Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

The tradition had faded by the Tang dynasty (AD618-907), when it was consolidated into the more well-known Ching Ming Festival. As a result, not many in China observe the Cold Food Festival today ...

Ming China was by far the greatest nation on ... travel that grew over time and carried over into the later Qing dynasty. The United States is hardly isolationist. But as a large country that ...