Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A pig dragon or zhūlóng (simplified Chinese: 玉 猪龙; traditional Chinese: 玉 豬龍) [1] is a type of jade artifact from the Hongshan culture of neolithic China. Pig dragons are zoomorphic forms with a pig-like head and elongated limbless body coiled around to the head and described as "suggestively fetal". [ 2 ]
Long gu are remains of ancient life ... jade ornament in the form of a curled pig dragon. Depictions of Chinese dragons ... ISBN 978-0-19-515291-3. Geer, Alexandra ...
Bi disc from the Liangzhu culture (Museum Angewandte Kunst, 2006) Bi with dragon designs, from the Chu King's Mausoleum at Shizishan Hill, Xuzhou. The bi (Chinese: 璧) is a type of circular ancient Chinese jade artifact. The earliest bi were produced in the Neolithic period, particularly by the Liangzhu culture (3400–2250 BCE). [1]
Early character for "Libya" on the Libyan Palette. On one side, there is a scene of walking lines of animals within registers. [4] [5] [6] Below these animals, an orchard with olive trees is depicted, and the hieroglyphic inscription thnw or tjehenw (usually transcribed as tehenu), most likely a toponym of Western Nile Delta or, according to most scholars, what was later associated with Libya. [5]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
NestJS, or simply Nest, is a server-side Node.js-based web framework for progressive web app development, released as free and open-source software under an MIT License. [ 3 ] History
Royal jade cong is exceptionally massive, with 8.9 centimeters high and 6.5 kilograms in weight. According to museum site it is "the most impressive of all the jade cong of Liangzhu culture". [ 3 ] Because of its large weight, it has been dubbed the "king of cong ". [ 4 ]
The earliest cong were produced by the Xuejiagang culture and the Liangzhu culture (3400–2250 BC); later examples date mainly from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. [2]Interest in the jade shape developed during the 12th–13th century Song dynasty.