BEIJING – The Chinese capital's future administrative hub was already bustling 2,000 years ago. Government agencies excavating a site in the far southeastern Beijing suburbs say they have found ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

In winter or early spring in Beijing, some residents engage in a tradition dating back to the Qing Dynasty where they play fetch with birds. This tradition traces back to the 17th century to the early ...

NASA's Picture of the Day captures star trails that gracefully move in the sky over the Beijing Ancient Observatory in China. This observatory, nestled in the heart of Beijing, has a rich history ...

BEIJING — Wang Xue stood in the middle of his courtyard house, next to a pomegranate tree. It could have been a scene out of a Tang dynasty poem but for the sound of a jackhammer and a layer of ...

Multiple discoveries, including remnants of a city gate from the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) capital of Zhongdu in Beijing, were unveiled by the Beijing Archaeological Research Institute at a press ...

TAIERZHUANG, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--People travel through many places in their lives, but there is always one spot where every moment becomes fantastic. Here was once a river port town first founded ...

A Great Wall excavation in China uncovers the largest known cannon in the Jiankou section and evidence of early cultural ...

The McDonald’s on the corner was the first sign that Meng Qinglong’s Beijing neighborhood would never be the same. Meng, 42, has lived his whole life in the same house — a simple two-room brick ...

(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 24 October 2025 – The consumption season of the 2025 Beijing Chaoyang International Light Festival is now underway, transforming ...

Text description provided by the architects. Meiyi Square, center of the extensive natural landscape of Jiezi Ancient Town, near the hills and rivers, faces the main street of the ancient town. It is ...

Chinese archaeologists have discovered and unearthed a large number of relics dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 B.C.) at a relic site in Beijing. Five ancient tombs, three house ruins, ...