Uncover the imperial secrets, ancient tombs, and cultural treasures of Hue — Vietnam’s most underrated heritage city.

[Photo by JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY] Times change ... The Palace Museum was established in 1925. In 1987, the Forbidden City became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The museum houses 1.86 million cultural ...

The project, The Sound of the Forbidden City, was announced five years ago by the Palace Museum in Beijing, also known as the ...

This is the only exception to the number of zoomorphic figure in all the buildings in China - showing the uniqueness ... However, on the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City, there were only eight ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

Like the sanctuaries and pyramids in ancient Egypt, the Forbidden City in Beijing has a set of ... the supreme imperial power in ancient China. However, there are some exceptions.

Photograph by Francesco Lorenzetti, Alamy UNESCO prepared a comprehensive reconstruction plan spanning 2008 to 2017 to repair the city using the original earthen architecture techniques and materials.

The Portuguese fortification of Mazagan, now part of the city of El Jadida, 90-km southwest of Casablanca, was built as a fortified colony on the Atlantic coast in the early 16th century. It was taken ...

These additions have been made to improve the landscape west of the city of Hangzhou to the south of the Yangtze river. The West Lake has influenced garden design in the rest of China as well as ...