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5 days ago · Families with a proud legacy in China. By Rena Li | China Daily | Updated: 2022-11-22 08:43. Lifelong dedication. The Endicott family lived in Sichuan province for three generations, leaving another legacy to be remembered and celebrated.
4 days ago · Empress Dowager Cixi [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì] (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the late Qing dynasty as empress dowager and regent for almost 50 years, from 1861 until her death in 1908.
3 days ago · China - Empress Wuhou, Tang Dynasty, Unification: Gaozong was 21 years old when he ascended the throne. In his first years he was dominated by the remaining great statesmen of Taizong’s court, above all by the emperor’s uncle Zhangsun Wuji.
1 day ago · An epitaph found at the site explains that the tomb’s owner died in 736 C.E., during the Tang Dynasty, at the age of 63. He was laid to rest alongside his wife that same year. But the most remarkable thing about the tomb is that it’s filled with murals. As Chinese media reports, the “tomb door, corridor, four walls of the tomb chamber ...
2 days ago · Puyi [c] (7 February 1906 – 17 October 1967) was the last emperor of China, reigning as the eleventh and final monarch of the Qing dynasty. He became emperor at the age of two in 1908, but was forced to abdicate in 1912 as a result of Xinhai Revolution at the age of six.
1 day ago · It was the largest imperial dynasty in the history of China and in 1790 the fourth-largest empire in world history in terms of territorial size. With over 426 million citizens in 1907, [13] it was the most populous country in the world at the time.
6 days ago · When the imperial finances were squandered by Empress Ki, she prevented it as the first empress, and because of her frugal life, she was ridiculed by Empress Ki and respected by Hyejong as her mother-in-law.
