While European queens like Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great are widely remembered, one powerful queen from China often ...

According to Chinese tradition, Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old, though the ancient China of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou ...

In ancient China, tremors were seen as cosmic warnings of misrule. China was also more advanced than the rest of the world at ...

was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of Sudan who conquered Egypt at roughly the same time, the Zhou were a ...

George S. Geh, CEO of China Institute in America “Food vessel shengding” (6th century BCE), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Bronze, 21 x 24 1/8 x 24 1/2 in At China Institute Gallery, the more than ...

More than 3,000 years ago during the Zhou dynasty (1025-221BC), ancient Chinese emperors worshipped the harvest moon in autumn. Appreciating the moon became more popular during the Tang dynasty ...

Some have not been shown to the public for 10 years, while some are making their public debut, such as the Archaic Bronze Xijia Plate dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (c.11th century-771 BC) ...

"One of the most distinctive features of Chinese bronze craftsmanship is the use of piece-mold casting. Unlike Western ...

[Photo by Wang Xiuqing/For chinadaily.com.cn] Chen Linchun, chief director of the ceremony, explained that the costume design drew inspiration from styles spanning the Western Zhou Dynasty (c ...

The first examines the ancient Chinese belief in nourishing the afterlife using ritual objects such as the drinking vessel of the Marquis of Lu, from the Western Zhou dynasty (1046-771BC ...

was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of Sudan who conquered Egypt at roughly the same time, the Zhou were a ...