qing dynasty

During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, foreign businesspeople brought massive amounts of opium into China, leading …

During the time of the Opium Wars in China, Zeng Guofan led the Hunan army with full authority …

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a scene unfolded at the Lianji Bookstore in a Beijing …

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, a pear paste sugar shop in the Zhabei District of Shanghai …

Lin Zexu (林則徐, 1785-1850) was an honest official in the late Qing Dynasty known for his strict crackdown …

General Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885) of the Qing Dynasty was a fan of the strategic board game Go and …

In the eighth year of the Kangxi reign in the Qing Dynasty (1669), Wang Zhihe traveled almost a …

Ye Tianshi was from Wu (now Suzhou) during the Qing Dynasty. Born into a medical family, his grandfather …

The Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) is often considered to be the period when the art of furniture-making …

There is an ancient inspiring story about Wang Weng. Wang Wenjian was the greatest intellectual with the highest …