The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

The mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang (the first Emperor of Qin) is five kilometers east of Lintong County, 35 kilometers from Xi'an City in Shaanxi Province. On its south is Lishan Mountain and to ...

During his lifetime, Qin Shi Huang became obsessed with achieving immortality and sought the elusive elixir of life.

Power adaptors being a travel necessity highlights the lack of standardisation in our world - we could learn from the First Emperor of China's Qin dynasty Upon taking power in 221 BC, he unified ...

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such as education in the Chinese classics ... Early in the occupation, he helped arrange the emperor's historic first visit with MacArthur, and worked diligently to protect the throne.

Huangling County is located on the Loess Plateau of northwest China in Shaanxi Province. It is known for the Yellow Emperor s tomb, hence the name Huangling of the county. Yellow Emperor is the ...

Negotiations for the first Japanese emperor to visit China in 1992 were kept so secret that the prime minister at the time, Kiichi Miyazawa, complained he was not sufficiently consulted.