Tag: Ming dynasty

Kunqu Opera is one of the oldest forms of Chinese opera. It evolved from the local melody of Kunshan and subsequently came to dominate Chinese ...

The Temple of Heaven in Beijing, built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, is a stately ...

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the historian Tan Qian, after more than 20 years of painstaking efforts in ...

The Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) is often considered to be the period when the art of furniture-making reached its ...

Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang (A.D. 1328-1398), the founder of the Ming Dynasty, had a well-known directive that officials under his command do ...

"A prodigal son is priceless" is a popular saying among the Chinese people. This saying came from a folk story ...

Zhang Sanfeng, born circa A.D. 1247, the founder of Tai Chi, was a cultivator in the Ming Dynasty. He led ...

General Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty was well-known for his military leadership, his love for the people, and for ...

China has a long history of trading in the Indian Ocean. While in the past, this did not create any ...

One of the most well-known staples of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is the mooncake, called yuebing (月餅) in Chinese. While ...