"A system of [4,000 year-old] ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that #neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state authority […]
with stone age tools […] pipes run along roads and walls to divert rainwater [i.e., monsoon floods, to a surrounding moat] […] no signs of social stratification or significant inequality"
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-ancient-pipe-networks-communal.html
#Pingliangtai #LongshanPeriod #AncientChina #Archaeology
#neolithic #pingliangtai #longshanperiod #ancientchina #archaeology
Near 30 foreign students of Jiangsu University of Technology visited Sidun relic site in #Changzhou city of #Jiangsu province on July 5. The culture of Liangzhu-period (2600–2300 BC) attracted these students. #YouthinJiangsu #ChineseCulture #History #AncientChina
#changzhou #jiangsu #youthinjiangsu #chineseculture #history #ancientchina
Friday's poetry book of the day is:
#chanBuddhism #taoist #buddhism #taoism #ancientchina #naturepoetry #davidhinton
#davidhinton #naturepoetry #ancientchina #taoism #buddhism #taoist #chanbuddhism
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If you're going to read a book about #dragons it's better to stick to the
Set in #ancientchina the book #dragonhorse by #peterward satisfies two of #booklyreadathon conditions. It has #red on the cover AND has one of my favorite covers!
#dragon #dragonsheets #bedsheet #midureads #bookly #bingo #hiit #dayone
#dragons #ancientchina #dragonhorse #PeterWard #booklyreadathon #red #dragon #dragonsheets #bedsheet #midureads #bookly #bingo #hiit #dayone
Happy spring to all)
Handicraft clay figurines of Lord Rabbit (兔兒爺). Their appearance dates back to the #Ming era. Initially, these figurines were symbolic attributes of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
#MingDynasty #mythology #ChineseCulture #histodon #AncientChina #Chinese #sculpture #Art #ChineseArt #rabbit #TraditionalArt #China #porcelain #兔儿爷 #ChineseMythology #LunarNewYear #ChineseNewYear
#ming #mingdynasty #mythology #chineseculture #histodon #ancientchina #chinese #sculpture #art #chineseart #rabbit #TraditionalArt #china #porcelain #兔儿爷 #chinesemythology #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear
Astronomical personifications in #ChineseArt are distinguished by impressive vivacity. These dramatic faces.
Jade Emperor Temple (玉皇庙), Fucheng, Zezhou, Shanxi. The Hall of the Twenty-Eight (Lunar) Mansions (二十八宿殿), colored clay, Yuan Dynasty.
See also this standing figurine depicting a sign of the Chinese Zodiac from SLAM collection, Southern Song.
#AncientChina #ChineseCulture #China #Chinese #sculpture #Art #religiousArt #YuanDynasty #Daoism #astrology #SongDynasty
#chineseart #ancientchina #chineseculture #china #chinese #sculpture #art #religiousart #yuandynasty #daoism #astrology #songdynasty
Hello! Our mission is to cover the incredible complexity of #ChineseFood—both the #cuisine inside #China and #diaspora #cooking.
We love showcasing #longform and #FoodIllustration. (By the way, we welcome #pitches!)
In recent years, we have published an illustrated #cookbook and trading cards featuring Chinese veggies.
Our next book project is a collection of Chinese #food #fables from legendary times to the modern day. Our current obsessions: #FoodHistory #ChineseHistory and #AncientChina
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Hello! Our mission is to cover the incredible complexity of #ChineseFood—both the #cuisine inside #China as well as #diaspora #cooking.
We love #longform and #foodillustration. (By the way, we welcome #pitches!)
In recent years, we have published an illustrated #cookbook and trading cards featuring Chinese veggies.
Our next book project is a collection of Chinese #food fables from legendary times to the modern day. Current obsessions: #FoodHistory #ChineseHistory #AncientChina
#chinesefood #cuisine #china #diaspora #cooking #longform #foodillustration #pitches #cookbook #food #foodhistory #chinesehistory #ancientchina
A stuffed toy made in the likeness of the #bronze #horse artifact from the East Han dynasty (Gansu Provincial Museum).
#EastHanDynasty #AncientChina #history #China #Chinese #sculpture #Art #ChineseCulture #toy #weird #EasternHan
#bronze #horse #easthandynasty #ancientchina #history #china #chinese #sculpture #art #chineseculture #toy #weird #easternhan