The First Emperor of China was so terrified of death that he spent a decade searching for the Elixir of Life. Ironically, it was his quest for endless life that sent him to his death.
In ancient China, knives became the currency of choice! Bartering could get a little dicey when everyone was carrying this distinctive (and functional!) knife money.
XI’AN, AUGUST 8, ARMENPRESS. In the mid-1970s, farmers in the Lintong County – just outside of the Chinese city of Xi’an, discovered fragments of a clay figure – something that would turn out to be a historic archaeological find.
TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ The 2022 Tang Prize in Sinology is awarded to Professor Dame Jessica Rawson, "for her gift and mastery of the craft of the visible to read the art