Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

Incense burners in the shape of geese or ducks were among the most popular archaic designs from the Song Dynasty onward.

Many historians hold that after the Ming Dynasty, China gradually closed its door to the outside, yet many foods from the South and West entered China. Chinese brought them to China not by ...

Sun Wukong is the main character of the Ming Dynasty novel "Journey to the West," which is well-known throughout China.Over 400 years later, this monkey from the East made its way into video games ...

When the Han Chinese overthrew the Mongols and founded the Ming dynasty in the later 14th century, they took over the fleet and an already extensive trade network. The enterprising spirit of the ...

He pacified the people by burying the last Ming emperor with honours ... the Mandate passed to the new dynasty. The Mandate of Heaven is the pre-20th century Chinese belief that an emperor would ...

Known for exquisite porcelain production and expansive trade, the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) represents a period of Chinese imperial rule between the fall of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) and the ...

"I was astounded when I discovered it was from the Ming Dynasty. This makes it the oldest Chinese artifact in Australian history," Dechamps stated on the Antiques Roadshow program. Upon ...

Three men snatched Ming dynasty antiques worth more than 3.5 million US dollars (£2.78 million) from a Swiss museum shortly before they allegedly plotted to murder a career criminal convicted of ...