From the early 18th century, the Old Summer Palace grew into an exclusive getaway resort for the ruling elite of China’s Qing dynasty. Its architectural splendor has since been compared to ...

A pair of Qing ... old home, Beijing.' The bronzes were among 12 animal heads that formed the centerpieces of an elaborate zodiac fountain and were carried off during the sacking of the old Summer ...

[PHOTO BY WANG KAIHAO/FOR CHINA DAILY] Danbo Ningjing used to be honored as one of the 40 most representative scenes in the Old Summer Palace ... architecture of the Qing Dynasty.

Now commonly referred to as the Old Summer Palace, Yuanmingyuan was an almost unimaginably magnificent retreat created by emperors from the Qing Dynasty that displayed an incredible range of feats ...

Reporters learned that Zhengjue Temple, a royal Buddhist temple during the Qing Dynasty, was the only historic architecture in the Old Summer Palace that survived the fire. Nearly 45 million yuan will ...

The Old Summer ... of the palace carried out by the Anglo-French Alliance Forces in 1860. The troops were sent by the British and French empires to invade China in the late Qing Dynasty during ...

A group of Chinese history buffs spent more than US$45,000 and six months bringing some of the imperial splendour of Beijing’s Old Summer Palace complex back to life – in tiny Lego-like ...

From the early 18th century, the Old Summer Palace grew into an exclusive getaway resort for the ruling elite of China’s Qing dynasty. Its architectural splendor has since been compared to ...

the former resort of the royal family during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), also known as the Old Summer Palace. Danbo Ningjing literally means "to live in serenity and without many desires", a ...

From the early 18th century, the Old Summer Palace grew into an exclusive getaway resort for the ruling elite of China’s Qing dynasty. Its architectural splendor has since been compared to ...