A 600-year-old Chinese teapot made for a Ming Dynasty Emperor has sold for £11million. The nine-inch imperial blue and white ewer was made for Yongle Emperor Zhu Di during his reign between 1402 ...

As Zhu Di occupied Nanjing, the palace was ablaze and Emperor Jian Wen (Zhu Yunwen) disappeared without a trace. Some say he burned himself, others say he became a monk. Still, no one knows.

The emperor Zhu Di’s personal ewer is likely to spark a bidding war at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on April 8. Expert Nicholas Chow said: “This is one of the most iconic imperial porcelains we have ...

Zhu Di in the video. [Photo/Xinhua] If the Chinese emperor who ordered the Forbidden City's construction were still alive, he'd be rapping about his courtly antics and taking photos with an iPhone.

A sprawling ancient building complex in the Wudang mountains of Hubei province was founded in the heyday in the Tang Dynasty (618-960), but reached its zenith during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 ...

On November 16 in the year 1416, Zhu Di, the third emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), received 30 foreign envoys at court. Presented to the emperor were numerous exotic tributes from lands ...

Built by the Ming Emperor Zhu Di as the centerpiece of his ideal capital city, the palace would host twenty-four different emperors and two dynasties over the course of its history.

In view of this, the third emperor, Zhu Di, sent Zheng to unite countries along the Indian Ocean to jointly resist Timur's expansion plans.

The emperor Zhu Di’s personal ewer is likely to spark a bidding war at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on April 8. Expert Nicholas Chow said: “This is one of the most iconic imperial porcelains we have ...

In view of this, the third emperor, Zhu Di, sent Zheng to unite countries along the Indian Ocean to jointly resist Timur's expansion plans.