A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...

Map of China and the Barbarian Countries. Engraved in stone in Fuchang in about 1136 during the Nan Song Dynasty. It was transferred on print in France in 1903. Hainan Island as the southernmost ...

The map caused upset among Southeast Asian countries ... officials to investigate other parts of Asia. By the Song dynasty, China maintained that it was naming and claiming territory in the ...

[Photo provided to China Daily] Upon entering the scenic ... Attired in authentic Song Dynasty garments, all staff members serve as NPCs (non-player characters), enriching visitors' encounters ...

Thanks to the popular 2022 Chinese drama A Dream of Splendor, Song dynasty tea culture has seen new light; one episode that featured the intricate process of chabaixi arguably did more for ...

Unlike many Western dramas that were designed to maximize expression with the aid of dazzling costumes, the Chinese art is low-key and rooted in the works of Wang Ximeng, a Song Dynasty artist's ...

Over 1,000 years ago, a ship left port in Guangzhou in southern China weighed down with a fortune of raw materials fit for a small nation. This Song dynasty (960-1279) trade vessel would not make ...

Between 1132 and 1279, Hangzhou — then known as Lin’an — was the capital of the Song dynasty. One of the mightiest families in the richly embroidered tapestry of Chinese history, its regal ...

Wu says that during the Song Dynasty, Wenzhou was one of the most developed shipbuilding centres in China. Historical literature shows that during the late Northern Song period, Wenzhou built 600 ...

Nearly everyone in China is familiar with “Full River Red ... spinning a web of political intrigue and comedy that takes place during the Song dynasty and unfolds early one morning, entirely ...

His latest offering, a contemporary dance production called Dongpo: Life in Poems, turns to Chinese traditional culture and history once again, this time to focus on Su Dongpo, a Song Dynasty (960 ...