An article on the “closed-door” policy of the Ming and Qing dynasties and its role in keeping away Western colonisers has sparked a storm on the Chinese internet, taking on added resonance as ...

Chinese communities in Asia and elsewhere traditionally celebrate Qing Ming, which falls on April 4 this year, by going with their families to clean the tombs and graves of their ancestors.

Costumes of ancient officials are a reflection of ancient China’s feudal hierarchy. In Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911), court officials’ costumes were adorned with rank patches, largely ...

Qing Ming was Wednesday, but most families who mark the holiday visit the two cemeteries on weekends before or afterwards. Only occasionally does Easter happen around the same time; ...

The mixture of Ming and Qing period artifacts could indicate they were salvaged from a trading vessel, possibly Dutch, he said. Or, they came from more than one wreck.

An exhibition of portraits from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties collected by the National Museum of China opened to the public in Beijing starting July 15. More than 50 ...

The director of Taipei’s National Palace Museum is facing calls to step down after the institution admitted to breaking three precious Ming and Qing dynasty artefacts, worth a reported NT$2.5 ...

It continued to be protected in the early Qing Dynasty, after the government issued orders for the protection of Ming mansions and mausoleums in the third year of Shunzhi's reign (1646). It was ...

Qing Ming is an occasion for family members to get together to pay homage to their ancestors. This year, the festival falls on April 4. However, ...