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”
Tag: China
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
Original Flavours 原製原味 @ Zhoushan
Putuoshan 普陀山 is a misnomer – it is not a mountain but an island. Its claim to fame is thatContinue Reading
Xiashi Casserole 夏氏砂锅 @ Wuhan
Second night in Wuhan, and we were treated to a great meal in a very local restaurant by our friendsContinue 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).
Bridges, Canals, Families 小桥流水人家
Jiangnan, or “South of the Yangtze River”, has long been a prosperous region when the North was engaged in numerousContinue Reading
Nanjing Impressions 南京大牌档 @ Nanjing
When our Didi driver (Chinese equivalent of Uber) recommended us to go to Nanjing Impressions, we were skeptical. We didn’tContinue Reading
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.