I first went to China in 1991 to teach teachers during the summer. But mostly I was a tourist taking in the sights, tastes, and sounds of a new and wonderful culture. My photos of the Great Wall, Summer Palace, Forbidden City, and of Chengdu sites have already been posted in the appropriate albums. 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 [...]
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, [...]
Dufu was an 8th century Tang Dynasty poet who lived 4 years in Chengdu while fleeing from the An Lushan Rebellion in the north. He built a thatched cottage and wrote many poems at a site which has been honored continuously to the present. In 1991 I visited the traditional site of the cottage. In [...]
After 1929 peasants near Chengdu began finding jade artifacts. In 1986 two burial pits full of bronze vessels, heads, masks, and trees were unearthed nearby. The culture which produced them was contemporary with Yin (Shang Dynasty) culture of Anyang, c. 1200 BC. Most likely they evolved into the Jinsha Culture, and later the Ba-Shu culture. [...]