Tianjin Museum – Story Recorded on Wood 简述中国
Bamboo and wooden slips were once an important writing medium in Chinese history. They hold an important historical position andContinue Reading
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工作不忘娱乐 All work and no play makes J a dull boy.
Treasure – Canton Glass Painting Screens (Qing Dynasty)
The production of flat sheets of glass had yet to be accomplished in China, so large mirror plates were imported for local artisans, who combined traditional Chinese ink painting with learned Western techniques to create new, highly desirable works of art.
National Treasure – Jade Dragon (Neolithic – Hongshan)
This is the famous C-shaped jade dragon, a significant artefact from the Neolithic Hongshan culture.
Tianjin Museum – Special Exhibition : Shang Capital Crafts 商邑百工
This special exhibition is a collaboration by Tianjin Museum and Yinxu Museum, assisted by Anyang Museum and Anyang Research InstituteContinue Reading
National Treasure – Painted Pottery Basin with Dancing Figures (Neolithic)
I like to shake a leg /
I like to nod my head /
I like to make a snow angel while lying in my bed /
– Jason Mraz, “I feel like dancing”
Tianjin Museum – Tianjin in the Past Hundred Years 中华百年看天津
This exhibition covers the history of Tianjin in modern history. The exhibition covers the period from the First Opium WarContinue Reading
National Museum of China 中国国家博物馆
If you only have time for one museum in Beijing, make it the National Museum of China. Located right on the east side of Tiananmen Square, it’s one of the largest and most comprehensive museums in the world. Walking through its halls feels like traversing 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.
National Treasure – Seal of Dian King (Western Han)
It was the fashion to bury the seal with the dead, and due to this custom that since the Han dynasty thousands of Han seals have been unearthed.
Tomb Raider – Tomb of Li Jingxun 李静训墓
Her brief life was spent at the intersection of the Dugu, Yuwen, Yang, and Li clans—the four families that effectively steered the course of Chinese history toward the Tang dynasty (618-907).
National Treasures – Two Glass Vessels of Li Jingxun (Sui Dynasty)
The owner was a pearl on the palms of her distinguished parents, and when her life was cut short, she was buried with funerary goods of a Princess.