The findings show that China's porcelain 'dual formula' technology can be traced back to the earlier Western Xia Dynasty.

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

An outstanding strategist and statesman, he was known as Emperor Tai Zu, founding emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. The period from the late 12th to the early 13th centuries saw strengthened economic ...

The Buddhist Bell of the Yuan Dynasty (1279- 1368) is 2.12 meters in height, 1.3 meters in rim diameter and 2,048 kilograrns in weight. Cast with bronze alloy, it contains 71 percent of copper ...

The earliest known examples of China's "high-quartz porcelain" have been uncovered at the Suyukou porcelain kiln site in the ...

A new exhibition about the historic Yongle Palace, a renowned masterpiece of Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) architecture which recently gained fame through its depiction in the popular Chinese game ...

Known for exquisite porcelain production and expansive trade, the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) represents a period of Chinese imperial rule between the fall of the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) and the ...

The Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasty Studies is an international society committed to the encouragement of the study of Chinese—as well as Jürchen, Khitan, Tangut, and Mongol—history, ...

The British Empire stretched over 13 million square miles across several continents—23 percent of the world's land—at its height in 1922, whence comes the phrase: "The sun never sets on the ...

Your Voice: Be mindful of your Mid-Autumn celebrations (short letters) It is said that at the end of the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), exchanging mooncakes at the festival was a way for Han Chinese ...