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Cultural Relic: Girls of All Dynasties Needs Bone HairpinsAt the first sight of the picture, what do you think is it? A knife? Actually, it is a hairpin.A total of 499 hairpins were found in the tomb. Most were in a small wooden box, while the rest were scattered about, some in bunches, others lying flat or sideways. A large number of them have decayed ser...
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Cultural Relic: Boat-shaped Painted Clay PotThis painted clay pot, like a shoe-shaped gold ingot, is unearthed at Beishouling, Baoji, Shaanxi province.In the Neolithic Age, fishing, hunting and gathering continued to be an important supplement for food procurement, and remarkable improvements were made in fishing and hunting tools and techniq...
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Cultural Relic: Pottery He Gives You SurpriseAt the first sight of the picture, what do you think it is? Three sweet potatoes? Actually, it is an ancient drinking vessel.In Chinese, we call it taohe (pottery he). This he was made from pale gray clay, a color typical of the pottery of late phase Erlitou culture. The shape of this vessel, featur...
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Cultural Relic: What?? This Bronze Gong is…When you look at this animal-like relic, have you wondered what the ancient Chinese used it for? Acutally, this is a drinking vessel.The gong first appeared in Shang Dynasty and continued to be in vogue up to early Western Zhou.It is shaped like an animal with four legs or has a ring or square base....
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Cultural Relic: Square Ding with Nipple DesignMaybe you have already heard of ding, a tool for cooking and preserving meat in ancient time, as a kind of famous Chinse cultural relics. Today, we are gonna introduce more information about it to you.Shaped like a square dou, a measure for grain in old China, and decorated with taotie and nipple mo...
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Cultural Relic: Ceramic Figurine of WarriorsIn ancient China, artists made many ceramic figurines of warriors. Today we are gonna provide you with one of this kind.Both warriors wear helmets that protect their ears and necks. They are clad in shining armor with round breastplates on their chests, belts around their waists and black flowers on...
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