A brick tomb dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) has been discovered in Hexitou Village, north China's Shanxi Province, according to the cultural relics and archaeology research institute of ...

After nearly 300 years of rule, the Ming Dynasty was collapsing under the weight of widespread corruption, domestic rebellion, and foreign invasions. This turmoil was exacerbated by a series of ...

One dynasty that is critical when exploring how the Chinese saw themselves is the Ming Dynasty. This dynasty began on January 23 in 1368 AD, when a man named Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

As a subject of the new regime, Wu persecuted loyalists of the fallen Ming dynasty, and even executed Yongli, the last pretender to the Ming throne. In time, the central government reduced the ...

That’s why Africa retains so much of its original diversity in language and culture. This is not a post-colonial problem. Small but frequent wars were the price Africans paid for that rich diversity ...

Heping Liu This is the story of the Ming emperor Jiajing and Hai Rui story. At that time, China's economy developed and its culture became prosperous. However, the social contradictions are ...

One of history's most famous kite lovers is Cao Xueqin, a literary giant of the Qing Dynasty who wrote the seminal novel, ...

One day in October 1942, Hongyi, the master monk who realized he was reaching the end of his life, wrote down his last words: beixin jiaoji (a mixture of sadness and relief).