Inspired by the ginkgo tree in the Chinese city’s Ancient Guanyin Temple, its design showcases seven distinct landforms and ...

Team finds China's Buddhist and Taoist temples host higher concentration of old trees - some dating back 1,000 years - than ...

The human being, in Chinese thought, is conceived of as an organic part of the cosmos so that her or his thoughts and actions ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

This overlap is especially striking given the historical proclivities of both peoples. Jews and Chinese are often ...

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old. A Phoebe zhennan tree, about 400 years old, in the Wen-Qi ...

New ways to understand metabolism offer pathways for advances in human health and disease Chinese researchers have decoded ...

The rice stuff. If papermaking is one of the “four great inventions of ancient China,” xuan paper represents its highest form. Originating in the Tang dynasty (618–907), xuan paper is crafted from the ...

In southwest China, the ancient teahouses of the Sichuan provincial capital are being reimagined as hipster hangouts where ...

The ancient road network spreads from the heart of the Sichuan Basin all the way to the Central China Plains. It is more than 2,000 years old, and played a pivotal role in providing transportation ...

This vision came to life in our visit to Yucun village in Anji county. Nestled among mountains and rivers, the village is a ...

In southwest China, the ancient teahouses of the Sichuan provincial capital are being reimagined as hipster hangouts where centuries-old drinks menus meet spicy dumplings and Michelin-starred dining.