Results found with the tag 'china' , 241 articles in total.
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[City Guide]
About the Gaochang Ruins
The Gaochang(高昌Gāochāng) was an ancient city with a history of more than 1300 years and it was destroyed in the war. The city saw frequent changes of dynasties in hundreds of years.
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[Customs]
Shehuo Ladle Mask 社火马勺
Shehuo ladle mask is mainly painted on the wooden ladle – a utensil used to scoop water or grain in ancient China, so it is called ladle mask.
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[City Guide]
About the Shixia Site
The site which overlaps chronologically both Hemudu and the southwest Guangxi Shell Middens is in northern Guangdong at Shixia(石厦Shíshà). This site has three stratums corresponding to the Wes
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About the Erlitou Site
The Erlitou(二里头èrlǐtóu) Site, which is the city ruins of the late Xia Dynasty with an area of about 3 square kilometers. Remains such as palace, residential area, pottery and bronze worksho
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[City Guide]
the Panlongcheng Site
The Panlongcheng(盘龙城Pánlóngchéng) Site is the city ruins of the middle Shang Dynasty. The site, located near the confluence of the Yangtze and Hanshui rivers in central Hubei Province.
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[City Guide]
About the Sites of Xianyang City and Palaces of Qin Dynasty
The Xianyang(咸阳Xiányáng)City with an area of nearly 48 square kilometers lies in the Central Plain of Shaanxi, 25 kilometers to the southeast of Xi'an City, and sits against the Jiushan Mount
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[City Guide]
About the Capital Chang'an of Han
Construction of the ancient Han capital Chang'an began under Emperor Gao Zu (206-194BC); but it was not until the reign of Emperor Hui Di (194-187 BC), the second Han emperor, that the walls of H
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[City Guide]
The Site of City Yecheng in China
Situated on the banks of the Zhanghe River and 18 kilometers to the north of Anyang City, the Yecheng(邺城Yèchéng) City Site is one of the most important ancient capitals. After the extinction
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[Customs]
The Sites of the Liangzhu Culture
Liangzhu(良渚liángzhǔ)Culture, with an area of 34 square kilometers, is a late Neolithic (Chalcolithic) Culture located in Southeast China.
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Thangka Center in Shangri-la Protects Tibetan Culture 唐卡
The middle-aged Tibetan man is a principal founder of the Thangka Center and the Shangri-la Association of Cultural Preservation in Shangri-la county, Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in south
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About the Tonglushan Mining and Smelting Site
It is the ruins of a mining and smelting site during the Han and the Western Zhou dynasties, covering an area of about 8 square kilometers. Tonglushan Mining and Smelting Site was unearthed in 19
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Taosi Site in Shanxi
The Taosi(陶寺Táosì) Site is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, covering an area of about 3 million square meters. The site has relics mainly of the Longshan Culture, some of Mi
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[Customs]
Te-hua Porcelain 德化瓷
The lush forest and fine quality porcelain clay make Te-hua porcelain very famous. It is said that Te-hua porcelain began in Song dynasty, but it was found to be started in Shang and Zhou periods
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About the Qijiaping Site
The Qijiaping(齐家坪Qíjiāpíng) Site in Guanghe, Gansu Province, a late Neolithic Age cultural relic, covers an area of 1.5 square kilometers. Quite a few ancient houses, storage pits and tombs
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Lacquer ware that 'maddens the cat' - Fuzhou bodiless lacquer ware 福州脱胎漆器
Fuzhou bodiless lacquer ware is an art treasure with distinctive ethnic style and strong local characteristics, dubbed as one of the “Three Treasures” of traditional Chinese handcrafts together
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Yutian Clay Sculpture 玉田泥塑
Yutian clay figurines, with a history of over 200 years, have more than 130 kinds of animals , gods of longevity , Goddess of the Moon flying to the moon and others in various shapes .
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Pingyao Lacquer Ware Wins Popularity from Foreign Visitors 平遥漆器
The varnishing lacquer ware of Pingyao County is listed in the first national non-material cultural heritage list. Many visitors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and other countries are likely to buy Pingy
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[Customs]
Tapestries of History 织锦
Elaborate altar cloths in shrines and temples were a reflection of the congregation's devotion, and wealth.
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[City Guide]
About the Kiln Site at Yaozhou
It has offered very important material objects for the thorough study of the history of the Yaozhou kiln, and helped to date other kilns located in northern China during the period from the Tang
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[Customs]
About the Two Mausoleums of State of Southern Tang
There are Li Sheng and Li Jing's tombs of the State of Southern Tang(南唐Nántáng) located at the foot of Zutang Mountain. The two mausoleums are the largest imperial tombs during the Five Dynas