Dragon-Shaped Rectangular Mirrors Specification: 115.1 centimeters long; 57.5 centimeters wide; 56.5 kilograms in weight.
Excavation: Zibo, Shandong Province, in 1980
Collection place: Zibo Museum in Shandong Province.
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Time: Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1,100 BC-771 BC)
Specification: 39 centimeters high; 28.6 centimeters in caliber; 14.6 kilograms in weight
Excavation: Jiacun Village, Baoji, Shaanxi Province, in 1963Collection place: Baoji Bronze Ware Museum, Shaanxi Province
With four ridges running all the way down, it bears such designs as animals and plant leaves. On the interior bottom is an inscription of 122 Chinese characters in 12 lines, which are of great historic importance.
Maoling Mausoleum Stone Carving
Time: Western Han dynasty (206 BC-24 AD)
Excavation: Maoling Village, Xingping County, Shaanxi Province
Collection place: Maoling Museum in Xingping
Located in Xingping County, 40 kilometers northwest of Xi'an, Maoling Mausoleum is the resting place for Emperor Han Wudi. Around Maoling Mausoleum, more than 20 tombs now still accompany Emperor Han Wudi. Most of them are the tombs of imperial wives, meritorious ministers and worthy nobles. Here also to be found is the Tomb of Huo Qubing, which is renowned for its magnificent stone carvings.
Time: Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1,100 BC-771 BC)
Shi Qiang Pan (Water Container)
Time: Western Zhou Dynasty (about 1,100 BC-771 BC)
Specification: 16.2 centimeters high, 47.3 centimeters in caliber, 8.6 centimeters deep
Excavation: Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province, in 1976
Collection place: Zhouyuan Fufeng Administrative Office of Cultural Relics
This vessel is one of 103 bronzes from Hoard 1 at Zhuangbai in the area known as the Zhou Yuan, which has yielded the largest number of bronze vessels in all of China. Inscriptions on the Zhuangbai vessels refer to five generations of the Wei family. The vessels document changes in the nature of ritual objects and styles of decoration.
The pan vessel seen here, with its bird motifs, belongs to the middle of the Western Zhou period. A lengthy inscription inside the basin makes it one of the most important ancient bronzes. The 284 characters are presented in two parallel halves. One side is a poetic description of the first seven Zhou kings. The other describes four generations of the Wei family, ending with a wish for long life and continued merit in the service of the Zhou kings.
The inscription identifies members of the extended family. We know that the first ancestor was related to the ruling house of the Shang dynasty. By submitting to King Wu of Zhou, the family was rewarded with a plot of land in the Zhou Yuan area. The vessel's owner (Shi Qiang) speaks of his current duties as royal scribe. By documenting his family history, Qiang was underscoring his family's connections to the Zhou court.
Time: Qin Dynasty (221BC-207BC)
Excavation: Lintong District in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, in 1980
Collection place: The Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum
Two sets of half life-size carriages and horses were discovered. They are believed to symbolize deluxe sedans for the emperor to go on inspection tours in his life. The major parts have been kept well and the carriages still work today. They were originally painted in exquisite colors, which peeled off over time. The 0.1~0.4-meter-thick umbrellas fixed above cover an area of 1.12 and 2.3 sq meters respectively.
Time: Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD)
Specification: 198 centimeters in height
Excavation: Mianyang, Sichuan Province, in 1990
Collection place: Mianyang Museum in Sichuan Province
Cash tree was made of bronze.
Time: Shang Dynasty (about 1,600 BC-1,100BC)
The Bronze Holy Tree
回族是中国信仰伊斯兰教的民族之一。其服饰由于地域、性别、教派之差异,构成了不同风貌和特色。
藏装的基本特点是长袖、宽腰、大襟、肥大。藏族服饰追求宁静的风格,同时又强调华美、富丽。但是,出于藏族劳动生息在雪域高原之上,各地自然条件差异很大,加上宗教信仰的影响,所以藏族服饰并非清一色的宽袍大袖,而是丰富多采的。 




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