The Qing Dynasty was founded by a northeast Asian group that called themselves Manchu. These conquering rulers adopted the Forbidden City in Beijing as their new seat of government but were unique ...

They succeeded but the price of their success was the founding of a new, Manchu-led, dynasty known as the Qing. Their rulers would go on to rebuild Beijing, and much of the Forbidden City ...

The Forbidden City, which turns 600 this year ... Though emperors of the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) added some new buildings and gardens, the layout of the palace has remained fundamentally the ...

The Forbidden City would be the home and seat of power for 24 rulers—14 from the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and 10 from the Qing (1644-1911). When the Manchu Qing emperors overthrew the Ming ...

Using a variety of toys, games and even film reels, here are the ways royals locked inside China’s Forbidden City entertained ... technical virtuosity of Qing dynasty (1636–1912) craftsmen ...

The imperial food served within the walls of the Forbidden City by the Qing Dynasty had an important effect on Chinese dietetic culture. Using the traditional diet of the Manchu ethnic group as ...

especially in the Forbidden City, should be effectively controlled, so as to reduce the negative impact on the property. The protection of the setting should be strengthened, especially that of the ...

national culinary pride swelled toward one legendary banquet called the “Manchu-Han Feast” (or Man Han Quan Xi), which first appeared outside of the Forbidden City in the late Qing Dynasty and ...

Called zimingzhong in Mandarin Chinese, or “bells that ring themselves”, these intricate clocks were brought to China by European missionaries during the Qing dynasty and were highly prized by ...