Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking history.Although famous medical texts like the 16th century Ming Dynasty’s ...

In 1271, the leader of the charge, Khubilai Khan, grandson of the dreaded Genghis Khan, declared himself emperor of China and head of a new dynasty called the Yuan, meaning “the beginning ...

Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) The Yuan emperor established the Xuanzhengyuan, or Ministry for the Spread of Governance, to directly handle important military and political affairs involving the Tibet ...

Imperial Tombs of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) Peerless hero Genghis Khan (Temujin, 1162-1227) was born of the Mongol tribes. An outstanding strategist and statesman, he was known as Emperor Tai ...

According to the inscription, five top-ranking officials had been ordered to seek medicinal herbs near Mount Kunlun, a ...

Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)emperors Qianlong (left) ... boasting more than 7,000 different souvenir items such as custom jewelry priced up to 468 yuan. ...

Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799) Yongyan, the Jiaqing Emperor (1760-1820; reigned 1796-1820) Zuo'an Li Junzhi (1868-ca. 1930?) C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948) Credit Line Purchase — ...

The Yuan dynasty didn’t last long. It was overthrown by a peasant revolt in 1368. ... Despite it being an unpopular policy among the Ming dynasty’s emperors and civil servants, ...

According to folk tales, Chinese rebels during the Yuan Dynasty, led by future Chinese Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and his military counsel Liu Bowen, used mooncakes to secretly transport messages while ...

The History of Tibet - Yuan Dynasty (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2008-05-06 15:35 Conch with spirals running to the right bestowed upon vPhags-pa by Yuan Emperor.