Articles for Han Dynasty

Peking Opera to pay tribute to Han Dynasty female historian
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Peking Opera to pay tribute to Han Dynasty female historian

China Daily  

Peking Opera actress Lyu Yaoyao will play the role of Ban Zhao in the latest production, The Tribute to the Female Historian. China National Peking Opera Company will premiere its latest production, Nyu Shi Fu, or The Tribute to the Female Historian, on Dec 21 at Mei Lanfang Grand Theater in Beijing. Yuan Huiqin, artistic director of Peking Opera production …

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Great Wall restoration teams uncover trove of secrets
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Great Wall restoration teams uncover trove of secrets

China Daily  

Highlighting the research-based restoration of the Great Wall, a seminar was held in Beijing's Huairou district on Friday. A total of 24 beacon towers on the Fenshuiling section of the Great Wall in Chongli county of the province have been recently studied, and 21 of them didn't reveal Han Dynasty pottery shards, Han says. "The other three beacon towers where …

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Dancing, motionlessly, through time
7 months ago

Dancing, motionlessly, through time

China Daily  

Students from the Beijing Dance Academy perform Xianghe Ge, adapted from a traditional Han Dynasty dance, in Beijing on May 14. It was a re-created dance piece performed by female students of the Beijing Dance Academy and by choreographer Sun Ying that later featured in the popular TV show, Wu Qiannian, coproduced by Henan TV and Chinese video platform Bilibili …

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Dancing, motionlessly, through time
7 months ago

Dancing, motionlessly, through time

China Daily  

Students from the Beijing Dance Academy perform Xianghe Ge, adapted from a traditional Han Dynasty dance, in Beijing on May 14. It was a re-created dance piece performed by female students of the Beijing Dance Academy and by choreographer Sun Ying that later featured in the popular TV show, Wu Qiannian, coproduced by Henan TV and Chinese video platform Bilibili …

Dance Chinese Han Dynasty Xianghe Ge
Gobi Desert
7 months, 1 week ago

Gobi Desert

China Daily  

The Great Wall's construction was tailored to the diverse landscapes it traversed, with each terrain providing a foundation for its architectural marvels. In the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, both the Tarim Basin and the Junggar Basin play a crucial role in the Great Wall defense system. Originally constructed during the Han Dynasty and later refurbished during the Tang Dynasty, this …

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Gobi Desert
7 months, 1 week ago

Gobi Desert

China Daily  

The Great Wall's construction was tailored to the diverse landscapes it traversed, with each terrain providing a foundation for its architectural marvels. In the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, both the Tarim Basin and the Junggar Basin play a crucial role in the Great Wall defense system. Originally constructed during the Han Dynasty and later refurbished during the Tang Dynasty, this …

Tang Great Xinjiang Wall Qinghai Han Dynasty Beacon
Paved with jade
11 months, 1 week ago

Paved with jade

China Daily  

A mythical animal bixie carved with Hotan jade, from the Han Dynasty. The objets d'art made by Chu artisans, most notably jade and lacquerware, marries superb artisanship with highly imaginative designs that often featured energetically swirling lines, ultrasophisticated patterns and mythical animals including dragons, which were to become the arch emblem of Chinese civilization. "Liu Bang, who founded the Han …

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Han Dynasty pottery dove a portrayal of longing for longevity
1 year, 2 months ago

Han Dynasty pottery dove a portrayal of longing for longevity

China Daily  

Red pottery dove holding two painted pots, Western Han Dynasty, one of the treasures of the Jinan Museum Today is the Double Ninth Festival, a Chinese cultural celebration dedicated to and focused on the elderly. This red pottery dove from the Western Han Dynasty serves as a testament to this heartfelt wish. The dove, portrayed with a simple yet striking …

Han Dynasty Dove
Guardians of the Great Wall
1 year, 5 months ago

Guardians of the Great Wall

China Daily  

Visitors at the ruins of a beacon tower of the Han Dynasty Great Wall in Dunhuang, Gansu province. Deep in the Gobi Desert in Northwest China's Gansu province, remnants of the Han Dynasty Great Wall stand firm. A family's perseverance The city of Dunhuang — sitting at the west end of the Hexi Corridor, the main artery of the ancient …

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Eastern Han Dynasty money tree: a reflection of people’s spiritual pursuits
1 year, 5 months ago

