In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei. Historians do not know her birth name or in what year she was born, but they do ...

This 2021 costume C-drama features Dilraba Dilmurat and Leo Wu in the lead roles. The Tang Dynasty faces turmoil after the Xuanwu Gate Incident. Meanwhile, Li Chang Ge (Dilraba Dilmurat) somehow ...

How he got here is kind of a mystery.

When Wanrong became the Empress of China, she was already ruling over a ghost land. In a matter of months, her country abolished the monarchy, turning all Wanrong’s decadent pleasures into dust. At ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Cixi (慈禧太后), Empress Dowager of China ...

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