MORE than 1,500 years ago, poet Lu Kai, living in the south, sent a sprig of plum blossom to his friend Fan Ye in ...

Legend has it that in the Ming Dynasty, this area housed barrel-makers employed by Shen Wansan, Jiangnan's richest merchant.

In gratitude, the Suining Chamber of Commerce crafted two silk banners featuring traditional Sichuan Shu embroidery. One was presented to Davidson, and the other to Rodwell and Wigham. The banner ...

As shophouses underwent countless changes over the years, they served as a sort of oversized painter’s canvas that recorded ...

In the March 9 edition of the Taipei Times a piece by Ninon Godefroy ran with the headine “The quiet, gentle rhythm of Taiwan.” It started with the line “Taiwan is a small, humble place. There is no ...

The first restaurant to bear the name Quanjude opened in 1864 during the reign of the Qing Emperor Tongzhi ... when the Ming Dynasty capital was shifted from Nanjing to Beijing, roast duck ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

Yet the answers remained elusive — until his quest connected him remotely with researchers at the Jingdezhen Ancient Ceramic ...