The kingfisher's brilliant blue feathers were once used like paint to create works of art. The technique, known as tian-tsui, ...

Probably Giuseppe Castiglione (Lang Shining, 1688–1766) and other court painters, “Consort of the Qianlong emperor and the future Jiaqing emperor in his boyhood” (1760s), painting originally mounted ...

Empress Xiaoxian, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period, 1777, with repainting possibly in 19th century, Ignatius Sichelbarth (Ai Qimeng) [China (born in Bohemia), 1708–1780], Yi Lantai (active about ...

Beijing has appointed historian Gao Xiang, a specialist on the Qing dynasty, to head the influential Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) think tank. Gao, 59, replaces Shi Taifeng, whose short ...

In ancient China, ordinary people were not allowed to wear yellow as it symbolised the imperial power, apart from one exception: the emperor’s yellow jacket. Magua is a style of jacket worn by Manchu ...

Beloved artist Qing Han is dead at 29 after cancer battle. Pic credit: @qinniart/Instagram Canadian artist Qing Han has passed away after a battle with cancer. Qing Han, who is known to her fans as ...

Wang Jin, The Palace Museum / Vladimir Borovikovsky, The State Russian Museum Surprisingly, despite their many differences, the vast Russian and Chinese empires operated along similar lines for nearly ...