The popularity of the Mid-Autumn Festival peaked in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing dynasty (1644-1912). People celebrated it with activities, such as burning incense and watching fire ...

The Forbidden City served as the political centre during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The Ming dynasty ruled from 1420 to 1644, after which the Qing dynasty began with Emperor Shunzhi. The last ruler ...

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The findings span different historical periods, with a large number of discoveries dating to prehistoric times and the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). From October to December 2024, a research team from ...

China had been ruled for centuries by successive dynasties of emperors, but by the later 19th century their day seemed to be almost done. The country was run on Confucian principles, which did not ...