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Survey of Chinese Culture

Survey of Chinese Culture. Oracle Bone Xia Dynasty. Record History Predict Future Write on the bones Placed over a fire Bones would crack Priest would interpret the meaning. Jia (tripod wine vessel) Shang Dynasty 12 th C BCE. Some of the most exquisite bronze vessels in the world

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Survey of Chinese Culture

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  1. Survey of Chinese Culture

  2. Oracle Bone Xia Dynasty • Record History • Predict Future • Write on the bones • Placed over a fire • Bones would crack • Priest would interpret the meaning

  3. Jia (tripod wine vessel) Shang Dynasty 12th C BCE • Some of the most exquisite bronze vessels in the world • Technologically far superior to anything else we’ve seen

  4. Bronze zun(Bear swallowing monster) Shang Dynasty 11th C BCE

  5. Bronze bell Zhou Dynasty 5th C BCE

  6. Jade Disk Zhou Dynasty Jade • Highly prized • Symbol of longevity • Frequently used as jewelry • Used in rituals • Often buried with high status individuals • Burial suits were common in Zhou and Han times.

  7. Jade pendant Zhou Dynasty

  8. Architecture Hi. I’m Robocop. Let me teach you about some Qin architecture. • The Great Wall • Huangdi’s Tomb

  9. Huangdi’s Tomb

  10. Qin Terra Cotta Warriors

  11. Faces of a Qin Warriors

  12. The Great Wall

  13. The Art of Landscape Painting • “Wordless poems” • “Economy of line” • Harmony between heaven and earth (Daoism) • Subject matter is nature or everyday life

  14. Old Trees, Level Distance Northern Song dynasty (960–1127)Guo Xi (Chinese, ca. 1000–ca. 1090)Handscroll; ink and color on silk; 13 3/4 x 41 1/4 in. (34.9 x 104.8 cm)

  15. Artist: Wang Ximeng (1096-1119) Title: A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains Medium/Format: Handscroll, ink and color on silk Dimensions: 469 x 22 in.

  16. Scholar by a Waterfall, Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) Ma Yuan (Chinese, active ca. 1190—1225)Album leaf: ink and color on silk; 9 7/8 x 10 1/4 in. (25.1 x 26 cm)Signed: "Servitor, Ma Yuan"

  17. Ming Vases

  18. Ming Vases • Sold for $5.7 million in 2000 • Porcelain was perfected under the Ming

  19. Cantonese Opera • “NgohWaiHeng Kong” • I’m Mad About You • Improvisation • Music reflects the tone of the language • Confucian principle of educating citizens in music, dance & drama

  20. Forbidden City

  21. Forbidden City

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