The ancient Chinese didn’t just invent gunpowder — they created the picnic
A lively exhibition at Hong Kong’s Palace Museum explores the culture of feasting — including a centuries-old predecessor to Deliveroo ...
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Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a ...
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The wooden vertical palace of Buddha
The pagoda itself functions as a temple, making it a “vertical monastery” — or, as its name suggests, “The Palace of Buddha.” ...
China's Empress Dowager Ling Paved The Way For Future Female Rulers
In sixth-century China, a woman known to history as Empress Dowager Ling ruled over an empire called the Northern Wei.
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Remembering China’s Empress Dowager Ling, a Buddhist who paved the way for future female rulers
This cultural hybridity enabled the empress dowager to rule directly: On one hand, the Chinese court system rooted in the Han dynasty had ... but she embraced martial symbols of her own power ...
Mao Wanted Him Captured—How the Dalai Lama Outplayed the Chinese Army 65 Years Ago and Escaped the CCP
On March 17, the Dalai Lama fled, trekking through treacherous Himalayan terrain, narrowly avoiding Chinese patrols. After ...