Xiaoling has its layout and architecture the same as those of ... This speaks of the fact that all Ming Dynasty imperial tombs were modeled after the former. Zhu Yuanzhang was from a poor peasant ...

The three tombs, which served as a family cemetery, were discovered in the city of Changzhi, Shanxi Province, China, and date ...

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 ...

Focusing on the Ming dynasty, the book examines new approaches to tomb space ... three annotated bibliographies for Oxford Bibliographies on the subjects of Palace Architecture in Premodern China, ...

This project, nestled in a mountainous valley two hours away from Beijing, is a monolithic open-air concert hall resting in the valley of the Ming Dynasty-era Great Wall ruins. While designed to ...

Dashuhua dates back to an ancient industry that thrived here: weapon casting. In their daily practices, the blacksmiths found ...

In 1961, Yongle Palace became one of 180 spots included in China's first list of cultural heritage sites under national-level key protection. "Against all odds, the temple survives to this date," An ...