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Comment on Temple of Heaven by Greyson Maldonado

Greyson Maldonado — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:48:24 +0000

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Comment on Washington, D.C. by Charts on Forex

Charts on Forex — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:43:33 +0000

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Comment on Luoyang: Longmen Grottoes by Bo

Bo — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:09:39 +0000

you are doing a great job on spreading chinese culture.
thanks! you offer us a big mental banquet

Comment on Luoyang: 6 Horse Chariot Burial & Tomb Museum by Newf

Newf — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:55:21 +0000

Eh,My hometown is LUOYANG.I had been to some you mentioned.In fact,I think the most attactive museum is the Liu ma (6 horse) chariot burial.Eh,that is English name,its chinese name is 天子驾六（TIAN ZI JIA LIU）.The name is very cool!My aunt told me that the discovery of the museum is fortuitous.The government only want to build a center garden in this area.Thereafter,the government realize that there are many history in the earth of LUOYANG.Because LUOYANG is a 13 in the ancient capital.

Comment on American Museum of Natural History by Diamond Sloan

Diamond Sloan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:02:42 +0000

I liked bumping into your story.

Comment on Shanghai Museum: Pottery & Porcelain by Janessa Alvarez

Janessa Alvarez — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:42:21 +0000

… Recommended. BW

Comment on Niagara Falls & Fort Niagara by Luna Vinson

Luna Vinson — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:54:01 +0000

I sent my mate a link to your story and he loved it…

Comment on Austria by Stewart

Stewart — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:57:20 +0000

Nice pictures.

Comment on Henan Provincial Museum: Beginnings to Han Dynasty by leefoxx1949

leefoxx1949 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:45:46 +0000

I cannot date the piece more precisely without access to records of the actual excavation, assuming that such records still exist. I do know we have incontrovertible evidence of the use of stirrips by the time of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The concensus of opinion seems to be that they were introduced into China by the time of the Eastern Han by way of northern “barbarian” peoples such as the Xiongnu. But so far as I know the precise origin is unknown. I have seen different opinions by different experts, probably because that question is nowhere answered by the written records, and the archaeological evidence is at best ambiguous. I’m willing to hear more informed opinions than I am able to give.
G. Todd

Comment on Henan Provincial Museum: Beginnings to Han Dynasty by pierre-andré poncet

pierre-andré poncet — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:35:39 +0000

Dear Mr Todd,
the Photo 311 of 349, Henan Provincial Museum 1, Zhengzhou (prehistory through Han Dynasty) is a very interesting picture: a horse with saddle and stirrup. Can you give a datation with more precision. Mary Aiken Littauer (Early stirrups, Antiquity Journal Vol 55:214, 1981 pp 99-105) mean that the stirrup first appears in northeast
China by the fourth century AD.
What is your opinion?

with kinds regards
pa poncet