Grand Canal barges have no fancy names ... was seen by Chinese historians as an act of brilliant madness. Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted to break this grip ...

More than 700 years ago, Italian merchant and explorer Marco Polo trekked to China, leaving a deep impression of the Grand ...

Liu Yu, a representative inheritor of Honglücai Porcelain from the Dezhou Kiln, paints Honglücai Porcelain pieces in her studio. Photo: Courtesy of Sun Yi ...

it was known for its grand archways, intricate stone carvings, and five imposing city gates—an unusual feature in ancient Chinese city design. But in 1959, a bold decision by the Chinese ...