Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty ... all kinds were available in the Forbidden City. Beijing had been the capital of the preceding Yuan Dynasty. The food in the Yuan ...

Some four to five thousand years ago, settlements to the southwest of Beijing ... China. A city plan was first laid out in the Yuan Dynasty. Yet only after extensive reconstruction during the Ming ...

Start an exciting journey through the most famous tourist attractions in China, from the Great Wall to the ancient Mogao ...

Complex and compelling, the places to visit in Beijing ... China (largest manmade structure in the world) as it snakes through north of Beijing and club the trip with an excursion to the Ming Dynasty ...