Oracle bones were often made from tortoise shells, as in this photograph, and from the shoulder blades of oxen. According to ...

Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ruled by a powerful family of kings. This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this ...

China's Shang Dynasty is one of the country's greatest ancient civilizations. Its early work on the Great Wall of China effectively stalled the Mongol invasion. The Shang Dynasty also made several ...

A leading academic has highlighted China's rich mathematical history, including a startling fact about a well-known theorem ...

For a long time before the 20th century, the Chinese used animal fossils as medicine, referring to such bones as long gu, or “dragon bones”. According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM ...

XU LIN/CHINA DAILY While several expats are admiring the intricate animal patterns on an ancient Chinese bronze object ...

Courtesy of Taosi Site Museum What did dragon totems and musical instruments from more than 4,000 years ago look like? Were ...

Escrick CE Primary School Year Six students experienced hands-on learning at a ‘China Day’, part of a pupil topic on ancient aspects of ...

In the ancient Chinese calendar, the year corresponding ... then a minister and “consort kin” of the Han dynasty (206BC-AD220), a title referring to his being a cousin of the 12th emperor.

The heaviest lantern in the history of Longleat’s Festival of Light (Image: Longleat) Daisy Mercedes, who has coordinated this year’s event at Longleat, said: "The Dings were used in Chinese Primitive ...