Since the early Western Han Dynasty there had taken place a large-scale removal of merited personnel and high officials, their kith and kin and families to Changling to protect Emperor Wu Di's tomb.

The ruler in question was Emperor Wu of China's Northern Zhou dynasty, whose reign lasted from ... the Xianbei people intermarried with ethnic Han people when they migrated southward into northern ...

In response to the demand for vegetarian dishes, the cooks of Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty (502 -557) introduced the use of gluten. After the Han Dynasty, thick soup became a less important non ...

The Han Dynasty was famed for its carving ... The prince’s story is a fascinating one. In 154BC Liu Wu joined the revolt against Emperor Jing of Han. Records say the emperor had removed Donghai ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China ... Siam Qian during the following Han dynasty, Qin ordered the mausoleum's ...

The 24 solar terms, originating in ancient China, integrate astronomy, farming, phenology and folklore. They greatly influenced Chinese life, promoted social progress, and are recognized globally as a ...

In 208 A.D., in the final days of the Han Dynasty, shrewd Prime Minster Cao Cao convinced the fickle Emperor Han the only ... of Xu in the west and East Wu in the south. Thus began a military ...

The temple is China's only shrine where a subordinate is enshrined with his emperor. Marquis Wu, or Zhuge Liang (181-234), was a legendary premier and strategist of the Shu Kingdom (221-263) during ...