Therefore, the huge complex is known in Chinese as Thirteen Ming Tombs. Generally speaking, the scale and grandeur of imperial mausoleums depend on seniority in imperial families. The scale of the ...

The tombs from the Jin Dynasty were destroyed at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and since the Mongol rulers of the Yuan Dynasty had no specific funeral rituals, there are no extant burial sites from ...

Now, the Beijing municipal government has unveiled plans to restore the rest of the Ming tombs and open them to the public by 2030. The news was announced this week at the Ming Culture Forum ...

BEIJING -- Two emperors' mausoleums in Beijing have recently opened to the public, meaning that six out of the 13 tombs in the Changping district belonging to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 ...

Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze vat may help rewrite China’s drinking history.

More than 120 tombs were from the Ming and Qing Dynasties that ruled China between 1368 AD and 1911 AD. Researchers also ...

Chinese archaeologists have unearthed 445 tombs in Shanxi Province, dating back over 2,000 years, revealing ancient burial and cultural practices, Xinhua reported. The burial sites, originating ...