Fourteen years after archaeologists unearthed it and more than 3,000 years after it was initially buried, a bronze vessel found inside an ancient Chinese tomb has finally been opened. In late 2024, ...

In the mythic geography book Shan Hai Jing (Classic of Mountains and Seas), many gods hold snakes or hang snakes around their ears, or have a snake’s body, as a mark of their extraordinary abilities, ...

China is one of the most populous countries in the world, surpassed only by India. By the end of 2023, China boasted a population of about 1.4 billion people. Although this marked the country's second ...

The vessel, which dates back to the Shang dynasty, contained a liquid that (upon analysis) was revealed to be distilled ...

Lei Xingshan, an archaeology professor at the Beijing Union University, says the layout of city walls, road networks, and ...

The gala will feature songs dedicated to bronze objects from the Erlitou site, which is believed to be a late capital of the Xia Dynasty (c.21st century-16th century BC), and to oracle bones excavated ...

In Shenyang, Liaoning province, a group of Taiwan compatriots visited the 9.18 Historical Museum. After witnessing the mass graves and remains of martyrs who were brutally slaughtered by the Japanese ...

Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, is a 15-day festival that is celebrated in many Asian countries. It originated during China's Shang Dynasty, and it has many ...

The Shanghai Museum is ringing in the coming Chinese New Year with a snake-themed exhibition entitled "Slithering into Spring ...