About 150 restorers are fusing scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch and revive Forbidden City ...

How restorers are unlocking the secrets of the relics in China’s Forbidden City - Scientific analysis and traditional ...

Tea has been the chief drink in China since ancient times ... Large tea parties were also held in the palace during the Song Dynasty, with the emperor serving the tea. Cai Jing (1047 - 1126 ...

The Palace Museum was established in 1925 by the then ruling Republic of China government, after the last emperor of China, Pu Yi, and his household were evicted. In the decades that followed ...

Imperial meals in the Qing Palace were dominated by the ... meals were meats of beasts produced in Northeast China, mutton, chicken and pork. Emperor Qianlong’s menus were richer and more ...

Efforts to preserve and display China’s imperial treasures highlight President Xi’s focus on cultural heritage.

Tasty Hotpot Palace operates two restaurants in Tsim Sha Tsui, transporting diners to the ancient world of imperial China ...

Here, series presenter Rana Mitter tells the story of Wu Zetian, the female Emperor. Only one woman has ever sat on China’s throne as Emperor in her own right. That woman was Wu Zetian (624-705 ...

It's highly technical work in what looks more like a lab than a museum: A fragment of a glazed roof tile from Beijing's Forbidden City is analysed in a state-of-the-art X-ray diffraction machine that ...

The painstaking work to restore ornate treasures amassed by Chinese emperors in centuries past has accelerated in the past decade amid President Xi Jinping's push to preserve China's heritage and ...