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Musical Bells and Chime Stones
These are percussion musical instruments unique to ancient China.The zhong are made of bronze while the qing generally of stone.They may be played cither individually or in groups.In the latter case,they are hung in rows on wooden racks and known re...
Hitching Post
China has been a major agricultural country since ancient times.The use of horses as farm implements and means of transportation gave rise to hitching posts.The hitching posts of early days were made from timber.But are left to this day are mostly th...
The Sacred Way and Stone Statues
Inthe front part of imperial necropolises there is usually asacred wayor divine roadfor the spirits of the royal dead--in which the ancients believed--to walk on.This road is often lined with stone statues of men and animals as important decorations...
Tombstone and Buried Tablet
The mubei and muzhi are two different things that seve the same purpose.The Chinese tombstone(mubei),like its Western counterpart,is an oblong piece of stone,erected vertically in front of the tomb and engraved with an inscription(beiwen).The muzhi...
Bronze Ware
The bronze ware were unique national treasures for China in ancient times for their impressive designs,classical decorative ornamentaion,and wealth of inscriptions. The ancient Chinese society fell into the Stone Tool Age and the Iron Tool Age.The e...
Sealing Clay
In ancient China official and private documents were inscribed on bamboo or wooden slips.Before these documents were announced the slips were bound with a piece of thread and sealed with clay.The sealing clay was imprinted with the impression of an...
Tally
Fu,or tally,was a kind of talisman in ancient China.Before paper was invented in China,tallies were made from bamboo or wood.A tally consists of two pieces and is used to a general as imperial authorization for troop movement or other schemes.Among...
Bi and Cong Ancient Jade Carvings
Bi and cong re both objects of art fashioned out of jade in ancient times.As symbols of good luck and the blue sdy,they were used by aristocrats as ritual objects when attending audiences with the emperor,religious functions and funerals.Most often f...
Jade Clothes Sewn with Gold Thread
According to an ancient Chinese belief,when a man had put on clothes made of jade pieces sewn together with gold thread when he died,his remains would never go rotten. In 1968,Chinese archacologists working in Mancheng.Hebei Province,found such clot...
Ancient Coins
The currency is a medium for the exchange of commodities;it was the inevitable outcome of such exchanges.In ancient China the currency came in different forms and was made variously from shells,jade,gold,silver,and paper.The following is a brief int...