He ordered the great Tang dynasty painter Wu Daozi (680–760) to paint a portrait of Zhong Kui and issued an imperial edict to have his subjects hang Zhong Kui’s portrait at the new year. A tradition ...

Atop the east and west walls, layers of granite blocks overlaid with great ... Tang had declined by the time Li Jing died, and he had declared himself a vassal of the Later Zhou Dynasty, his ...

One was Tang dynasty China, an empire stretching from ... trading on a large scale over great distances, "this is the first Arab dhow discovered in Southeast Asian waters," says John Guy, senior ...

A great number of foreigners came to China ... such as Korea and Japan. They looked to Tang Dynasty rulers in order to use ...

It's great stuff! Liu Tingxun pursued his illustrious, if turbulent, career in the high days of the Tang Dynasty, which ran from 618 to 906 AD. The famous Silk Road was in full swing. The Tang era ...

A Chinese study explored how people in the middle and upper classes used cosmetics during the Tang dynasty (618-907). The researchers found that make-up was a fun part of daily life for those who ...

After the Tang Dynasty (618-907), things took a much faster ... and thence to Europe. China's four great ancient inventions made tremendous contributions to the world's economy and the culture ...

Music, as a universal language, has the power to bridge the differences between cultures. Since operatic music is highly ...

Pure and Infinite reflects the eminent status Hebei enjoyed in white ware production. It was home to the Xing kiln, which ...

Among those displays, a Tang Dynasty (618-907 ... "Zhangsun Wuji made great contributions to the country under the reign of Emperor Taizong. However, after the emperor's time, Zhangsun Wuji ...

Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ruled by a powerful family of kings. This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this ...