Above: A scene from the film Ne Zha 2 [Photo/CGTN] Below: (from left) "Ruihe Tu" by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty ...

The astonishing Chinese collections in the Palace museums ... "This stand is made of ancient jade, but the jade bowl that once went with it is long gone. As one cannot show a stand without a ...

The museum of imperial relics founded in the Forbidden City in 1925 has retrieved stored artefacts to restore and eventually ...

In the sandy dirt of Inner Mongolia sat a circular tomb from a long-gone culture. For 5,000 years, the tomb hid a large stone dragon — but not anymore. Archaeologists spent four months ...

Of emperors and dynasties – see how ancient jade and gold, dragons and cranes are used in eye-catching, new ways The history of jewellery in China is long and well documented, with pieces dating ...

Waves splish-splash and wash jade and other colorful, round stones ashore, where they are scattered for the taking of anyone who so desires. While ancient cultures like the Maya and Olmec used ...

This jade bi, already over three thousand years old when the Emperor decided to study it, is a fine, plain disc with a hole in the centre, of a type often found in ancient Chinese tombs.