Located along the Xiang River, Changsha was a vital administrative hub during the Han Dynasty and earlier Chu State.

Longmen Grottoes and the Erlitou archaeological site represent critical milestones in ancient Chinese history and state ...

Did you know ancient Chinese rare books regularly get a gentle "sunbath" so they may be better preserved? As the summer heat ...

Imagine, for a moment, that you lived in ancient China, with a rival state threatening your people’s very existence. In the ...

Yang Hexiang, director of the Yunnan Provincial Library, introduces the digital ancient books the institute released on Dec ...

Ancient DNA from China’s vast 4,000-year-old Shimao settlement is revealing how one of East Asia’s earliest complex societies was organized. Researchers found that its people were largely descended ...

The 1,400-year-old Grand Canal is a monumental project that bound north and south China together. It’s still in use today.

Guests participating in the Discovering Shanxi's Ancient Chinese Architecture — A Visual Journey Through Cultural Heritage ...

Bamboo or wooden slips, or Jiandu, each containing a narrow vertical column of dozens of characters, can be classified as China's earliest form of books. They used to be the most important surfaces ...

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