When Cixi left the Forbidden City on inspection tours, the whole Western Kitchen staff traveled with her. The eunuchs in the kitchen were each paid a salary. Those cooks with special skills ...

The excitement surrounding the 2025 Cixi Marathon has taken a slight detour as the event has officially been postponed until November 2025. This decision, confirmed by the Cixi Municipal Bureau of ...

Detail from Dominique Fung's painting of an imaginary royal banquet hosted by Empress Dowager Cixi. [Photo provided to China ...

The panels were mounted on piles above the surface of the Changhe and Zhouxiang reservoirs in Cixi, Zhejiang province. The Hangzhou-based company invested approximately 1.8 billion yuan ($262.6 ...