Access to this vast complex of ... enthronements and royal weddings. During the Qing dynasty the hall served many public purposes, including hosting the Imperial Palace Exams every three years ...

This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2014. Contributed by Elsa M. Redmond, February 22, 2017 (sent for review ...

As the royal residences of the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties from the 15th to 20th century, the Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang were the centre of ...

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and ... Mound 2 contained the remains of a palace complex dating to the first half of the third millennium B.C. Mounds 3, 4, and 5 contain pottery dating ...