Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

Bird's nest soup is one of the most expensive and sought-after dishes in Chinese cuisine ... that its consumption dates back to the Ming dynasty, when emperors and nobility enjoyed this dish ...

Despite the strength and prosperity that marked their empire, Ming ... Chinese oceangoing trade ships were built far back in the Song dynasty (c. 960-1270). But it was the subsequent Mongol ...

Falling on April 5 this year, Ching Ming, also called the tomb-sweeping festival, is one of the most important Chinese festivals ... years to the Zhou dynasty. At the time, emperors would offer ...