The Qing dynasty lasted over 250 years. China had been ruled by emperors from other dynasties for over two thousand years. Why did this system suddenly collapse in 1911? This is one of the big ...

In its early years, the Qing Dynasty had a tea kitchen (for tea with milk), a clear tea kitchen (for plain tea), and meal kitchens. The tea kitchen and clear tea kitchen were special places for ...

Many of these connections were forged during Sun’s years of exile before the Qing dynasty’s fall. A notable example is Morris “Two-Gun” Cohen, a Polish-born Jewish bodyguard and advisor to ...

Temple fairs are a Beijing custom that dates back to the Liao Dynasty. In the Yuan Dynasty ... mentioned above took place regularly for over 300 years. The Longfu Mansion, established more ...