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Krononaut Moon · @KronoMoon
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(Chinese: 月壇/月坛, Pinyin: Yuètán)
🔗 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_t

"…altar located in Fuchengmen, Xicheng District, in western . The was built in 1530 during the for use in to the Moon by the of China…"

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#belltower #temple #moon #beijing #china #altar #mingdynasty #ritual #sacrifice #emperor #templeofthemoon #chinese #achitecture #antiquity #time #timelessness

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
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Oxalis corniculata aka creeping is & whole plant is rich in - it has tangy, lemony flavour. Great to make into tea or toss on salads. Best in low dosages.

It's also a of - used for phytoremediation. 1491 text - 'Precious Secrets of the Realm of the King of Xin' - describes how to locate underground copper deposits by extracting trace elements of copper from the 👍

#woodsorrel #edible #vitaminc #hyperaccumulator #copper #mingdynasty #plant

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Starchy Compliment · @starchydish
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"'It was only when my colleague, Yingwen Tao, was able to compare it with the example at Fenton House in London that we started to believe it could be a "lost" example of this rare group,' Newstead added. 'We knew it would attract worldwide attention.'"

Rare Ming Cloisonné Box, Languishing for Decades in Dusty Attic, Fetches Stunning US$358K at Auction

news.artnet.com/market/rare-mi via Artnet
Photo: Dreweatts

#mingdynasty #China #chineseart #art #cloisonne

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Art History Animalia · @art_history_animalia
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More for : Detail from p.189 of the sole known surviving copy of _Yi yu tu zhi_, c. 1430, from . This illustration records what was probably the first seen in China; it was brought back from Admiral Zheng He's voyage to East (one of the "Ming Treasure Voyages") and presented to the Ming emperor, along with a giraffe and an oryx (also probably the first of each seen in China). University of Cambridge Digital Library: cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FC-

#internationalzebraday #mingdynasty #china #zebra #africa

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Science News · @sciencenews
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For nearly 650 years, the fortress walls in the Chinese city of Xi’an have served as a formidable barrier around the central city. At 12 meters high and up to 18 meters thick, they are impervious to almost everything — except subatomic particles called
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Learn more: sciencenews.org/article/muon-s

#muons #Science #physics #particlephysics #mingdynasty

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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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Lee Fife · @colo_lee
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Two more representations of the bodhisattva.

The first statue, from the Ming dynasty, portrays the bodhisattva as make, in Indian garb. Notable in this one are the four heads in the headgarb.

The second statue, from the Tang dynasty shows the bodhisattva standing in almost a dance pose.

#guanyin #avalokiteshvara #mingdynasty #tangdynasty

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Lee Fife · @colo_lee
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Starting in the Song dynasty, about 1000 CE, the bodhisattva began to be portrayed as female in China and identified with the deity Guanyin.

These pictures are of a Ming dynasty bronze statue of Guanyin.

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#guanyin #avalokiteshvara #mingdynasty

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Lee Fife · @colo_lee
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Guanyin, the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara, in their many guises ...

First up is a Yuan or Ming dynasty wooden carving of the bodhisattva

#guanyin #avalokiteshvara #yuandynasty #mingdynasty

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Lao Ye · @stellarbeast
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In this of the Queen Mother of the West (西王母), the tiger's face is priceless. For plausibility, the is labeled “Foo dog”, despite well-known mythological association between and )
Actually, the way of depicting deserves a monograph.

#mingdynasty #painting #tiger #xiwangmu #tigers #chinese #felines #TraditionalArt #art #religiousart

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HannahCrazyhawk · @HannahCrazyhawk
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#chinesegarden #chinesemedicine #chineseculture #chineseart #portland #oregon #treesofmastodon #chinesestyle #portlandnw #portlandphotographer #oregonnw #lansuchinesegarden #hiddentreasures #architectures #mingdynasty #lanternfestival #naturalworld #peacefulplace

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