Five claws were reserved for high-ranking officials.This highly embroidered silk dragon robe was made according to the imperial clothing regulations of the Qing dynasty, where civilian and ...

Remarkable auctions are shaped by remarkable collections, and Heritage’s September 24 Fine & Decorative Asian Art Signature® Auction is made up of works from more than a dozen distinguished U.S.-based ...

Qianling, the tomb of the third Tang ... Dragon Gate) and the western Bai Hu Men (White Tiger Gate). Describing buildings on the grounds, the History of Administrative Statues of the Tang Dynasty ...

cast in the Chinese Tang dynasty style, the heavenly maiden depicted in full flight, wearing a long flowing robe and scarf billowing around the shoulders, playing a musical wind instrument, traces of ...

This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The world economy in the ninth century had two powerful engines. One was Tang dynasty China, an empire stretching from ...

When I was invited to talk about the civil service exams and Tang Dynasty poetry to a class of seventh graders, I consulted my go-to text, An Anthology of Chinese Literature, Beginnings to 1911, ...

But the classification scheme was only widely adopted during the Han dynasty ... were expected to wear robes featuring ...

The Khitan and the Formation of the Liao Dynasty Indeed, the Khitan sought to take advantage of the turbulence following the collapse of the Tang dynasty (619–907). Having been influenced by the ...

Please verify your email address. In Dragon's Dogma 2, the Ares Morpho Robe is a specialized body armor designed to enhance the magical capabilities of certain vocations. Infused with the scales ...

Most pieces date back to the 18th-century Qing Dynasty, as the three Qing emperors ... The children perform a dragon dance, ...

What are the best dragon games? Since long before the days of DnD, and before Tolkien became the poster boy of fantasy, dragons have been the most fearsome and majestic creatures of myth.

These burial figures date from the Tang dynasty in China. If you died in China and you were an important figure, such as an emperor, you would want all of your retinue to come into your tomb as ...