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 ...

Taylor, Romeyn 1998. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE LIFE AND CAREER OF CHARLES OSCAR HUCKER 1919–1994: A PERSONAL NOTE. Ming Studies, Vol. 1998, Issue. 1, p. 13.

Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), ...

In history, of course, this period was called the reigns of Emperor Ren Zong and Emperor Xuan Zong. In fact, however, the two emperors did not make great contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

Young Ngai planned to castrate himself to enter the palace for richness and fame. On his way, Ngai was attracted by Han, a showgirl from a sex torture show. They then ran away from Sun the eunuch ...

Strictly speaking, the highest state educational institute in ancient China began with the "Taixue" or National University in the Han Dynasty. In the Sui Dynasty it was changed to Imperial College.

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 dynasty and established their capital in Beijing.

Phoenix Chinese Channel, the flagship channel of Phoenix TV, offers Chinese viewers across the globe a full range of quality Mandarin-speaking programmes, including long-running favourites covering a ...

"All the characteristics and hallmarks are there that identify it as a product of the early Ming [Dynasty] period," Ms McAteer said. How exactly the bowl found itself being sold at a Connecticut ...

Orlandi, Georg 2021. On the four grades / four calls of Chinese rime tables. Historiographia Linguistica, Vol. 48, Issue. 1, p. 1. Orlandi, Georg 2022. On the Notion ...