He had this displayed on the plaque with enamel inlays. A little more patience is something we could all use, Xu said – from emperors to museum directors. Xu called Emperor Qianlong, also of the Qing ...

The Qing won the throne by toppling a Chinese dynasty, the Ming. Qianlong intended his hunt to preserve the traditions of his martial, nomadic ancestors, calling it “the best way to train ...

The so-called Manchu empire was no more than a fabricated term coined by the NHQ. Emperors of the Qing never identified themselves as rulers of a Manchu empire.

Two Qing emperors in particular, Kangxi (r. 1661-1722) and Qianlong (r. 1735-1796), appreciated the beauty of the pergola so keenly that they considered it their favorite place to compose poetry.

Within the Qing (1644-1911) imperial court, a unique collection of paintings can be identified, which were created by European missionaries serving at the imperial court.

The collapse of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Hong Taiji succeeded his father as khan. In the late 1630s, he renamed his home state "Jin" to "Qing", and promptly declared himself the region's emperor.

BEIJING, China -- 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 historical ...

A PATEK Philippe watch worn by the last emperor of China’s Qing Dynasty was sold for HK$40 million (S$6.9 million) Tuesday (May 23) at a live auction in Hong Kong. The auction, which lasted about ...