During the May Day holidays, scenic areas in Yuxian county, in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei Province, were packed with ...

Since 2009, Wang Jianxin, an archaeology professor at Northwest University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has been working in ...

The man in question was the ancient philosopher Laozi, who lived about 2,500 years ago, arriving this time in the form of a ...

The funerary objects discovered include pottery vessels, coins, bronze mirrors, silk, and many strings of beads. Liu says the ...

In an attempt to document the legacy of this legendary species and determine why its population levels have so drastically decreased, a new scientific analysis focuses entirely on the porpoise’s ...

according to a report from China Daily. The project was based on an ancient bamboo text called the "Shi Fang" manuscript. The text offers a wealth of information on ancient Chinese cooking ...

Two Chinese scientists believe their country ... In their investigation, the astronomers used image processing technology to convert ancient records into measurable celestial coordinates ...

Above the central bay is a wooden screen carved with four Chinese ... houses a bronze bell weighing over one ton and measuring 1.6 meters tall. The temple is home to numerous relics: a stone lantern ...

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