Ironically, the imperial edict announcing the abdication of the last Qing emperor, Puyi, on December 25, 1911, was issued by Empress Dowager Longyu in the traditional fashion. No finer mockery of ...

To ease their transition into power, the first Qing emperor Shunzhi kept many Ming officials and systems in place. He pacified the people by burying the last Ming emperor with honours and gave ...

General Feng Yuxiang (1882 - 1948) drove Puyi (1906 - 1967), the last Qing emperor, out of the Forbidden City in 1924 and disbanded the imperial garden, was opened to the public in 1925.

A rare Qing dynasty painting, titled "The Blue Goats," heads to auction at Sotheby's Hong Kong with a high estimate of $19 ...

Puren, a half-brother of Puyi, the last Emperor of China ... sibling and was considered a hypothetical heir of the Manchu Qing dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1912. In 1947 Puren ...

The museum -- established in the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties after the last emperor Pu Yi and his household were evicted from the Forbidden City -- celebrates its 100th ...

A Qing dynasty lacquer panel featuring Taoist ... ruling Republic of China government after the removal of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China. In the early 1930s, the Palace Museum moved many ...

In Beijing’s Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China’s Ming and Qing emperors and their legions ... especially that of the Qing, China’s last dynasty that was known for its ...