Explore 500 years of China's imperial history at the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site once home to 24 Ming and ...

Their objective is to better preserve the artifacts at the sprawling imperial palace, the former home of China’s emperors and its seat of power for hundreds of years. “We want to learn what ...

The ward receives telephone inquiries about the parcel number of the Imperial Palace almost daily from newlyweds across the country, who list it as their “honseki,” or the place where one’s ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

The exhibition, featuring loans from the Palace of Versailles and The Palace Museum in Beijing, celebrates the 60th ...

Depicting Taoist deities in a misty landscape, a Qing dynasty lacquer panel inlaid with jade and agate is among thousands of artefacts pulled out of museum storage in China to be restored ...

A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive ...

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 ...

In the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City stands as a testament to China's rich imperial past. Now serving as the Palace ...