A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

The earliest ice skates in ancient China were primarily crafted from horse shinbones. Over time, wooden ice skates emerged, ...

Explore Xi'an, the incredible ancient city and the ‘birthplace of civilisation,' home to the Terracotta Army and countless ...

"Bailudong Academy was very famous in ancient times. We wanted to show our child how people studied in the past and what the study environment was like," said He Fang, Wang's mother. Bailudong Academy ...

An Wan's Qinqiang Opera troupe stages a performance in Xi'an, Shaanxi province. PEI QIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY . It's hard to ...

Which would you like to have been? Who was Fu Hao? Fu Hao lived during the Shang Dynasty of ancient China and was the only female head of the army. She was very important and buried with treasures.

Food from ancient, and not-so-ancient, times, has seen cuisine from across China appear on tables at home and abroad to this ...

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

Bingxi as a form of performance for the court began in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and reached its peak during Qing (1644-1911). Each year after the winter solstice (in late December), grand ice ...

One of the brick-chamber tombs discover in Lüliang, North China's Shanxi Province Photo:CCTV Two brick-chamber tombs from the ...