Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital ... those called by the emperor were given a cake wrapped in red silk. When Imperial College students paid tribute ...

Ancient silk paintings dating to China's Ming dynasty have yielded new clues about the domestication of brown rats, which ...

For over 1,600 years, merchants, traders, monks and soldiers who journeyed to China’s ancient capital of Xi’an to witness its magnificence travelled via the Silk Road. Now a UNESCO World ...

Cao also said that the scientific disclosure of urban defense remains provides a glimpse of their spatial pattern and of Ming Dynasty construction ... on the Maritime Silk Road, and greatly ...