The paper of Marquis Tshai is a kind of paper invented by Cai Lun during the Han Dynasty (202BC-220 AD) which is made of mulberry and other plant fibers. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen) ...

More than 2,100 years ago, a high-ranking official in China’s Western Han Dynasty was buried in a huge tomb filled with treasures. Since then, the tomb has remained untouched, its contents well ...

Papermaking is one of ancient China’s greatest inventions. There has been more than 2000 years of history since Cai Lun invented paper in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25 BC – AD 220). Although now ...

Made of iron, copper, and leather, the multi-material armor scales are the first and smallest of its kind ever discovered in Han Dynasty archaeology. Found in the west part of the outer coffin of ...

The Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology reported that the tomb is clearly dated to the early Western Han Dynasty in Wulong District, Chongqing, marking the first time that so ...

China may already have paper in real terms during the Western Han Dynasty (206BC-AD24), experts said after the recent discovery of a batch of ancient paper pieces from the Xuanquanzhi ruins of ...

Cai Lun, a Han dynasty (202BC-220AD) Chinese eunuch and official, is traditionally regarded as the originator of paper and the papermaking process, in forms recognizable in modern times as paper.

Han Dynasty is a (small) franchise of trendy, generally city-based Chinese restaurants. The original location was opened in 2007, when owner Han Chiang strove to bring authentic Sichuan cuisine to ...

Bronze mirrors like the one pictured here were luxury items in Han dynasty China. Researchers recently discovered a trove of 80 ancient mirrors at a cemetery in Shaanxi Province. Public domain via ...

Little Saigon to honor Vietnamese sisters who led a revolt against the Han Dynasty The corner of Pagoda Way and Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, CA, on Monday, July 3, 2023.