Describing the drama as an unlikely "express delivery" adventure set in ancient China, Cao says he discussed the concept with ...

A millet-farming settlement on the Shandong coast in Neolithic China around 4,500 years ago organized its society by maternal ...

Ancient Chinese used to create cosmetics by boiling and fermenting ... If the makeup of a particular imperial concubine was appreciated by the ruler, her style would become a trend that was followed ...

Known as a symbol of romance, litchis traveled from China via Myanmar to Bihar, a journey which took place around 300 years ...

Known as a symbol of romance, litchis traveled from China via Myanmar to Bihar, a journey which took place around 300 years ago. For many decades, litchis prospered in the fertile, silt-rich soil of ...

Those involved in adulterous acts got brutally tortured publicly. In the ancient Chinese era, men were allowed to keep up to four wives and concubines, whereas women were expected to remain faithful ...

Still, some do think her story is based on a real person and, if she did exist, would join two other important women whose victories at war helped change the course of ancient Chinese history.

IC . As soon as Chinese writer Ma Boyong settled into the interview with the Global Times, he posed a curiosity-sparking ...

The candied skewer has origins in ancient China, but recently ... the Song Dynasty (960 to 1279), when the emperor's favorite concubine supposedly fell sick and a two-week diet of tanghulu ...

“Farewell My Concubine” shared the Palme d’Or with Jane Campion’s “The Piano” at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, and still remains the only Chinese ... of an ancient and rarefied ...

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China (Random House ... Dr. Chang vividly describes how Cixi fought against monumental obstacles to change China. Under her the ancient country ...