If correct, the geologic evidence provides a kernel of truth to one of the country’s most important legends: a great flood that paved the way for the Xia, China’s semi-mythical first dynasty.

Recent excavations at the Suyukou site in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region have unveiled porcelain wares produced nearly 1,000 years ago during the Western Xia Dynasty (1038–1227 ...

Early Chinese histories tell of a hero named Yu the Great who founded the Xia Dynasty, the country’s first. According to legend, the region had been plagued by floods for decades, and Yu rose to ...

Scientists have basically confirmed this was a large city with three moats and grand buildings in the early part of the Xia Dynasty (c.2100 BC - c.1600 BC). It is the first time that a walled city ...

Researchers have provided geological evidence for China's "Great Flood," a disastrous event on the Yellow River from which the Xia dynasty is thought to have been born. The flood occurred in ...

The two sites — the Zhuqiu Temple and the Xinmi ancient city site — are believed to have been built in the Xia Dynasty (c.21st century-16th century BC). The discoveries have provided ...

It was the sage King Yu who tamed the waters by building ditches, the legend went, thus earning a mandate to rule and laying the foundation for China's first dynasty, the Xia. But until now ...