Eastern Han Dynasty money tree: a reflection of people’s spiritual pursuits

China Daily  

The Eastern Han Dynasty money tree, from the collection of the Mianyang Museum. A money tree is a tree-shaped burial object popular in Sichuan region during the 3rd century BC and AD 5th century. Here is an Eastern Han Dynasty money tree, which is the tallest and most well-preserved in China. The 1-meter-tall bronze tree trunk is constructed of 29 …

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China's Terracotta Warriors exhibited in Japan
2 years, 9 months ago

China's Terracotta Warriors exhibited in Japan

China Daily  

People view the exhibition Terracotta Warriors and Ancient China - Heritage from the Qin and Han Dynasty at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in Kyoto, Japan, on March 25, 2022. The exhibition Terracotta Warriors and Ancient China - Heritage from the Qin and Han Dynasty opened on Friday at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in Japan, marking the …

China Japan Exhibition Kyoto Qin Han Dynasty Terracotta Warriors
China's Terracotta Warriors exhibited in Japan
2 years, 9 months ago

China's Terracotta Warriors exhibited in Japan

China Daily  

People view the exhibition Terracotta Warriors and Ancient China - Heritage from the Qin and Han Dynasty at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in Kyoto, Japan, on March 25, 2022. The exhibition Terracotta Warriors and Ancient China - Heritage from the Qin and Han Dynasty opened on Friday at Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in Japan, marking the …

China Japan Exhibition Kyoto Qin Han Dynasty Terracotta Warriors
Song in a cup
2 years, 9 months ago

Song in a cup

China Daily  

In Han Zheming's skilled hands, the image of a bamboo appears on a cup of tea. Han Zheming has managed to perfect the skill, creating tea art in cups, or dian cha in Chinese, which used to be a ritual during the Song Dynasty. "It's like adding bells and whistles to tea and giving people a stronger sense of occasion, …

Tea Han Dian Cha
​Jining Museum of Han Dynasty Culture
3 years, 8 months ago

​Jining Museum of Han Dynasty Culture

China Daily  

Jining Museum of Han Dynasty Culture is located in Rencheng district, Jining, East China's Shandong province. It is the first non-State-owned museum of Han Dynasty culture in China and has a rich collection of stone sculptures made during this period. Han Garden, a cultural park built around the museum, now boasts three other museums, which are Cheng Fengzi Art Museum, …

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Nanyang Stone-Carved Art Museum in Han Dynasty
4 years, 8 months ago

Nanyang Stone-Carved Art Museum in Han Dynasty

China Daily  

Nanyang Stone-Carved Art Museum in Han Dynasty 南阳汉画馆 Address: 398 Hanhua Street, Wolong district, Nanyang, Henan province Hours: 8:30 - 17:30 8:30-17:00 Closed Mondays Tel: 62061279 General admission: Free Image from the official website of Nanyang Stone-Carved Art Museum in Han Dynasty The museum is devoted to the art of pictorial stones, which dates to China's Han dynasty. The museum …

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Han Dynasty tombs discovered in Jinan
5 years, 5 months ago

Han Dynasty tombs discovered in Jinan

China Daily  

JINAN -- Two ancient tombs with delicate stone reliefs were discovered in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province, local archaeological authorities said Wednesday. The approximately 20-meter-long and 15-meter-wide tomb is said to be the largest double-passage tombs with stone reliefs from the Han Dynasty ever found in Jinan. Besides abundant stone reliefs, the tombs contained a great number and …

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Time for some light entertainment
5 years, 10 months ago

Time for some light entertainment

China Daily  

A boy runs happily in a corridor lit up with lanterns to celebrate Lantern Festival in Baibuting community, Wuhan, Hubei province, in March 2018. As the first full moon of the new year approaches, China prepares to celebrate Lantern Festival, Li Yingxue reports. Lantern Festival, or yuanxiaojie in pinyin, which comes on the 15th day of the first lunar month, …

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The culture of the academy
6 years, 1 month ago

The culture of the academy

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2018-11-28 Academies were a special form of education in ancient China that differed from schools like the imperial college. Academies in Quzhou, Zhejiang province, date back as far as the Eastern Han Dynasty, when the teaching career of Confucians prospered. In Longyou county, Long Qiuchang, a noted Confucian in the Eastern Han Dynasty, had set up an academy …

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