For more than 2,000 years, Laozi has been celebrated as the legendary founder of Daoism and the supposed author of the Tao Te ...

BEIJING: In ancient China, royal families washed elephants to pray for good fortune. Until one elephant went rogue and ...

The Huns were a nomadic people whose sudden and ferocious arrival in the late 4th century sent shockwaves through the ancient world. Known for their lightning-fast cavalry and relentless raids, they ...

What if I told you that more than 100,000 Buddhist statues were carved into the cliffs of China over 1,500 years ago?

Founded in AD 68 during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), White Horse Temple in Luoyang, Henan Province is China's first ...

For more than 2,200 years, the tomb of Qin Shi Huang has lain untouched under a huge earthen mound in Shaanxi Province.

The 3,000-year-old puzzle points to the exact moment an ancient Chinese capital lost its power.

If cultural relics had a hospital, Fang Beisong would be the attending physician for “critically ill” bamboo and wooden slips ...

At the Luoyang Museum in central China's Henan Province, some pottery figurines appear to have come straight from today's ...

"Her burial, alone, in a place without her family or community, could be a decision of disapproval." ...

"Japan Decoded" is a series that unravels the "taken-for-granted" aspects of culture and history. This time, we will take up ...

During China's National Day holiday that year, Yang counted 1,280 visitors in a single day -- a record for a site whose gates ...