Items from Nanhai No 1, which sank during the Southern Song dynasty and was found in 1987, tell us about life in the past.

The earliest ice skates in ancient China were primarily crafted from horse shinbones. Over time, wooden ice skates emerged, ...

A study tracking rainfall patterns over thousands of years has found that more arid periods coincided with ages of dynastic ...

The Church of the East was already present among various Mongol tribes when Kublai Khan (1260–1294) conquered China. Though ...

The well-developed academy system provided Jiangxi with a significant educational advantage, producing many Jinshi scholars ...

Ancient Chinese genre painting as a unique art form has been endowed with a relatively broad developing space since the Song Dynasty.

The dragon dance is a traditional performance and ceremony in China. It is usually performed during the Lunar New Year and ...

When the climate became arid after 14 CE, famine and instances of cannibalism increased. Read more at straitstimes.com.