In 202 BC, Liu Bang (256 BC-195 BC) defeated Xiang Yu (232 BC-202 BC) and set up the Western Han imperial court (206 BC-AD 24), founding its capital ... in the Han Dynasty were marked by earth ...

Han says ancient people realized the lethal nature of snake bites. By placing a human head within snakes’ jaws, individuals ...

and naming his capital Pengcheng (now Xuzhou). History records that Liu was given his own territory (Han), but later overthrew Xiang Yu, claiming the title Emperor Gaozu of Han. His dynasty ruled ...

Liu Bang established the powerful Han Dynasty in 206 B.C. During the Han Dynasty, agriculture, handicrafts and commerce flourished, and the population reached 50 million. During his reign (140-87 ...

Changsha is the capital city of China’s central Hunan province dating back to the Zhou dynasty. One of its biggest attractions is the rare collection of excavated Western Han dynasty tombs, known as ...

Renamed Marquis of Haihun and situated in Jiangxi’s capital Nanchang in China, the shortlived emperor’s tomb turned up with yet another significant discovery that presented Han Dynasty ...

On Tuesday, an exhibition on inkstone culture and examples unearthed in Guangdong was launched in the province's capital, ...

1600BC-1046BC), which was unearthed at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan, the capital of Shandong, in 2010 ... on Wednesday that ...

This trend continued through the Western Han dynasty (206BC – AD24). The Qin was China’s first imperial dynasty, with its capital at Xianyang in what is now the northwestern province of Shaanxi.