(Records of Kings and Princes) This lavish and licentious lifestyle led to the fall of the Shang Dynasty. Chinese imperial food originated around the Zhou Dynasty (11th century B.C. – 476 B.C ...

According to Chinese tradition, Chinese civilization is 5,000 years old, though the ancient China of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou ...

In ancient China, tremors were seen as cosmic warnings of misrule. China was also more advanced than the rest of the world at ...

In China the Shang Dynasty, which had been in power for over 500 years, was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of ...

Explainer - With a history that can be traced back 2500 years, the festival is about more than just commemorating the dead.

In China the Shang Dynasty, which had been in power for over 500 years, was toppled by a new dynasty, the Zhou. The Zhou came from the west - from the steppes of central Asia. Like the Kushites of ...

Nicolas Chow, chairman of Sotheby's Asia and worldwide head of Asian art, writes in his preface for Liu's collection of ...

In fact, the first example of Pinyin can be traced back to the Tang-Song dynasty ... picked up the masses. Zhou Youguang, whose Pinyin writing system helped modernise China, dies at 111 The ...