#Belltower of the #Temple of the #Moon
(Chinese: 月壇/月坛, Pinyin: Yuètán)
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Moon_(China)
"…altar located in Fuchengmen, Xicheng District, in western #Beijing #China. The #altar was built in 1530 during the #MingDynasty for use in #ritual #sacrifice to the Moon by the #Emperor of China…"
#TempleOfTheMoon #MingDynasty #Chinese #achitecture #antiquity #Time & #Timelessness
#belltower #temple #moon #beijing #china #altar #mingdynasty #ritual #sacrifice #emperor #templeofthemoon #chinese #achitecture #antiquity #time #timelessness
Oxalis corniculata aka creeping #woodsorrel is #edible & whole plant is rich in #VitaminC - it has tangy, lemony flavour. Great to make into tea or toss on salads. Best in low dosages.
It's also a #hyperaccumulator of #copper - used for phytoremediation. 1491 #MingDynasty 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 #plant 👍
#woodsorrel #edible #vitaminc #hyperaccumulator #copper #mingdynasty #plant
"'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
https://news.artnet.com/market/rare-ming-dynasty-cloisonne-box-attic-discovery-auction-2305463 via Artnet
Photo: Dreweatts
#MingDynasty #China #ChineseArt #Art #Cloisonné #Cloisonne
#mingdynasty #China #chineseart #art #cloisonne
More for #InternationalZebraDay: Detail from p.189 of the sole known surviving copy of _Yi yu tu zhi_, c. 1430, from #MingDynasty #China. This illustration records what was probably the first #zebra seen in China; it was brought back from Admiral Zheng He's voyage to East #Africa (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: https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-FC-00246-00005/1
#internationalzebraday #mingdynasty #china #zebra #africa
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
#muons.
Learn more: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/muon-scan-mystery-ancient-chinese-wall
#muons #Science #physics #particlephysics #mingdynasty
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
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
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.
#guanyin #avalokiteshvara #mingdynasty
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
In this #MingDynasty #painting of the Queen Mother of the West (西王母), the tiger's face is priceless. For plausibility, the #tiger is labeled “Foo dog”, despite well-known mythological association between #Xiwangmu and #tigers )
Actually, the #Chinese way of depicting #felines deserves a monograph.
#TraditionalArt #Art #religiousArt
#mingdynasty #painting #tiger #xiwangmu #tigers #chinese #felines #TraditionalArt #art #religiousart
Growing 🍃
A favorite tree of mine in the Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Oregon.
#Chinesegarden #chinesemedicine #chineseculture #chineseart #Portland #Oregon #treesofmastodon #chinesestyle #Portlandnw #portlandphotographer #oregonnw #lansuchinesegarden #hiddentreasures #architectures #mingdynasty #lanternfestival #naturalworld #peacefulplace
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