Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
China's Empress Dowager Ling Paved The Way For Future Female Rulers
In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.
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Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
As the spouse of a ruling emperor prior to his death ... the world’s largest city and the former capital of the Eastern Han dynasty. The Northern Wei empire adopted laws, institutions and ...
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Facing the Scars That Never Heal in Lu Xinhua’s Novel, ‘Wu Lou’
Writer Lu Xinhua was just 24-years old in 1978 when he published his breakthrough short story, “The Scar.” Written while a freshman at Fudan University, “The Scar” examined the traumatic legacy of the ...
A mix of science and tradition helps restore relics in China’s Forbidden City
A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive ...