Explore 500 years of China's imperial history at the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site once home to 24 Ming and ...

For nearly a decade, Ching Shih either shared power or outright controlled the South China Sea, no matter what the Qing emperor thought. At the height of her power, she commanded 400 ships with an ...

The Qing Dynasty emperors did not take their meals in just one place. Often they ate where they lived, worked, or played. Banquets, feasts and dinners were given in Taihe Hall (the Hall of Supreme ...

It represents the addition of three Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty in Liaoning to the Ming tombs inscribed in 2000 and 2003. The Three Imperial Tombs of the Qing Dynasty in Liaoning Province ...

Manchu North-east China Manchu They conquered China and founded the Qing dynasty. Han China Chinese They are the largest ethnic group in China. The previous Ming dynasty emperors were Han.

Imperial meals in the Qing Palace were dominated by the Manchu cuisine, but they also included the Shandong and the Suzhou – Hangzhou cuisines. These three cuisines were influenced by and ...

made by royal potteries for the court of an emperor. Most pieces date back to the 18th-century Qing Dynasty, as the three Qing emperors were avid collectors of antique ceramics and commissioned ...

Castiglione, who lived for many decades in China before his death, served during the reigns of three successive Qing emperors ...