About Tai Sui
In the Song Dynasty, the Tai Sui Star was personified and transformed from an imaginary star to a god. In the Ming Dynasty, the belief in Tai Sui was recognized by the ruling regime and sacrificial altars were especially…
Chinese Poetry: The Classic of Odes & Chu Ci
The Classic of Odes is the first poem collection covering 305 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC – 711 BC) to the middle Spring and…
Education in Zhou & Han Dynasties
Although it had no relationship originally with family background, the ‘Zhongzheng’ was himself invariably a member of the upper classes and he would often show partiality to families of…
Chinese Bronze Vessels
Till the Han Dynasty (206BC – 220), the place of bronze vessels was substituted for those of jade, pottery, and iron. Afterwards, bronze was mostly used for mirrors in…
About Procelain from the Yuan to the Qing Dynasties
Tremendous varieties of vessel shapes, lustrous glaze colors and wonderful decoration designs of that period were conformative evidence. Famous brands included white Dehua wares from Fujian Province, Yixing Zisha(boccaro)…
