Thirty-eight years ago, visitors were introduced to grand historic legacies, such as the Forbidden City. However, I felt that ...

The painstaking work to restore ornate treasures amassed by Chinese emperors in centuries past has accelerated in the past decade amid President Xi Jinping's push to preserve China's heritage and ...

The old city walls remain only in name ... Gate and the Jianguomen (National Foundation) Gate, the city of Beijing at one time had 20 gates. Today, the four gates of the Forbidden City Meridian ...

In a workshop tucked away in Beijing's historic Forbidden City, a restorer hunched over a centuries-old figurine, using a cotton bud to delicately clean its dusty crevices after years hidden in ...