，Nujiang，and Lijiang，including，specifically，Deqin County，Lisu Autonomous County of Weixi，Shangri La County，Derung-NuAutonomous...