Zhongdu was the capital of the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) for over six decades before being abandoned near the end of the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368). Aside from the city gate, archaeologists ...

Beijing celebrates 2023 as its 870th anniversary as the Chinese capital and archaeological researchers have stepped up efforts to clarify this history.

Zhongdu site, the capital city of Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) in Beijing Photo: Courtesy of Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau. Chinese archaeologists in Beijing have discovered the remains of ...

In 1127, its powerful army seized Kaifeng, a city in present-day Henan province and then capital of the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The Jin army took two Song emperors as prisoners, marking the end ...

Situated at Yulin Neighborhood, Fengtai District, Beijing, the Liao Jin City Wall Museum is built on the ruins of a water gate in Zhongdu, the capital of Jin Dynasty (1153 - 1215).

The Great Jin Dynasty has returned to the world after a team of archaeologists uncovered three tombs from the 1115-1234 AD era, located in Changzhi city, Shanxi province.. As reported by China ...

Most women in the Forbidden City were employed as maids and servants, but there was also a select group of concubines whose task was to bear children for the emperor. Those who gave birth to male ...

In 1153, the Jin Dynasty made Zhongdu its capital, and the city grew to be a prosperous metropolis. The city then became the capital of a national dynasty for the first time.