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 ...

Narrator: The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty in China. It began in 1644 when the Manchu people from the North overthrew the ruling Ming ... in Chinese history. But the Qing emperors ...