Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

The box cover that serves as evidence of the Zidanku silk manuscripts' circulation in the United States is presented at a handover ceremony in Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 20. In 1942, a long-sealed tomb from the Warring States Period in the Zidanku area on the outskirts of Changsha, Hunan province, was plundered by grave robbers who stole the earliest silk manuscripts ever found in China. Eight decades later, they are still the only known silk manuscripts of the Chu state from the Warring States Period excavated in China. In 1946, John Hadley Cox, an American teacher at Yali High School in Changsha, is said to have cheated Cai and illicitly took the silk manuscripts to the United States.

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Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

The box cover that serves as evidence of the Zidanku silk manuscripts' circulation in the United States is presented at a handover ceremony in Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 20. In 1942, a long-sealed tomb from the Warring States Period in the Zidanku area on the outskirts of Changsha, Hunan province, was plundered by grave robbers who stole the earliest …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

The box cover was used to hold the manuscripts. The box was used to hold the manuscripts, with labels from Fogg Art Museum that can prove the manuscripts were collected at the museum on Sept 16, 1946, an important piece of the evidence chain of the manuscripts' complex journey in the US. The returning ceremony was held at the International …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Studies show that the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with more than 900 Warring States Period characters and pictures of mythical gods. "Zidanku manuscripts are important not only as the earliest silk manuscripts …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

The box cover that serves as evidence of the Zidanku silk manuscripts' circulation in the United States is presented at a handover ceremony in Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 20. In 1942, a long-sealed tomb from the Warring States Period in the Zidanku area on the outskirts of Changsha, Hunan province, was plundered by grave robbers who stole the earliest …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Studies show that the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with more than 900 Warring States Period characters and pictures of mythical gods. "Zidanku manuscripts are important not only as the earliest silk manuscripts …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

The box cover was used to hold the manuscripts. The box was used to hold the manuscripts, with labels from Fogg Art Museum that can prove the manuscripts were collected at the museum on Sept 16, 1946, an important piece of the evidence chain of the manuscripts' complex journey in the US. The returning ceremony was held at the International …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

The box cover that serves as evidence of the Zidanku silk manuscripts' circulation in the United States is presented at a handover ceremony in Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 20. In 1942, a long-sealed tomb from the Warring States Period in the Zidanku area on the outskirts of Changsha, Hunan province, was plundered by grave robbers who stole the earliest …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Studies show that the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with more than 900 Warring States Period characters and pictures of mythical gods. "Zidanku manuscripts are important not only as the earliest silk manuscripts …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

The box cover was used to hold the manuscripts. The box was used to hold the manuscripts, with labels from Fogg Art Museum that can prove the manuscripts were collected at the museum on Sept 16, 1946, an important piece of the evidence chain of the manuscripts' complex journey in the US. The returning ceremony was held at the International …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

The box cover that serves as evidence of the Zidanku silk manuscripts' circulation in the United States is presented at a handover ceremony in Qingdao, Shandong province, on June 20. In 1942, a long-sealed tomb from the Warring States Period in the Zidanku area on the outskirts of Changsha, Hunan province, was plundered by grave robbers who stole the earliest …

International conference addresses cultural object restitution from colonial contexts
6 months ago

International conference addresses cultural object restitution from colonial contexts

China Daily  

A handover session for the physical evidence of the circulation of Zidanku Silk Manuscripts in the United States from the University of Chicago to China, is held at the International Conference on the Protection and Return of Cultural Objects Removed from Colonial Contexts in Qingdao, Shandong province on Thursday. The 2nd council meeting of the Alliance for Cultural Heritage in …

International conference addresses cultural object restitution from colonial contexts
6 months ago

International conference addresses cultural object restitution from colonial contexts

China Daily  

A handover session for the physical evidence of the circulation of Zidanku Silk Manuscripts in the United States from the University of Chicago to China, is held at the International Conference on the Protection and Return of Cultural Objects Removed from Colonial Contexts in Qingdao, Shandong province on Thursday. The 2nd council meeting of the Alliance for Cultural Heritage in …

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