The emperor belonged to a little studied nomadic group called the Xianbei that lived in an area that today is Mongolia and northern and northeastern China. The analysis of the genome sequenced ...

Emperor Wu was ethnically Xianbei, an ancient nomadic group that lived in what is today Mongolia and northern and northeastern China. “Some scholars said the Xianbei had ‘exotic’ looks ...

Emperor Wu, credited with unifying northern China, belonged to a little-studied nomadic ethnic group called the Xianbei. At his grave, the scientists were surprised to find the emperor’s 1,500 ...

Emperor Wu was ethnically Xianbei, an ancient nomadic group that lived in what is Mongolia today and northern and north eastern China. Study co-author Dr Shaoqing Wen, of Fudan University in ...

(It is currently slated for July 24, 2020.) It's long been thought that Mulan was based on actual female warriors of the Xianbei, an ancient nomadic people from modern-day Mongolia and ...

A Xianbei warrior on horseback guards the entrance to Shengle museum, which honors the Xianbei ethnic group. Wang Kaihao / China Daily Shengle Museum is dedicated to the nomadic Xianbei ethnic ...

On March 28, the appearance of Emperor Wu of the Xianbei-led Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581), a Chinese emperor from an ethnic minority group who lived in the sixth century, was unveiled.

Emperor Yuwen Yong (543-578 AD), from the Xianbei ethnic group, unified northern China before dying at the age of 36. His tomb is located in present-day Xianyang, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.