The collapse of China's last imperial dynasty wasn't a single dramatic moment but a slow accumulation of foreign humiliation, ...

Probably Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining, 1688–1766) and other court painters, “Consort of the Qianlong emperor and the future Jiaqing emperor in his boyhood” (1760s), painting originally mounted ...

BEIJING, China (AP) — In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing historical ...

Visitors try making tangyang at the launch of the showcase Dialogue Reproducing Inheritance — A Documentary Exhibition on the ...

Empress Xiaoxian, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1777, with repainting possibly in 19th century, Ignatius Sichelbarth (Ai Qimeng) [China (born in Bohemia), 1708–1780], Yi Lantai (active about ...

This photo taken on June 28, 2023 shows a five-color silk imperial edict dating back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Jize County of Handan, north China's Hebei Province.(Xinhua/Zhao Hongyu) A ...

Man's Dragon Robe (jifu) with Peacock Feather Embroidery, late 18th to early 19th century. As the Santa Barbara Museum of Art prepares to close its Asian art galleries for construction, Asian art ...

The imperial food served within the walls of the Forbidden City by the Qing Dynasty had an important effect on Chinese dietetic culture. Using the traditional diet of the Manchu ethnic group as its ...

A 18th century, Qing Dynasty vase sold for $24.7 million in a September 17th auction at Boston’s Skinner Inc., Bloomberg reported. The remarkable result was approximately 165 times the lot’s low ...

A pair of jars purchased as part of a batch of ceramics from a London thrift store for £20 ($25) sold for almost 3,000 times that after they were found to date back to the Qing dynasty. The two ...