Qing Dynasty - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/rss/330358/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png Qing Dynasty - South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com Adolfo Arranz,Marcelo Duhalde,Marco Hernandez Adolfo Arranz,Marcelo Duhalde,Marco Hernandez https://www.scmp.com/infographics/china/article/3016607/history-forbidden-city?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/infographics/china/article/3016607/history-forbidden-city?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:30:08 +0000 Forbidden City infographics: relics, resilience, harem secrets and 100 years of China’s Palace Museum Marco Polo wasn’t the only adventurer who returned from China with a treasure trove of tales and mesmerising accounts of the Orient. For centuries, missionaries and traders were the savvy travellers who unlocked the mysteries of the Far East, relating them to avid European scholars and readers hungry for all things exotic. In 1666, almost 400 years after Polo’s adventures, Florentine writer and scientist Lorenzo Magalotti published Relazione della China (“Report of China”), in which he... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3140186/jesuits-rich-portrait-17th-century-china-told?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/travel/article/3140186/jesuits-rich-portrait-17th-century-china-told?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jul 2021 06:15:09 +0000 Jesuit’s rich portrait of 17th century China, as told to a Florentine scientist, intrigued a fragmented Europe Many young people in mainland China are not only choosing, or forced by economic circumstances, to remain childless, a substantial number of them are removing themselves from the rat race in a recent phenomenon known as “lying flat” (tangping). Discouraged by uneven access to resources and opportunities, the futility in chasing shifting and unreachable socio-economic markers, and the heavy toll the chase is taking on their minds, bodies and relationships, many young Chinese are simply opting... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3138431/why-are-young-chinese-people-criticised-lying-flat-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/3138431/why-are-young-chinese-people-criticised-lying-flat-it?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jun 2021 00:45:18 +0000 Why are young Chinese people criticised for ‘lying flat? It proved an invaluable cultural gain for the country once Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Explains unravels the ideas and context behind the headlines to help you understand news about China. In Europe, the years from 1839 to 1949 are often seen as a period of mass destruction and triumphant progress, world wars and technological revolutions. In China today, the 110-year period is often summarized in one word: humiliation. Once an unrivaled regional hegemon, China was beleaguered by endemic corruption, internal rebellion and ailing economy while... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-explains-why-beijing-constantly-talks-about-chinas-century-humiliation/article/3089559?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-explains-why-beijing-constantly-talks-about-chinas-century-humiliation/article/3089559?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jun 2020 07:58:34 +0000 Inkstone Explains: Why Beijing constantly talks about China’s ‘century of humiliation’ As far as green tea goes, China's Longjing (Dragon Well) tea is one of its most famous. Qing dynasty emperor Qianlong was apparently a big fan of Longjing tea, and granted imperial status to 18 tea bushes in the Longjing Village, in eastern China's Hangzhou city. Today, many of the terraced tea plantations by the West Lake will let tourists relive some of the emperor's leisurely pursuits. And only the leaves harvested from the West Lake region can be graded as Xihu Longjing, widely regarded as... https://www.scmp.com/travel/where-pick-chinas-famous-longjing-green-tea-emperors-once-did/article/2155677?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/travel/where-pick-chinas-famous-longjing-green-tea-emperors-once-did/article/2155677?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:15:15 +0000 Where to pick China's famous Longjing green tea, as royalty did Gifs by Mario Chui “The cuisine of the Qing Dynasty was flush with wild game,” says chef Yongcheng Duan of  Beijing-based restaurant chain Najia Xiaoguan (那家小馆). “The Manchus were fond of hunting and had a lot of deer, beef, and lamb in their food.” The Manchus ruled China for over 200 years as its last royals, when its downfall in 1911 ended 2,000 years of imperial rule. One documented facet of the royal Qing emperors was three-day banquets with up to 300 courses served. Those lavish events... https://www.scmp.com/food/what-royals-chinas-last-dynasty-ate/article/2152869?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/what-royals-chinas-last-dynasty-ate/article/2152869?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Jun 2018 05:15:15 +0000 What the royals of China’s last dynasty ate