For more than 600 years, the people of the Tunpu, fortified villages of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), in Anshun city, Guizhou province, have kept alive customs rooted in a military migration that took ...

From legacy of China’s Qing dynasty to Hong Kong romance films that pushed boundaries, here are seven stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Zheng Xie, also known as Zheng Banqiao, holds a distinctive place in ancient China's art history for his poetry, painting and ...

What history has long portrayed as a cautionary tale of a woman's vanity bringing down a dynasty may have been the result of ...

"The data reveals that Gen Z globally holds a positive and pragmatic perception of China. They recognize its developmental ...

"Traditionally, the Chinese have placed great importance on recording and studying history," said Chen Wei, a bamboo-slip ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

A comprehensive six-year archaeological survey in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has found 573 ancient stone fortress ...

Women wearing long wigs and ornate traditional dresses milled around a pebbled courtyard, stopping to snap photos under a ...

Thoeun Sreyhour, a fourth-year student in the major of archaeology at the Royal University of Fine Arts, said the symposium allowed the participants to gain insights into Cambodia-China ancient ties ...

An extensive archaeological survey being conducted in northwest China resulted in the discovery of the Shang Dynasty’s ...

As the provincial capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Xi'an, with a history of over 3,100 years, has served as the ...