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4 months, 3 weeks ago

The largest and heaviest bronze ding from over 2,000 years ago

The massive bronze ding of the Chu State, Eastern Zhou Dynasty, from the collection of the Anhui Museum This magnificent bronze ding, the largest and heaviest of its kind yet unearthed from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, manifests power and grandeur in its design. The ding features a 12-character inscription along its rim and two Chinese characters "An Bang" etched both …

Bronze Ding Ding Vessel

7 months ago

Culture Insider: Dragon Boat Festival

China Daily

The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is an important day for the Chinese people. Qu Yuan and Dragon Boat Festival In the Warring States Period, the State of Qin in the west was bent on annexing the other states, including the state of Chu, home of Qu Yuan. Holding the second highest office in the …

Yuan King Qin Dragon Boat Festival Chu State Qu Yuan

7 months ago

Culture Insider: Dragon Boat Festival

China Daily

The 5th day of the 5th month of the lunar year is an important day for the Chinese people. Qu Yuan and Dragon Boat Festival In the Warring States Period, the State of Qin in the west was bent on annexing the other states, including the state of Chu, home of Qu Yuan. Holding the second highest office in the …

Yuan King Qin Dragon Boat Festival Chu State Qu Yuan

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

A ceremonial bronze vessel used to contain grains, known as fu, unearthed from the site. In 241 BC, King Kaolie moved the Chu capital eastward to Shouchun to distance the state from the rising Qin state to the west. "But the scale, type, building style and rich funerary objects at the Wuwangdun Site indicate the Chu still possessed significant strength …

Qin Chu Shouchun

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

The No 1 tomb of the Wuwangdun Site in Huainan, Anhui province, believed to be the tomb of King Kaolie of the Chu state, who reigned during the late stage of the Warring States Period. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Findings at Wuwangdun shed intriguing light on how society was organized millennia ago, Wang Ru reports in Huainan, Anhui province. The 15-meter-high …

Tomb Chu Huainan Warring State Wuwangdun Site

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

The No 1 tomb of the Wuwangdun Site in Huainan, Anhui province, believed to be the tomb of King Kaolie of the Chu state, who reigned during the late stage of the Warring States Period. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Findings at Wuwangdun shed intriguing light on how society was organized millennia ago, Wang Ru reports in Huainan, Anhui province. The 15-meter-high …

Tomb Chu Huainan

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

The No 1 tomb of the Wuwangdun Site in Huainan, Anhui province, believed to be the tomb of King Kaolie of the Chu state, who reigned during the late stage of the Warring States Period. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Findings at Wuwangdun shed intriguing light on how society was organized millennia ago, Wang Ru reports in Huainan, Anhui province. The 15-meter-high …

Tomb Chu Huainan

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

The No 1 tomb of the Wuwangdun Site in Huainan, Anhui province, believed to be the tomb of King Kaolie of the Chu state, who reigned during the late stage of the Warring States Period. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Findings at Wuwangdun shed intriguing light on how society was organized millennia ago, Wang Ru reports in Huainan, Anhui province. The 15-meter-high …

Tomb Chu Huainan

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

A ceremonial bronze vessel used to contain grains, known as fu, unearthed from the site. In 241 BC, King Kaolie moved the Chu capital eastward to Shouchun to distance the state from the rising Qin state to the west. "But the scale, type, building style and rich funerary objects at the Wuwangdun Site indicate the Chu still possessed significant strength …

Qin Chu Shouchun

7 months, 2 weeks ago

Retrieving history from the past

China Daily

The No 1 tomb of the Wuwangdun Site in Huainan, Anhui province, believed to be the tomb of King Kaolie of the Chu state, who reigned during the late stage of the Warring States Period. JIANG DONG/CHINA DAILY Findings at Wuwangdun shed intriguing light on how society was organized millennia ago, Wang Ru reports in Huainan, Anhui province. The 15-meter-high …

Tomb Chu Huainan Warring States

8 months, 1 week ago

Lavish 2,200-year-old tomb of Chinese emperor unearthed

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Archaeologists have unearthed a luxurious 2,200-year-old tomb in eastern China that …

China State Chinese Health Check Tomb Chu Wuwangdun

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Archaeological findings expected to help improve understanding of vassal state

China Daily

Lacquerware items are among the archaeological findings unearthed at the Wuwangdun Site in Huainan, Anhui province. One of the largest-scale Chu state tombs with the highest rank and most complex structure dating back to the late Warring States Period recently underwent an excavation, which is expected to help promote understanding of a once powerful state in its final days, cultural …

Bamboo State Zhang Site Mats Cultural Relics Gong

10 months, 1 week ago

Jingzhou turns history into modern attraction

China Daily

Visitors take in the sights on a street themed on the Three Kingdoms during the Spring Festival in Jingzhou. CHINA DAILY One of the park's most popular projects is a recounting of the life of Warring States Period poet Qu Yuan, whose verses are an icon of Chu culture. Yang Fan, director of Jingzhou Cultural and Tourism Bureau, says that …

