Ruins of the Ancient Loulan
One of the great mysteries in Chinese history is the disappearance of the ancient city of Loulan. The world-famous city ruins, the Loulan Kingdom, was...
Shangshan Remains - Remains of Ten Thousand Year Old Rice
The Shangshan site at Huangzhai township's Qunan Village, located in Pujiang County and under Zhejiang Province's Jinhua city, is one of the earliest...
Empress Dowager Cixi - A Legendary and Powerful Empress
Empress Dowager Cixi1 (Chinese: 慈禧太后) (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908), popularly known in China as the West Dowager Empress (Chinese:...
Case of the Red Pills - A "Mystery" of Late Ming Dynasty
It was recorded in the official Ming court history that Emperor Taichang felt much better after taking the pill, regained his appetite and repeatedly praised...

Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage
In the late Han Dynasty, the country was in turmoil and disorder.