The top six archaeological findings across China in 2024 were announced at Wednesday's annual archaeology forum hosted by the ...

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This story appears in the May 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Grand Canal barges have no fancy names, no mermaids planted on the bow, no corny sayings painted on the stern. Instead ...

Xi’an offers visitors an unparalleled opportunity to step back in time and explore the foundations of ancient Chinese society. The city’s history stretches far beyond its most well-known ...

The ancient Chinese legend of Hua Mulan, a warrior maiden who disguised herself as a man to take her father's place in the ...

With the development of society and the elapse of time ... During the Ming and Qing dynasties, ancient Chinese bells were divided into musical bells, Buddhist bells, Taoist bells, imperial ...

A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...