The Last Emperor’s Collection Resources

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Painting and Calligraphy from the Liaoning Provincial Museum Introduction The Last Emperor’s Collection features more than twenty-four works of painting and calligraphy from the Ming […]

Enchanted Stories: Chinese Shadow Theater in Shanxi

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Treasures from the Shanxi Provincial Art Gallery Introduction The magic of the movies had a predecessor in the pre-modern world. For centuries, shadow theater — […]

Confucius (孔夫子)

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子曰﹕學而時習之，不亦說乎？ Zǐ yuē, “xué ér shí xí zhī, bù yì yuè hū?” The Master said, ‘Is it not a pleasure, having learned something, to try […]

Along the Yangzi River: Regional Culture of the Bronze Age from Hunan

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China’s Bronze Age Cultures — an Introduction With every archaeological discovery of bronze age artifacts throughout China’s vast territory, we gain a more complete and […]

China’s ‘China’: Porcelain’s Contribution to World History and Culture

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A simple and clear-cut way of demonstrating the significant impact that Chinese porcelain has had on global material culture over many centuries is to consider […]

Beijing and Nanjing: China’s Capital Cities Resources

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Beijing & Nanjing – China’s Late Imperial and Modern Capitals For over five centuries, Beijing was the imperial capital for both the Ming (1368 – […]