Food from ancient, and not-so-ancient, times, has seen cuisine from across China appear on tables at home and abroad to this ...

What makes black rice a superfood? High in antioxidants, rich in protein, and packed with anthocyanins- this ancient grain is ...

The taste of Chinese rice has steadily improved over the past decade, according to a study published as a correspondence letter in Nature. Researchers from the China National Rice Research ...

demonstrating the integral role of rice in ancient Chinese culture. The starch granules, scientists noted, showed signs of degradation and gelatinisation by enzymes, processes characteristic of ...

Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted to break this grip of geography. He needed a way to move rice from the fertile region around the Yangtze northwest to feed his court ...

Now, using new data collected samples of ancient, carbonized rice, a team of Japanese and Chinese scientists have successfully determined DNA sequences to make the first comparisons between modern ...

The Qiantong Lantern Festival Parade held in the Qiantong ancient town in Ninghai county, east China's Zhejiang Province, draws crowds of villagers and tourists, Feb. 11, 2025. (People's Daily ...

despite agriculture having been developed in China around 10,000 years ago, the Peiligang culture made limited use of cultivated crops and animals, including foxtail millet, common millet, rice ...