the Qing dynasty defeated the previous Ming close ... was also one of the longest-reigning emperors in Chinese history. Under his rule, the Qing empire expanded to its greatest extent and Qianlong ...

The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years ... This is one of the big questions in Chinese history. Was it the arrival of the Western powers? Was it problems inside China? Historians still can ...

It was once common practice for the rulers of China's Central Plains to build defensive walls, many of which later became ...

(Some history books say yi was made from millet ... the final years of the Ming Dynasty or the early years of the Qing Dynasty. One of the first vegetables brought into China was spinach.

The ritual use of jade dominated China for millennia, and Qing rulers preserved the tradition, using jade for royal documents ...

and received understanding of nineteenth century Chinese intellectual history.' R. Kent Guy, University of Washington 'This important study offers a tantalizing glimpse of ‘the West' seen through the ...

This palace then became auxiliary to the Imperial Palace in Beijing. This remarkable architectural edifice offers important historical testimony to the history of the Qing Dynasty and to the cultural ...

The exhibition at the Guangdong Museum, entitled Timeless Masterpieces — The Exquisite Guangzhou Clock of Qing Dynasty, ...

More Design Office has renovated the Qing Dynasty Post Office in Shanghai ... the tradition of information sharing and brings the history of the postal service to life for a new generation ...

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