By the early Qing period (1644-1911), the cult of widow chastity had gained a remarkably strong hold, especially in the educated class. Childless widows might even commit suicide. Young women whose ...

The Hall of Grand Favor in the Qing East tombs in Shenyang Stone sacrificial vessels in front of the Hall of Grand Favor Yongling Mausoleum Originally known as Xingjingling built in 1598, the ...

The repatriation of lost cultural relics to their country of origin is a righteous act. The US is willing to work together ...

Viénet, a French scholar of modern Chinese history, has studied the fascinating history of the Fuzhou Shipping Bureau and ...

Located on the bank of the Majiang River in east China's Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province, is the precious industrial and cultural heritage site known as the Foochow Arsenal, which stands as a ...

A bronze head of a young man will be returned to Turkey by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles after learning it was ...

Peaking during the Ming (1368–1644 A.D) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, sunmao was integral to constructing everything from ...

ELENI PHILIPPOU looks at how that is true in Cyprus and ChinaTo live together in harmony and celebrate similarities and differences is the ultimate goal of any person, society or nation. In China, the ...

Twenty-eight works and 35 drafts by Pu Xinyu (1896-1963, also known as Puru), a descendent of China's Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 ...

Zou Xuewen, a young jewellery designer and inheritor of the filigree inlay technique, a designated intangible cultural ...

A condo in North Bergen that sold for $1.2 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in North ...