incense burnerIncense burner, bronze, from China, Western Han dynasty, about 100bce; in the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Height 10.16 cm. The Han was not only a literate society but one of compulsive record keepers. Thus, the culturalmilieuof thedynastywas well documented. The Yuefu, or Musi...
Han dynasty, the second great imperial dynasty of China (206 BCE–220 CE), after the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BCE). So thoroughly did the Han dynasty establish what was thereafter considered Chinese culture that ‘Han’ became the Chinese word denoting so
What matters is the fiber you use. In the Tang Dynasty, they made lots of advancements in papermaking using more bark. The paper became whiter and firmer. They also made things like waterproof paper and papers of different colors. The photo shows some fine colored paper that is now in the...
Long before the game of soccer was introduced in China, texts spoke about a game known as “cuju” which was an ancient version of soccer. It was invented during the Han dynasty when it was played by royalty, the upper classes, and military officials only. The game’s rules talk about ...
Self-castration was voluntarily performed by men who wanted to serve the Emperor, who employed about 70,000 eunuchs duringthe Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). To ensure the purity of the imperial bloodline, eunuchs were the only males allowed to be in certain sections of the Forbidden City. ...
anthologies, history accounts and encyclopedia. The most famous and important book of the Han dynasty is the Book of the Mountains and Seas. This atlas-like book includes every information known at the era about geography and topography of known lands, ecology, zoology and botany and famous ...
Qing Dynasty Emperors, Timeline & Facts Lesson Transcript Author Logan Etheredge View bio Instructor Margaret Moran View bio The last Chinese dynasty only came to an end about one hundred years ago. This lesson will discuss the rise and fall of the Qing Dynasty and its ruling emperors...
Learn all about the dynastic cycle. Explore the history of the dynastic cycle in China, how the cycle works, and different facts about the dynastic...
The Chinese trace their writing tooracle bonesfrom at least theShang Dynasty. InEmpires of the Silk Road,Christopher I. Beckwith says it is likely that the Chinese heard about writing from theSteppe peoplewho also introduced them to the war chariot. ...
The two items recorded in "武库永始四年兵车器集簿"(Statistics Report of the Chariots and Weapons Stored in Armory at the 4th year of the Yongshi Reign of the Han Dynasty)on a wooden slip of the Han Dynasty unearthed from Yinwan,i.e."乌孙公主诸侯使节九十三" and "致支单于兵九",contain...