A tablet inscribed with 580 characters depicting the life story of Li Chonghui has recently been found in a Tang Dynasty (618 ...

In a ship-themed exhibition hall in Tsim Sha Tsui of Hong Kong cultural relics from the Song Dynasty 960-1279 were shining in the glass cases tell ...

Many of history's most renowned monarchs have amassed huge health, but one boasted an unparalleled £13 trillion fortune.

This group of tri-colored glazed Han-Hu horse-riding figurines embodies typical Tang style ... Plains along the prosperous and smooth Silk Road and settled in Chang'an. There was once a designated ...

The ritual use of jade dominated China for millennia, and Qing rulers preserved the tradition, using jade for royal documents ...

By Karen Taylor In a world dominated by globalization it is hard to imagine that something is unavailable for purchase. This ...

Some of the architecture and design elements of the new Poly MGM Museum in Macao seem to invoke the spirit of the ancient mariners taking a voyage along the Maritime Silk Road — the theme of the ...

Over its lifespan, this tree has lived through some of the most defining events in human history: the rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty, the establishment of the Silk Road trade routes and the ...

A Tang Dynasty tomb unearthed in northwest China has shed new light on the lives and heritage of the Sogdians, ancient traders who played a vital role in connecting cultures along the Silk Road. The ...

who also pointed out a particular 8th century guardian figure from the Tang dynasty named ‘Lokapala’, a Sanskrit word that indicated cross-cultural mingling via the Silk Road. Unpeeling more ...

You can eat practically anything in Shanghai these days, from authentic Spanish tapas and Italian pizza, to modernist cuisine ...