"Too much mystery surrounds the Forbidden City for us to write of its inmates with assured authority. Even when the facts are known, there are two or three versions, each giving a different rendering ...

A new exhibit at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., features photos of Cixi, a teenage concubine turned empress who ruled China for 43... Powerful Portraits Capture China's Empress Dowager ...

Consider Supporting HoH: During the closing decade of the 19th century, elements of old and new existed side by side in China ...

Explore Deling And Cixi, a play that humanises Empress Dowager Cixi, revealing her complex character beyond historical caricature. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON — Cixi, the Grand Empress Dowager, led China for more than half a century until her death in 1908. In 1903, she opened up to one Western influence: photography. The Smithsonian’s Arthur M.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Cixi (慈禧太后), Empress Dowager of China ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, ...

The photographs of the Empress Dowager Cixi taken by Xunling are more Western than Eastern in style. Freer and Sackler Galleries, SI Spin doctoring—the art of turning bad news into good and scoundrels ...

Her original first name was considered too inconsequential to enter in the court registry, yet she became the most powerful woman in 19th-century China. Born in 1835 to a prominent Manchu family, Cixi ...

BEIJING — She entered the world of an ancient empire as a teenage concubine, chosen by the emperor to share his bed for her good looks, immaculate comportment and, above all, her ability to sing.