(Records of Kings and Princes) This lavish and licentious lifestyle led to the fall of the Shang Dynasty. Chinese imperial food originated around the Zhou Dynasty (11th century B.C. – 476 B.C ...

According to Chinese tradition, Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old, though the ancient China of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties was far smaller than modern China and largely confined to the ...

In ancient China, tremors were seen as cosmic warnings of misrule. China was also more advanced than the rest of the world at ...

In China the Shang Dynasty, which had been in power for over 500 years, was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of ...

Rich families in Shang China would hold banquets in their family ... It was made during the Zhou dynasty, which followed the Shang. "These bronzes that we call ritual vessels were used for ...

As countless young Chinese professionals grapple with the pressures of exhausting work schedules, a scenic area in Ningxiang ...

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of ...

Zhou was raised in a China where the Qing Dynasty still ruled, women bound their feet and men wore their hair in long braids. He studied economics and linguistics at St. John’s University in ...

While European queens like Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great are widely remembered, one powerful queen from China often ...

Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on April 4th, 5th, or 6th each year. This traditional Chinese festival is one of the four major traditional holidays in China, alongside the Chinese ...

Excavation details relating to an Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) tomb cluster in Yuncheng, North China's Shanxi Province, were ...