All of which makes Nanjing’s Ming City Walls (Nanjing Chengqiang ... of Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Republic of China. Today, the palace remains a remarkable testament to the resilience of the ...

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established his capital in Nanjing (Chinese for southern capital). He ate mostly food cooked with the flavors of South China during his ...

Explore 500 years of China's imperial history at the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site once home to 24 Ming and Qing emperors.