Chinese and World History

This is the collection of ancient jade from Neolithic cultures to the present. In addition to 8 museum albums from 2010, I have 3 earlier albums from this museum. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/HenanMuseum2010JadeGallery#

Sanxingdui, near Chengdu, was an ancient city contemporary with the Shang Dynasty at Yin (Anyang), but with an art style unlike anything else in the world. Very likely the site was abandoned due to flooding, and the people moved south to Chengdu, where they became the ancestors of the Ba-Shu people of the Warring States [...]

A Jewish community has existed in Kaifeng for over a thousand years (some sources say over 2000 years). The Kaifeng Jews exhibit on the 4th floor of the Kaifeng City Museum cost 50rmb and contained two illegible stones and a stone pot. That’s all. And I was not able to take photos. You may learn [...]

Kaifeng was once the capital of Henan Province, and this was once the provincial museum. It still has a good collection of artifacts through the ages. However, the Kaifeng Jews exhibit on the 4th floor cost 50rmb and contained two illegible stones and a stone pot. That’s all. And when we complained we had been [...]