It first came to the attention of a Chinese emperor through emissary-adventurer Zhang Qian, who lived during the Western Han ...

According to official records of the Han Dynasty, there are as many as 189 different schools of thoughts at the time, making that period the pinnacle of Chinese philosophy. Scholars in the Han ...

The Yangzhong Chen Lüsheng Art Museum in East China's Jiangsu Province is hosting a new exhibition on the latest research ...

Tombs of emperors in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth mounds packed into square shapes with level tops. Tombs from that time are called fangshang for their square shapes. The mausoleum ...

Horned and bearded, with flowing manes on the back and upwardly curled tufts of hair sprouting from the ankles, these ...

"Emperor Wu Liu Che," a new original play by the Shanghai Peking Opera Company, is part of the 23rd China Shanghai ...

Xuzhou is a city steeped in a glorious past. Having not only witnessed the birth of the Han, arguably China’s defining dynasty, it also hides one of its most important treasures. Gazing at the ...

In the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Northern Xiongnu took the opportunity to annex the Western Region and control the Silk Road. The Han court sent Ban Chao on a mission to the Western ...

It is difficult to find two countries that share as many similarities as Peru and China. As ancient civilizations both, they have contributed to humankind's development, and stand out on their ...

The road derives its name from the lucrative trade in Chinese silk carried out along its length, with the early origins of the route emerging during the Han Dynasty in 206 BC. This was ...

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a 14th-century Chinese novel that tells a hybrid fiction/non-fiction story of the ending of the Han dynasty. This story has been adapted multiple times into ...