Since the early Western Han Dynasty there had taken place a large-scale removal of merited personnel and high officials, their kith and kin and families to Changling to protect Emperor Wu Di's tomb.

Located in the eastern suburbs of Chansha, the Mawangdui Han Dynasty Tombs were uncovered in 1972. The tombs, which date back some 2,100 years to the Western Han dynasty (206BC-25AD), contained ...

According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used for the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), when the Start of Spring was set as the Spring Festival.

The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month, during the full moon. The lunisolar calendar ...

Concealed on the western side of a shell-shaped rise named ... of stone carvings that span the Han and the Qing eras. The Han Dynasty was famed for its carving skills, recording local events ...

a king of the Western Han dynasty, and his wife, Dou Wan. They both died in the second century B.C.E. The soldiers had been ...

The tomb, dating from the reign of Wang Mang (9-23) to the early Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), has yielded various artifacts including ceramics, copper, lead, and glass items and a distinctive ...