This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) is generally regarded as a golden age in imperial Chinese history. The dynasty’s greatness owes much to its second emperor, Taizong, who helped his father ...

Only one woman has ever sat on China’s throne as Emperor in her own right. That woman was Wu Zetian (624-705) of the Tang dynasty. And to get there, she left behind a trail of bodies that even ...

These burial figures date from the Tang dynasty in China. If you died in China and you were an important figure, such as an emperor, you would want all of your retinue to come into your tomb as ...

In the Tang Dynasty it was common practice to erect inscribed ... One poem goes: "On armored horses the Emperor won the world under Heaven, and stone images of the Six Steeds are as distinguished ...

For centuries, the Yangtze porpoise was a common sight on the river it is named after. Now, the freshwater mammal is ...

Tea parties were first described in the Tang Dynasty. Large tea parties were also held in the palace during the Song Dynasty, with the emperor serving the tea. Cai Jing (1047 - 1126), a prime ...

The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past 1,400 years.

As Xi’an was the terminus of the route, Tang Dynasty emperors chose it as the city from which to rule the country due to its advantageous position and the immediate access to expensive ...

is a Chinese historical television series with the Tang Dynasty's Princess Gaoyang, a daughter of Emperor Taizong, as the central character. The series was directed by Gong Ruofei, starring Tang ...