A special exhibition featuring the Chinese imperial examination system, which is on display at the Shenzhen Museum until May 29, provides a special opportunity for city residents to learn more about ...

Building personnel pools by selecting saints and talents: Different from Athenian democracy, which elected their rotating officials and juridical staff by lottery, the Chinese officials were selected ...

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is the traditional "Qixi Festival" in Chinese culture. According to folklore, it is also the birthday of Kuixing – the god of examinations. In the ancient ...

The Shanghai Museum of the Chinese Imperial Examination System is located inside the Confucius Temple in Jiading. It is the only museum specializing in the imperial examination system in the world.

People visit the exam hall in the China Imperial Examination Museum at its opening on Aug 11 in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. [Photo/Xinhua] Ever wonder how ancient Chinese took a "college entrance exam" ...

A record 7.7 million Chinese youths sat for an intense test to try to secure one of 200,000 government jobs. With unemployment raging, people are fighting for the one-in-40 chance to work in the civil ...