Kublai Khan（1215-1294），known as Shizu of the Yuan dynasty，was the founder of the Yuan Dynasty，a division of the Mongol Empire，reigning from...
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Genghis Khan（1162-1227），born Temujin，was the founder and Great Khan（emperor）of the Mongol Empire，which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his...
Hutongs represent an important cultural element of the city of Beijing.Thanks to Beijing's long history and status as capital for...
At the turn of the 20th century，the Qing court was disintegrating as China's dynastic era came to an end.The traditional...
Hutong and siheyuan are the intergral parts of Beijing.Hutong provides a place for people to rehabilitate and breed future generations....
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province,and a sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China.One of the oldest cities...
Tianjin is a metropolis in North China and one of the five national central cities.It is governed as a municipality...
Hong Kong is one of two special administrative regions(SARs)of the People's Republic of China(PRC),the other being Macau.Situated on China's south...
Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most...
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province,situated immediately north of Hong Kong.Owing to China's...
Guangzhou,also(especially formerly)known as Canton or Kwangchow,is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China.Located...
Formerly transliterated as Hangzhow,Hangzhou is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in eastern China.Governed as a sub-provincial city,and...
Located in the western part of China's central Henan Province,Luoyang is one of China's seven ancient capitals.Comprised of six city...
Shanghai is one of the most populous city in China.The city is located in eastern China,at the middle portion of...
Beijing,also known as Peking,is a metropolis in Northern China,and the capital of the People's Republic of China.Governed as a municipality...
The Longmen Grottoes are located in the south of Luoyang City.They are between Mount Xiang and Mount Longmen and face...
On May 3，1644 the Manchus seized Beijing in the name of freeing the city from the bandit Li Zicheng.Dorgon held...
In 1368，Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing and his general Xu Da captured Dadu.The last Yuan court fled...
When Kublai Khan，the grandson of Genghis Khan，visited Yanjing in 1261，much of old Zhongdu，including the imperial palace，lay in ruin.He stayed in...
Though Beijing was a peripheral city to Chinese dynasties centered in Luoyang and Xi'an，it was an important entryway into China...