The construction of the Great Canal from 605 to 609 CE united the Empire economically. Although the Sui Dynasty ruled for a short period of time, it laid the foundation for the power and prosperity ...

Li Shimin (599-649) was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but its actual founder. His tomb is about 60 kilometers from Xi'an and 22.5 kilometers northeast of Liquan County seat.

A Tang dynasty tomb unearthed in China dates from the 700s, and the murals on its walls give an unprecedented view of daily life at the time. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

One day, the ailing emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685–762) had a dream in which Zhong Kui killed the evil-spirited ghost who had made him ill. The next day, the emperor felt healthy and well. He ordered ...

The Church had made the great leap— which it has so often failed to do in the more recent past—from missionary Church to truly indigenous Church. … ...

The movie’s Chinese name, “30,000 Miles from Chang An,” is taken from a poem by Ming Dynasty poet Chen Zilong, in which Chang’an represents the ideals of the Tang poets. The film has received rave ...

This fragmentation ended when the Mongols swept away all of these states and established the Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368 CE), which once again created a single great power within East Asia, and a ...

Over 240 relics from 15 museums display the prosperity of Tang Dynasty (618-907) emperor Li Shimin’s era in the National Library of China (JIANG DONG / CHINA DAILY) As the result of a royal coup ...