Within the grounds of the Guangzhou Zoo in South China’s Guangdong Province, nearly 150 tombs were uncovered during recent ...

Three tombs from the second Jin Dynasty were uncovered in China, shedding new light onto burial practices from around 1200 AD. Differing designs and styles could show non-Chinese influence in the area ...

When Kaifeng, capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, was conquered by the military of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), Emperor ...

Confucius (551-479 BC) lived in the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), and is known as the first Chinese to set up ...

Years later, when the woman finally got the chance to return home, she faced a tough choice, as the journey back meant saying ...

Aguda, a capable Jurchen military leader, challenged Liao control, and in 1115 proclaimed himself emperor of the Jin dynasty. The Song, renouncing the Treaty of Shanyuan, also attacked the Liao, but ...

Water shield became important after Zhang Han, a high-ranking official of the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316), became homesick for the vegetables and other native delicacies. Bamboo shoots ...

Her dynasty's fate was an object lesson that appeasing the neighbours may work for only so long. For some time, the Jin dynasty ruled Northern China, and the Song founded a new realm in the south.

Four of the tombs are from the Han Dynasty dating to between 206 BC and 220 AD, eight were from the Jin and Southern Dynasties of 265-589 AD, and 15 burials were from the Tang Dynasty of 618-907 AD.

Editor's note: China's Nanjing Yunjin brocade, with a history of more than 1,600 years, is famous for its elegant patterns ...

Discovered during a zoo construction project, the 14,000-square-foot area features four Han Dynasty tombs, eight tombs from both the Jin and Southern dynasty, 15 Tang Dynasty tombs, and 121 from ...

The first migration took place at the end of the Eastern Jin dynasty, circa 400 AD, as a result of invading tribesmen. The collapse of the Jin caused a general exodus from much of the lands north of ...