The original canal system, built by Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty, was seen by Chinese historians as an act of brilliant madness. Ancient China’s main rivers ran west to east, and Yang wanted ...

CHENGDU, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Hope Justman, an octogenarian American, completed her 25th trip to "Shudao," an ancient road system with a history of more than two millennia in southwest China's ...

The research laid the foundations for the university to become, in 1956, one of China’s first to establish an archaeology department. Located in the ancient ... to build a system integrating ...

It aims to explore the country's rich philosophical heritage dating back more than 2,000 years and use that ancient wisdom for contemporary governance in China ... refers to a system where ...

provides insight into the celestial knowledge of ancient China. Adorned with characters, they focus on the Tiangan Dizhi, an intricate astronomical calendar system from the Shang dynasty.