Shamanism has a long, respected history in China. The wordwu巫 , interpreted asshaman, was first found inscribed on oracle bones dating from the Shang Dynasty (1554-1046 BCE). A shaman is a spirit-intermediary or a spirit median. This term referred to either a male or female practitioner ...
they rediscovered Yinxu, the former capital of Shang Dynasty that has long been lost in history, near Xiaotun of Anyang City, Henan Province. Here, they unearthed more oracle bones, which presented us a much clearer pictu...
portray a rich spiritual life. Their complicated decorative patterns — taotie (a mythological creature), dragons, phoenixes, cicadas, and so on, represent a mix of totems and artistic styles from across various regions in China.
Bo Huangmight have been a mythological person, but there is no reference to him in historical records. His name can be translated literally as "Self-Appointed Official", which could possibly refer to the fact that he was held up as the first person to have created positions of rank. (Chap...
Surely the scholar meant something other than the mythological creature from ancient tales, symbolizing the sun? The laughter stopped abruptly. People exchanged looks, but no one answered him. Jingjing squeezed his hand and whispered, “I’ll tell you later.” Ruofei suddenly had the sensation ...
(26) While different names are frequently applied to different goddesses, (27) in the case of our hymn, the wider mythological context (Krsna's complex birth story) identifies the goddess as Durga. As Thomas Coburn's study of the early hymns to Durga has shown, names and attributes ...
This study is an analysis on the Mythological imagism of Li Shang-yin''s Poetry in the late Tang dynasty. The mythic poetry of Li Shang-yin occupies a part... 빈미정 被引量: 0发表: 2017年0关于我们 百度学术集成海量学术资源,融合人工智能、深度学习、大数据分析等技术,为科研工作者提供全...
lacquer objects are finely painted, red on black or black on red. The world’s oldest painting on silk discovered to date was found at a site in Changsha, Hunan province. It shows a woman accompanied by a phoenix and a dragon, two mythological animals that feature prominently in Chinese ...
Proceed to the route to get to Matanggejia Village, whose residents are the ancestors of Houyi, a mythological Chinese archer. A fulfilling day comes to an end and you can have a good night’s sleep. Day 3, Another full day awaits you, so make sure you have enough for breakfast. ...
The second topic of the chapter is Jifei's journey of renouncing secular life. The historical process of his experience is largely obscured by these biographies' mythological presentation, which indicates the degree to which Buddhism had been incorporated into popular culture during the time. The ...