An exhibition showcasing 64 archives of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) concerning his wishes for Chinese New Year kicked off at The First Historical Archives of China in Beijing on ...

Today's object is from China, at a time when it was pursuing its own Enlightenment, under the Qianlong Emperor who, like his European contemporaries, devoted considerable attention to exploring ...

Disloyalty was always dealt with harshly. For example, the Qianlong Emperor executed authors and their entire families for writing things that criticised the Manchus. Very hard! People were put in ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] On par with the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) Emperor Qianlong's high-profile love for calligraphy and paintings is his fascination with jade. During his reign from 1736 ...

“Imagining Qianlong” not only provides an insight into the life of the Chinese emperor, but the relationship between the French and Chinese empires, and the role Louis XV played in shaping the ...

The mausoleums of Emperor Qianlong, called the Yuling, and Empress Dowager Cixi, called the Dingdongling, have been renovated and are open to visitors. The Qing Dynasty attained its greatest power ...

The east and west auxiliary halls of the Biyong Hall originally housed the Qianlong Stone Scriptures. In the middle of the 18th century, Emperor Qianlong ordered to have the Thirteen Classics ...