An undated file picture shows the entrance of Dingling Mausoleum at the Ming's Thirteen Tombs (Shisanling) located north of Beijing. (Xinhua Photo) Two emperors' mausoleums in Beijing have recently ...

Tourists stroll around the entrance to the imperial Changling Tomb, one of the tombs of the 13 Mausoleums of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing, on April 5, 2025. Photos: VCG Nestled just north of Beijing, ...

The Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is largely recognized as a period of art restoration. Reflecting the prosperity and harmony of society, themes such as figural narratives, flower-and-bird compositions and ...

Blue and white porcelain used by Chinese emperors half a millennium ago — now worth millions of dollars to collectors — goes on exhibit Saturday alongside some multicolored pieces that the Ming ...

Sixteen emperors ruled China during the Ming dynasty, which lasted from 1368 to 1644. Of those, 13 are interred in an extensive burial complex near the base of a mountain range on the outskirts of ...

The might of the Ming dynasty will be on display at the USC Pacific Asia Museum beginning Feb. 26 in the exhibition “Royal Taste: The Art of Princely Courts in 15th Century China.” The traveling show ...

These are but a sampling of the hundreds of artefacts in one of those exhibitions that shows you all kinds of things you didn’t even know you didn’t know. It is immensely more than the blue and white ...

Within Chinese thinking, the number "13" is not an inauspicious omen, except in the case of the Ming Dynasty imperial family. The 13th imperial family tomb marks not only the burial ground of Emperor ...

One of the finest carpets in the world, priced at $2.45 million and originally made for the Imperial Palace in Beijing, will be on sale at the Maastricht art fair in Holland (March 9 to March 19). The ...

BEIJING, Oct 23 (Reuters) - A reprint of a book attributing the end of the Ming dynasty 400 years ago to the ineptitude of a Chinese emperor was pulled from shelves last week, in an apparent purge of ...