China's National Cultural Heritage Administration recently made public updates about four different archaeological sitesThey all offered insights into the Xia and Shang civilisations, two of the ...

“Powerful.” “Mysterious.” “Bloody.” Those are the words that tend to come to mind when Chinese are asked about the Shang — an ancient dynasty that ruled China’s Central Plains for over 500 years until ...

This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this land. Narrator: The Shang dynasty was located near the Yellow River. The river made the land good for ...

This period was known as the Shang dynasty. King Tang: I am King Tang and I rule over this land. Narrator: The Shang dynasty was located near the Yellow River. The river made the land good for ...

They date from the late Shang Dynasty, (circa 1250 B.C. to circa 1050 B.C.), although the Bronze Age Shang Dynasty ruled most of northern China from about 1600 B.C. — the earliest traditional ...

Whether it means consulting inscriptions on animal bones or tortoiseshells (see the Shang Oracle Bone in Section 2 ... to create one of the greatest empires in history. China's Ming Dynasty treasure ...

The Zhongqiu Festival, or Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated with a rich tapestry of religious and cultural art forms, each carrying deep symbolic meanings.

The earliest writings in China were found on ox scapulae, tortoiseshells, and bronzes during the Shang dynasty. Dated from around 1400-1200 B.C.E, the inscriptions on bones and shells-called "oracle ...

Hong Kong authorities announced in October that dinosaur bone fossils had been discovered on Port Island, a remote, uninhabited island off the northeastern part of the special administrative ...