and Zheng proclaimed himself Qin Shi Huangdi or "First Sovereign Emperor of the Qin Dynasty". He called the united empire "Qin", which many academics believe is the origin of the name "China".

After unifying the country, Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, deployed imperial troops in pursuit of the Huns and finally built the formidable protective screen of the Great Wall.

Chinese horticulture began in the Qin Dynasty (1644-1911), and two royal garden construction upsurges occurred during the Qin/Han (221BC-220AD) and Sui/Tang (581-907) dynasties. Private gardens ...

As the Qin, China's first dynasty, lasted only from 221 to 206 BC ... Continuing Mao's praise of the First Emperor, in 1974 the Party's leading journal, Red Flag, proclaimed that ‘book burning was a ...

This is Shudao, or "Roads to Shu". Shu is a historical term roughly referring to present-day Sichuan province. The ancient ...

The Fang Jinlong concert in Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ...