Taiping houkui
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Taiping houkui tea is grown at the foot of Huangshan in the former Taiping Prefecture, Anhui. It has been grown since the Ming Dynasty and was harvested for emperors during the Qing Dynasty. The tea h
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Ming dynasty
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The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynast
Portrait of the Hongwu Emperor (r. 1368–1398)
The Great Wall of China: while segments of earlier rammed earth walls were first unified by the Qin and Han dynasties, the vast majority of the brick and stone Great Wall is a product of the Ming.
A 17th-century Tibetan thangka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra; the Ming court gathered various tribute items that were native products of Tibet (such as thangkas), and in return granted gifts to Tibetan tribute-bearers.
Portrait of the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424)