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The Chinese Grandfather Chair
The taishiyi means literally theImperial Rector's chairbut has been loosely called by some old-time Western residents in China thegrandfather chair.It is different from its Western counterpart in that it is not upholstered but made of hard wood and...
Stele on the Back of Stone Tortoise
Visitors to China's mausoleums,temples and parks will come across many a stone stele standing on a stone pedestal in the form of a tortoise.Some of these stelate are well shaped out of high-grade smooth stone and bear inscriptions engraved in elegan...
Sedans
The sedan or sedanchair(jiaozi),a traditional vehicle of transportation carried by bearers,was called at the beginning jianyu(shoulder carriage),being a carriage that travelled on human shoulders.Jiaozi is its comparatively modern name. In old times...
Ancient Figurines
Most ancient figurines have come down as funerary objects.They have their origin in the institution of immolation or burying the living with the dead. Immolation was practised in the period of slavery.In 1950,excavations made of a Shang Dynasty(c.17...
The Bronze Drum
The bronze drum is not covered with skin but made entirely of hollowed bronze,and it is the most popular instrument among the ethnic minorities in the south and southwest of China.Its beginning may be traced to be bronze cauldron,a cooking utensil i...
The Bronze Mirror
The bronze mirror,like its modern glass counterpart,was a household article of daily use in which to look at oneself.Its obverse side is so smoothly polished that it can reflect the image of the user's face.The reverse side is often cast with a knob...
The Bronze Tripod or Cauldron
The bronze ding.a cooking utensil in remote times,was used like a cauldron for boiling fish and meat.At first,about 5,000to 6,000 years ago,the ding was made of fired clay,usually with three legs,occasionally with four that is why it is loosely refe...