In 1900 a scholar jumped in a Beijing well out of shame. A palace consort died in a Forbidden City well too. Was she ...

The history of Wang Mang, a Han dynasty minister and imperial cousin who later founded his own short-lived dynasty, resonates ...

Organised by the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the "Exile to Ningguta" project is set in the ...

Inspired by the actual real-life consort of Emperor Qianlong ... that tells the story of the only female emperor in Chinese history, have also taken off in China. Before the show aired on TV ...

With Her Lotus Year, Paul French depicts a glitzy period the future Duchess of Windsor spent in China – but she’s too elusive ...

The project, set to start in December, aims to attract tourists and boost revenue, sparking widespread debate on Chinese ...

The largest and best preserved group of ancient buildings in China today, its more than 9,000 ... the scene of operatic performances. The Queen Consort's Palace (Yikungong) was first built in ...

China's Heilongjiang province has launched an unusual tourism experience, allowing visitors to walk in the footsteps of ...

She was portrayed as a sexual enchantress who supposedly learned "ancient Chinese skills" in the brothels ... who married the royal consort's cuckolded second husband, Ernest Simpson, wrote ...

One day the Emperor Xiaowudi observed to his favourite consort ... her on China: "Well this magnificent object tells a story of a very powerful woman. And powerful women in modern history ...

BEIJING (SCMP): A city government in China will offer a unique immersive experience for visitors to retrace ancient, ...

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...