"Ming and Qing Aesthetics" decodes the architectural symbolism embedded in the ridge-beast arrays of palace roofs, revealing their encoded hierarchies through side-by-side displays of real artifacts ...

This stunning, yet often overlooked, Balkan town is brimming with medieval architecture, historical sites, and breathtaking ...

The 1911 40-70 Imperial, regarded as the "Cadillac" of tractors, is now available for auction. With only three complete examples known to exist-plus one project-this is truly a crown jewel in the ...

There are various unfinished versions of Half-Life 2 that have come to light over the years, all of which reveal interesting things about how Valve's plans changed over time as it painstakingly ...

Rocky Mount area residents will soon see a transformation taking place at a downtown venue that's been a long time coming. Major improvements at the Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences are ...

It is inspired by the Ming Dynasty caisson ceiling in the Wanchun Pavilion of the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The caisson is a key element of Chinese wooden architecture.

In Beijing, he wore traditional "大花襖" suit to visit the Forbidden City, climbed the Great Wall, tried Beijing's authentic delicacies. Join us this coming 17 June for #Content360 Hong Kong ...

YouTube sensation Darren Watkins Jr., better known as iShowSpeed, is currently in China as part of his live-streaming tour, and his visit has been making waves ... exploring the historic Forbidden ...

Now a major tourist site in the heart of Beijing, the Forbidden City is the name that was given to the sprawling compound by foreigners in imperial times because entry was forbidden to most outsiders.

Also referred to as the Imperial Palace ... While most individuals were forbidden from freely moving about the complex, the Emperor alone had the privilege to visit any part of the Forbidden City at ...

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