At dawn on July 2, 626 CE, a small group of armed men approached the Xuanwu Gate in northern Chang’an (modern-day Xi’an), the capital of the fledgling Tang Dynasty in China. They were led by ...

For example, tombs of Princess Chang Le, Princess Xin Cheng and Princess ... greatly strengthening the feudalistic power of the early Tang Dynasty. Also buried in Zhaoling were chieftains of ...

recreating the elegance and prosperity of Chang’an. Additional scenes were shot in Xiangyang’s Tang Dynasty City, which features China’s largest collection of Tang-style buildings.

Though she changed the Li house's Tang Dynasty into the Wu's Zhou Dynasty, she had trouble choosing a successor and finally ordered in her will a return of the throne to the Li house's offspring.

[Photo provided to China Daily] It's the morning of Lantern Festival more than 1,000 years ago, when the Tang Dynasty (618-907) was in its prime. The then capital Chang'an, today's Xi'an ...

He was well known in his day, and made friends with other poets such as Li Bai, another famous poet in the Tang dynasty. As a member of the elite in society he lived in the capital at Chang’an ...

During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shande, a petty official in Chang'an, was suddenly given a task to bring fresh lychees from Lingnan. The lychee is perishable, and becomes ...