A study of more than 100 genomes from people who lived in ancient China has unmasked a "ghost" in their midst.

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study ...

A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...

This is Shudao, or "Roads to Shu". Shu is a historical term roughly referring to present-day Sichuan province. The ancient ...

Shi’s Star Catalog has been notoriously difficult to date, but new research suggests astronomers drafted it centuries before its Western counterpart.

One cannot be certain of its origin, but the humble ancient Chinese people credited their own wisdom to Leizu ... silk is not merely a type of textile. It is a cultural icon, and an embodiment of ...

Opening on Wednesday, May 21, the full-service restaurant with three distinct bars will feature what Ma calls “updated ...

Unlike how it was depicted in ancient texts, the "Wukong" of the digital age speaks Chinese, Japanese, and English; another traditional culture derived icon bonding people by breaking cultural ...

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The three figures of Xuan Yuan Huangdi, Yandi, and Chiyou are central to the founding myths of ancient ... Chinese, linking contemporary society with a storied past.” Let’s meet these ...

Ancient Chinese music features a distinctive sound, enriched by the centuries-long use of string instruments such as guqins and erhus, various types of flutes, and even an ancient organ-like ...

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