completing the easterly migration of the Chinese capital begun since the Jin dynasty, the Ming uprising in 1368 reasserted Chinese authority and fixed Beijing as the seat of imperial power for the next five centuries. The ...
He chose a capital he called Lin’an (present-day Hangzhou) and set about maintaining defenses against the hostile North and restoring imperial authority in the hinterland. Gaozong was a conscious admirer and emulator of the highly successful approach of the Han dynasty to the management of ...
Beijing: Forbidden CityForbidden City, imperial palace complex built by Yonglo, third emperor (1402–24) of the Ming dynasty, Beijing. In the “pavilion concept,” whereby each building is conceived of as a freestanding rectilinear unit, flexibility in the overall design is achieved by increasing...
An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 22, 2024, shows two Xixia imperial tombs at the foot of Helan Mountain, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua) RICH DISCOVERIES To date, nine imperial tombs, 271 subordinate tombs, a 5-hectare complex of architectural ruins,...
The dragon was a symbol of imperial power and authority in China. Emperors had dragons embroidered on their robes and carved into the throne, beds and even the columns and walkways of their palaces. "Dragon culture is one of the oldest, longest surviving and most complex traditional Chinese cu...
Since then, constructing a lake with three islands has been an important layout most emperors followed in their imperial palaces. Taiye Chi Lake of Daming Palace, the Imperial Palace of theTang Dynasty(618 — 907) — Photo from Yue Xi'an ...
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The third son was just like a lizard but one without a tail. It was thought to forage in dangerous places with the ability to swallow fire. The roofs of palaces were adorned with such dragons as a protection against fire. The fourth son, resembling a spiral shell bears a likeness to a...
With his father dying when he was just 13, the boy took his imperial name of "Qin Shihuang" (Yellow Emperor of Qin) and ascended the throne supervised by a regent: Lv Buwei who finally had the ambition to overthrown Qin Shihuang. Being closed to the little Emperor's mother Zhao ji, ...