The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) is generally regarded as a golden age in imperial Chinese history. The dynasty’s greatness owes much to its second emperor, Taizong, who helped his father, Gaozu, ...

Grapes symbolize happiness, prosperity and good luck in traditional Chinese culture. As such, patterns of grapes have adorned ...

In the 10th year of Emperor Guangxu's reign (1884), Xinjiang was ... discoveries have shown that Xinjiang bore the imprint of Chinese civilization from its earliest days, with ancient trade ...

The formal education of fundamental fine arts is believed to have started from 1904, when Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty issued a document on the new educational system of China, which introduced ...

This essay appears in 52 Artists 52 Actions: Small Acts of Disobedience, co-published by Artspace Sydney and Thames & Hudson Australia in 2019.

Her maternal great-grandfather was Shou Zhu, the court painter to Emperor Guangxu, who ruled China from 1875 to 1908, and her family has been collecting Chinese art for generations, she said.

The painstaking work to restore ornate treasures amassed by Chinese emperors in centuries past has accelerated in the past decade amid President Xi Jinping’s push to preserve China’s heritage and ...

a Chinese imperial drama. At the heart of this dynastic drama is musician and former partner Grimes, who the Twitter user dubbed The Beloved But Defiant Concubine. Much like the legendary Pearl ...

BEIJING - Depicting Taoist deities in a misty landscape, a Qing dynasty lacquer panel inlaid with jade and agate is among thousands of artefacts pulled out of museum storage in China to be ...

REUTERS The painstaking work to restore ornate treasures amassed by Chinese emperors in centuries past has accelerated in the past decade amid President Xi Jinping’s push to preserve China’s ...