Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Duke Lu (Zhu Yuliu), 1568-1614, was the only full brother of the Ming Emperor Wanli. His tomb near Xinxiang is the only Ming royal tomb in Henan Province. His Imperial Concubine Zhao’s tomb is next to his. Most Ming tombs are near Beijing, except for the tomb of Hongwu in Nanjing. Dingling, the tomb of [...]
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Xinxiang City, which lies between Zhengzhou and Anyang, just opened this excellent, modern museum at the end of 2011. I believe I’m the first foreigner to visit it. Xinxiang is the site of the ancient battle of Muye, in which the Shang Dynasty was destroyed by the Zhou, so this area is rich in Shang [...]
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Liu Wu was a member of the Han Dynasty royal family. He ruled over the state of Chu in the early Western Han, and built a tomb on Shizishan (Lion Hill) with a guardian army of 1/3-size terracotta warriors. I photographed the tomb, along with an underwater burial site of terracotta cavalry, and a larger [...]
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Xuzhou City Museum has many of the treasures from two Han tombs in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. I photographed the tomb and terracotta army of Liu Wu, King of Chu, and have posted this in a separate album. The museum contains the original jade burial suits from the tomb, as well as many other – mostly [...]
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The Hebei Provincial Museum was mostly closed for renovation in late 2011 and not scheduled to open until the end of 2012. They had but two temporary exhibits. The first was of some first class pieces from the ancient states of Yan and Zhao. The second was of relics collected in recent years at the [...]
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
This Western Han Imperial tomb is probably China’s best-kept archaeological secret. It only opened to the public a few years ago, and there is not yet public transportation to the site. The terracotta warriors are a third the size of the more famous ones of nearby Qin Shihuang’s tomb, but here visitors can walk over [...]
Thursday, October 6, 2011
This museum, just inside the South Gate of Xi’an’s Ming city wall, has thousands of steles and other works of stone, including the 4 horses of Li Shimen still in China, as well as the Nestorian Stone chronicling the introduction of Christianity into China in the Tang Dynasty. As usual, I ran dreadfully short of [...]
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Saturday, September 3, 2011
This is the 1st gallery in the Ancient China exhibit. It was not open when I went there in the spring, so I spent September 1 & 2 taking over 1800 photos in these eight galleries. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/NationalMuseumBeijingPrehistoricStoneAgeChina
Saturday, September 3, 2011
This is the 2nd gallery in the Ancient China exhibit. It was not open when I went there in the spring, so I spent September 1 & 2 taking over 1800 photos in these eight galleries. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/NationalMuseumBeijingXiaShangWesternZhouDynasties
Saturday, September 3, 2011
This is the 3rd gallery in the Ancient China exhibit. It was not open when I went there in the spring, so I spent September 1 & 2 taking over 1800 photos in these eight galleries. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/NationalMuseumBeijingSpringAutumnAndWarringStatesPeriods