This was a special exhibit on Heroes of Ancient China, focusing on the Three Kingdoms era. All artifacts are from Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms. The bronze cavalry and chariots are the first originals I have been able to photograph. In addition to 8 museum albums from 2010, I have 3 earlier albums from this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This is one of five albums from this museum. It deals with ancient bronze from Sichuan Province. Artifacts listed as Warring States are from the Ba-Shu Culture. Because bronze is my own area of special interest, and because I want to better show the results of aging, I have uploaded this album with full resolution. [...]
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
This is one of five albums from this museum. It deals with Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) pottery and stone. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SichuanMuseumHanGallery#
This is one of five albums from this museum. It deals with Pottery and Porcelain, except that which is found in the Han Gallery. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SichuanMuseumPorcelainGallery#
This is one of five albums from this museum. I’ve combined two galleries: Gallery of Buddha Statues from Wanfo Temple, and Gallery of Tibetan Buddhism. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SichuanMuseumGalleriesOfBuddhaStatuesFromWanfoTempleTibetanBuddhism#
This is one of five albums from this museum. I’ve combined three galleries: Gallery of Sichuan Crafts, Sichuan Ethnic Culture, and Sichuan in the Twentieth Century. The latter features items from the Long March, which passed through Sichuan in the 1930s. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, [...]