A comprehensive and sumptuously illustrated book examining the extraordinary range of Chinese dress, against a background of historical, cultural and social change. Skillfully weaving together ...
BEIJING, China (AP) — In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing historical ...
During the 18th century, the emperors of the Qing dynasty in China were surrounded by European and European-inspired objects and images in the palaces. In a way similar to European chinoiserie, ...