Foot-Binding was a practice first carried out on young girls in Tang Dynasty China to restrict their normal growth and make their feet as small as possible. https://www.worldhistory.org/Foot-Binding/ #History #China #Foot-Binding #SongDynasty
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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.
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In The Water Margin, what would a "wide-brimmed felt hat" actually look like? It's not just a fedora, is it?
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