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Asia Society Museum presents Imperial Treasures: Chinese Ceramics of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, on view in New York from February 18, 2025 ...

The earliest Chinese paintings in one of the most important collections in the West are now featured in a new public Web resource launched by the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler galleries. “Song and ...

A tradition dating to the third century, landscape painting is one of the most outstanding achievements of Chinese culture. Key styles in this genre emerged during the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) and are ...

Edo period in Japan lasted from 1603 to 1867/1868. During this time the country was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate. The Mid-Autumn Festival, a celebration rooted in over 3,000 years of Chinese ...

Imperial Capital — the regal place where the son of heaven resided. In ancient times, many world capitals had multiple functions in politics, economy, culture and military; this was true in China too.

Quanzhou was one of the world's largest ports along the historic Maritime Silk Road, particularly in ancient China's Song ...