When Emperor Ming saw the Buddha in a dream, he sent a mission to India, triggering a chain of events that led to Buddhism’s rise in China.

Legend has it that Zhang Zhongjing, the celebrated “Sage of Medicine” who lived during the Eastern Han Dynasty, was worried when he visited a village and saw the frostbitten ears of its ...

In the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Northern Xiongnu took the opportunity to annex the Western Region and control the Silk Road. The Han court sent Ban Chao on a mission to the Western ...

Spanning 400 years, the Han imperial dynasty lasted longer than any other and is viewed as a golden age in Chinese history.

The official reign name, which symbolises a new start, was coined by Wang Mang, then a minister and “consort kin” of the Han dynasty (206BC ... developed by the eastern Roman or Byzantine ...

Submerged beneath a manmade lake in China lies a forgotten city, dubbed by experts as “China’s Atlantis”. The underwater city, known as the Lion City or Shi Cheng, is hidden 40 metres beneath the ...

The pagoda is said to date back to as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it has undergone repeated repairs and reconstructions. Today's pagoda, made of glazed bricks and tiles, was ...