Shen, on the one hand, continued to work on his fields. From Zhouzhuang, he shipped silks, china, grains and crafts overseas and imported jewelry, ivory, horns of rhinos, spices and medicines.

China has had its ups and downs, says historian and PBS series host Michael Wood. And now that the world’s oldest nation is on its way back up, it’s time to take another look at its history in ...

Two pits were excavated in the 1980s, and six more have been excavated since 2020, Xinhua reported. Archaeologists have discovered a total of 13,000 artifacts that are believed to date to the ...

The tea-horse ancient road Many friends came to visit him after he was sent to Yunnan. They suggested that he trade silks, china and crafts made in the Yangtze Delta region.