If you’re unfamiliar with oracle bone inscriptions, you might not fully grasp the charm of Chinese characters. Since the Shang (1600 B.C.-1046 B.C.) and Zhou (1046 B.C.-256 B.C.) dynasties, Chinese
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“As black as lacquer, as shiny as a mirror, as thin as paper, and as soothing as music.” The high-stemmed cup is dubbed by the international archaeologists as “the most exquisite craft of
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The tomb of Fu Hao is the only fully preserved royal tomb of the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) in the #YinRuins in Anyang, central China’s Henan Province. Among 1,928 unearthed funerary objects, Jade
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Fu Hao was the first documented female military commander in Chinese history. During the Shang Dynasty, the owl was regarded as a symbol of the «god of war». These vessels symbolize respect and
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