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CompulsoryAccount7746 · @CA7746
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Phys.org - China's ancient water pipe networks show they were a communal effort with no evidence of a centralized state authority

"A system of [4,000 year-old] ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that 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"

phys.org/news/2023-08-china-an

#neolithic #pingliangtai #longshanperiod #ancientchina #archaeology

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YouthinJiangsu · @JiangsuYouth
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Near 30 foreign students of Jiangsu University of Technology visited Sidun relic site in city of province on July 5. The culture of Liangzhu-period (2600–2300 BC) attracted these students.

#changzhou #jiangsu #youthinjiangsu #chineseculture #history #ancientchina

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Dziga Vertov 2 · @DzigaVertov2
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#davidhinton #naturepoetry #ancientchina #taoism #buddhism #taoist #chanbuddhism

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grantimatter · @grantimatter
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Google Docs - Classical Chinese Studies on Mastodon

If you're a person, a scholar of , or just interested in poetry, , or the ...
... would you mind adding your name to this form? forms.gle/e2QC4hGmrZ94GXP5A

And please pass it along to anyone you think would be interested.

Relevant to:

#daoism #ChineseLiterature #historians #confucius #laozi #yijing #ChinesePhilosophy #ClassicalChinese #ancientchina #chinastudies

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Midu Hadi · @MiduHadi
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If you're going to read a book about it's better to stick to the
Set in the book by satisfies two of conditions. It has on the cover AND has one of my favorite covers!

#dragons #ancientchina #dragonhorse #PeterWard #booklyreadathon #red #dragon #dragonsheets #bedsheet #midureads #bookly #bingo #hiit #dayone

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Lao Ye · @stellarbeast
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Happy spring to all)
Handicraft clay figurines of Lord Rabbit (兔兒爺). Their appearance dates back to the era. Initially, these figurines were symbolic attributes of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

#ming #mingdynasty #mythology #chineseculture #histodon #ancientchina #chinese #sculpture #art #chineseart #rabbit #TraditionalArt #china #porcelain #兔儿爷 #chinesemythology #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear

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Lao Ye · @stellarbeast
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Astronomical personifications in 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.

#chineseart #ancientchina #chineseculture #china #chinese #sculpture #art #religiousart #yuandynasty #daoism #astrology #songdynasty

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The Cleaver Quarterly · @thecleaverquarterly
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Hello! Our mission is to cover the incredible complexity of —both the inside and .

We love showcasing and . (By the way, we welcome !)

In recent years, we have published an illustrated and trading cards featuring Chinese veggies.

Our next book project is a collection of Chinese from legendary times to the modern day. Our current obsessions: and

#chinesefood #cuisine #china #diaspora #cooking #longform #foodillustration #pitches #cookbook #food #fables #foodhistory #chinesehistory #ancientchina

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The Cleaver Quarterly · @thecleaverquarterly
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Hello! Our mission is to cover the incredible complexity of —both the inside as well as .

We love and . (By the way, we welcome !)

In recent years, we have published an illustrated and trading cards featuring Chinese veggies.

Our next book project is a collection of Chinese fables from legendary times to the modern day. Current obsessions:

#chinesefood #cuisine #china #diaspora #cooking #longform #foodillustration #pitches #cookbook #food #foodhistory #chinesehistory #ancientchina

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Lao Ye · @stellarbeast
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A stuffed toy made in the likeness of the artifact from the East Han dynasty (Gansu Provincial Museum).

#bronze #horse #easthandynasty #ancientchina #history #china #chinese #sculpture #art #chineseculture #toy #weird #easternhan

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