A food historian attempts to re-create old recipes described in Cao Xueqin's book, only to discover that there is more to the story.

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Tucked between the Taihang and Lyuliang mountains, Shanxi has quietly preserved the architectural DNA of China. While the ...

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Sunken finds in the South China Sea testify to rich trade networks used over hundreds of years. The sea routes brought ...

A new study reveals that the deadliest weapon of the Bronze Age originated in the Near East around 1600 BCE before spreading ...

Gua sha is a traditional Chinese scraping technique that has been practiced for thousands of years. It involves using a ...

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