China is the homeland of the peony, and Luoyang's cultivation of these flowers dates back to the Sui Dynasty (581-618). By ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

Jiangnan's prosperity was propelled by the construction of the Grand Canal, which began in the Sui Dynasty (581-618) and ...

The original canal system, built by Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty, was seen by Chinese historians as an act of brilliant madness. Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted ...

It was the capital of nine dynasties starting from around 770 B.C. The Chinese government ... Northern Wei Dynasty and continued for more than four hundred years in the ensuing Sui and Tang ...

Scholars believe the original recipe came from Yangzhou, China during the Sui Dynasty (581 to 618 CE). At this time, it was loved by Emperor Yang and peasants alike, who would make it as a way to ...