The prosperous Ming dynasty restored Han Chinese rule after the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and introduced numerous cultural and social changes.

An emperor's carpet that once lay in China's Imperial Palace during the Ming dynasty has been sold for $324,500. The carpet, showing a large dragon around a flaming pearl which is seen as a symbol of ...

One of the more famous paintings of the medieval Ming dynasty, which ruled China for about three centuries, is that of a court attendant holding a rope around a giraffe. An inscription on the side ...

For more than 600 years, the people of the Tunpu, fortified villages of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), in Anshun city, Guizhou province, have kept alive customs rooted in a military migration that took ...

Temporary dams (left) near the confluence of the Min and Jin Rivers in China’s Sichuan Province have allowed archaeologists to excavate more than 76,000 artifacts. Many of these artifacts belonged to ...

Art experts in Australia have found a rare paper banknote from the Ming Dynasty of Imperial China hidden inside an antique wooden sculpture that was being prepared for auction. The Chinese characters ...

Beijing, July 16 (EFE).- China plans to open to the public over the next six years the 13 imperial tombs of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), part of one of the largest and best preserved funeral ...

Archaeologists in China have unearthed a husband-and-wife tomb dating to the Ming Dynasty that contains extraordinarily well-preserved clothing decorated with elaborate designs. The 500-year-old tomb ...

Ancient Chinese genre painting as a unique art form has been endowed with a relatively broad developing space since the Song Dynasty. For the autumn, the Guimet is inviting visitors to experience the ...

A Chinese junk, as small as a yacht and as brightly painted as a child's toy, is in San Francisco this week at midpoint on the historical adventure of a lifetime. The boat is named Princess Taiping, ...

Ancient Engineering That Defied Time The Great Wall stretches over 13,000 miles across the northern borders of China and was ...