Last year, a ceramics collector was perusing the wares at a London thrift store when a couple of jars caught their eye. Less ...

A Chinese woman walks dressed in Qing Dynasty attire with Manchu platform shoes near the Forbidden city in Beijing, China, Sunday, July 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Expand ...

An aerial photo taken on May 20, 2025 shows Zhutou Manor in Yongtai County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Nestled in the ...

Qing Dynasty shipwreck salvaged in Shanghai By Xinhua Published: Nov 22, 2022 11:28 AM This aerial photo taken on Nov. 21, 2022 shows a view of the salvage operation of the Yangtze No. 2 Ancient ...

This photo taken on June 28, 2023 shows a five-color silk imperial edict dating back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in Jize County of Handan, north China's Hebei Province.(Xinhua/Zhao Hongyu) ...

The Qing fell in 1911 and following decades of warfare, power was seized by the Communist Party, which sought to grind out all vestiges of China’s imperial past.

BEIJING, China (AP) — In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing ...

AP PHOTOS: Beijing's imperial palace bustles with throngs of visitors in Qing dynasty costumes. Vincent Thian. Sunday 01 September 2024 04:28 BST. AP PHOTOS: ...

Chinese girls dressed in Qing Dynasty attire take pictures outside the Drum Tower at Gulou East Street in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian ...