In the Shang Dynasty bronze ware decorative patterns，there were many lifelike animal images，for example birds，elephants，deer，rabbits and cicadas.But the craftsmen of...
The Impression of China
Since the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty，some specific patterns gradually became abstract and formed a new design called curled...
The Taotie pattern，the most popular bronze ware decorative design in the Shang and Zhou dynasties，was named by scholars of the...
The combination of color pattern decorations and unique molds creates unique charms of bronze ware of ancient China. The bronze...
An important part of bronze ware of the Shang and Zhou dynasties is the figure work with sculptural characteristics, and...
"The most important affairs of a country lie in sacrificial rites and military affairs,"said the famous work Zuo Zhuan (Commentary...
The Yue（music）in the ancient China also refers to recreational activities including music and dance.The ancient people attached great importance to...
The water vessel is also a kind of ritual bronze.Compared with food and wine vessels，the bronze water vessel is small...
Ancient Chinese learned the ant of brewery very early. Archeologists discovered the components of ancient wine featuring rice, honey, fruit...
Bronze utensils, belonging to ritual ware, were mainly used in sacrifices, banquets and other ceremonies or events for cooking and...
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty witnessed the second peak in the development of bronze ware in China. After the fall of...
The Zhou clan, growing up in the northwestern regions, established the Zhou Dynasty after defeating theShang Dynasty under Emperor Wuwang...
The Shang Dynasty, the second slavery dynasty in China's history, was established in 1600 BC under the leadership of eastern...
Ancient Chinese believe that the origin of bronze ware is mysterious and sacred. Many vivid myths and legends on the...
The term of Bronze Age can be traced back to the first half of the 19th century. In 1918, Danish...
Hong Kong was ceded to the Great Britain in 1842 and returned to China in 1997.Chinahas undergone its downfall and...
The Palace Museum in Beijing was previously known as the Purple Forbidden City，when it was the imperial palace of both...
The Shenyang Palace Museum, as the place is now called, was built by the founder of the Manchu-Qing, Nurhachi, and...
To China，the"western seas"were what is now called the Indian Ocean.Zheng He is the given name of the great Moslem eunuch...
Marco Polo left Venice for the East in the year 1271. During the war between Venice and Genoa in 1298,...