Seat of supreme power for over five centuries (1416-1911), the Forbidden City in Beijing, with its landscaped gardens and many buildings (whose nearly 10,000 rooms contain furniture and works of art), ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

A newly translated book explores how international residents have shaped and recorded life in China’s ancient capital for ...

The present-day Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, particularly around the Kunlun Mountains, is famed for its jade production.

It was one of China's most popular shows of 2018 - but it's now being pulled from TV screens across the country. The story of Yanxi Palace, a drama about life in imperial China, broke records when ...

Imperial meals in the Qing Palace were dominated by the Manchu cuisine, but they also included the Shandong and the Suzhou – Hangzhou cuisines. These three cuisines were influenced by and ...

Rick Owens, along with his wife Michele Lamy and two other designers, were denied entry into China's Forbidden City, an ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

A visitor is seen at the exhibition titled "Jade from the Kunlun Mountains: Special Exhibition on Hetian Jade Culture in the ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...