Chu Turns History Jingzhou

10 months, 1 week ago

Jingzhou turns history into modern attraction

China Daily

Visitors take in the sights on a street themed on the Three Kingdoms during the Spring Festival in Jingzhou. CHINA DAILY One of the park's most popular projects is a recounting of the life of Warring States Period poet Qu Yuan, whose verses are an icon of Chu culture. Yang Fan, director of Jingzhou Cultural and Tourism Bureau, says that …

Chu Jingzhou Cultural

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

A jade disc with unique patterns of the Chu culture is among the thousands of jade wares unearthed from the Xiongjiazhong National Archaeological Heritage Park in Jingzhou, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY Though still not fully excavated, the ancient Chu mausoleum site attracts increasing numbers of visitors from across the country, Deng Zhangyu reports. Dressed in the costumes of the 2,500-year-old …

Chu Mausoleum

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

A jade disc with unique patterns of the Chu culture is among the thousands of jade wares unearthed from the Xiongjiazhong National Archaeological Heritage Park in Jingzhou, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY Though still not fully excavated, the ancient Chu mausoleum site attracts increasing numbers of visitors from across the country, Deng Zhangyu reports. Dressed in the costumes of the 2,500-year-old …

Chu

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

A jade disc with unique patterns of the Chu culture is among the thousands of jade wares unearthed from the Xiongjiazhong National Archaeological Heritage Park in Jingzhou, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY Though still not fully excavated, the ancient Chu mausoleum site attracts increasing numbers of visitors from across the country, Deng Zhangyu reports. Dressed in the costumes of the 2,500-year-old …

Chu

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

The largest chariot horse pit in the Chu King's Mausoleum, with remnants of horse teeth and parts of chariots. CHINA DAILY Apart from these artifacts, Chu also produced one of ancient China's most famous poets, Qu Yuan, who was one of the state elites. The Dragon Boat Festival, which is held on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, …

Zhou Chu Qu Yuan

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

A dragon-phoenix jade piece with unique patterns of the Chu culture is among the thousands of jade wares unearthed from the Xiongjiazhong National Archaeological Heritage Park in Jingzhou, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY During the time of the Chu state, only the Zhou kings, who ruled all the vassal states by name, were allowed a six-horse chariot, while the Chu ruler …

China Zhou Chu

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

A jade disc with unique patterns of the Chu culture is among the thousands of jade wares unearthed from the Xiongjiazhong National Archaeological Heritage Park in Jingzhou, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY Though still not fully excavated, the ancient Chu mausoleum site attracts increasing numbers of visitors from across the country, Deng Zhangyu reports. Dressed in the costumes of the 2,500-year-old …

Chu Mausoleum Horses History Culture Zhou

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

A jade disc with unique patterns of the Chu culture is among the thousands of jade wares unearthed from the Xiongjiazhong National Archaeological Heritage Park in Jingzhou, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY Though still not fully excavated, the ancient Chu mausoleum site attracts increasing numbers of visitors from across the country, Deng Zhangyu reports. Dressed in the costumes of the 2,500-year-old …

Chu

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

A chariot sculpture made by artists based on the chariot horses unearthed from the pit.CHINA DAILY Twenty kings ruled Chu over the course of 800 years. The main occupant remains unknown because the king's tomb has yet to be excavated, but the large size of its chariot horse pits makes it the biggest Chu state tomb found to date. Officials …

Horses Chu Chariot

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Horses, history, chariots and verses

China Daily

A jade disc with unique patterns of the Chu culture is among the thousands of jade wares unearthed from the Xiongjiazhong National Archaeological Heritage Park in Jingzhou, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY Though still not fully excavated, the ancient Chu mausoleum site attracts increasing numbers of visitors from across the country, Deng Zhangyu reports. Dressed in the costumes of the 2,500-year-old …

Chu Culture Zhou

11 months ago

UCLA doubles down on ethnic studies expansion amid fraught national politics

LA Times

Karen Umemoto, director of the Asian American Studies Center at UCLA, stands next to the multicultural mural between the Asian American and American Indian studies centers depicting the program’s legacies. “The Chus’ investment will allow us to deepen the impact of this essential work.” Shannon Speed, the director of UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center, called the Chu gift a “game …

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The largest and heaviest bronze ding from over 2,000 years ago

Culture Insider: Dragon Boat Festival

Culture Insider: Dragon Boat Festival

Retrieving history from the past

Retrieving history from the past

Retrieving history from the past

Retrieving history from the past

Retrieving history from the past

Retrieving history from the past

Retrieving history from the past

Lavish 2,200-year-old tomb of Chinese emperor unearthed

Archaeological findings expected to help improve understanding of vassal state

Jingzhou turns history into modern attraction

Jingzhou turns history into modern attraction

Horses, history, chariots and verses

Horses, history, chariots and verses

Horses, history, chariots and verses

Horses, history, chariots and verses

Horses, history, chariots and verses

Horses, history, chariots and verses

Horses, history, chariots and verses

Horses, history, chariots and verses

Horses, history, chariots and verses

UCLA doubles down on ethnic studies expansion amid fraught national politics