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 [...]
This is a special exhibit of Tibetan artifacts at the Henan Provincial Museum in Zhengzhou in August, 2011. I was unable to get labels but these nearly all date from Ming or Qing periods. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/116512474184071531500/TibetExhibitHenanProvincialMuseum2011
Longmen Grottoes consists of over 100,000 Buddhist images carved in caves during the Northern Dynasties, Sui Dynasty, & Tang Dynasty, c. 500-900 AD. Highlight is the Grand Buddha Niche, of which the central figure represents Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future. It was commissioned by China’s only female emperor, Wu Zetian, and supposedly is based [...]
Seven of the nine emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 AD) are buried in and around Gongyi, along with hundreds of royal family members and honored civil officials. Two Imperial tombs are currently protected and open to the public; the others lie scattered among farmers’ fields. I have photographed six of the Imperial tombs, [...]
Gongyi is the site of the Imperial Tombs of the Song Dynasty, located about midway between Zhengzhou and Luoyang. I found this museum by accident and had only about a half-hour inside. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/GongyiCityMuseum?authkey=Gv1sRgCI-2sOm2-sWstgE#
Sunday, November 21, 2010
This ancient county government office near Nanyang was built during the Yuan Dynasty, about 700 years ago. The ancient jail and exhibit on punishment is particularly rich in detail. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/NeixiangCountyYamenAncientGovernmentOffice#
Sunday, November 21, 2010
The area around Nanyang in Henan Province is rich in fossils, and especially dinosaur eggs. The park was built at a site where eggs are excavated and features a tunnel into strata with dinosaur eggs in place. An on-site museum displays many eggs, most of which were found near Nanyang. It appears that there will [...]
Nanyang is a beautiful modern city in southern Henan with a rich history. Historic sites featured in this album include: Wolong Hill, where Zhuge Liang farmed the land and Liu Bei visited him three times entreating him to serve as his military advisor at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty; an ancient prefectural administrative [...]
This museum features carved stone tomb lintels and doors from the Eastern Han Dynasty, all found in the Nanyang area. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/HanStoneTombSculptureMuseumNanyang#