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Many examples of Ming and Qing rhinoceros horn cups are held in museums and private collections, [35] and in recent years a number of rhinoceros horn cups have sold for large sums of money: a 17th-century cup sold for £80,000 in 2010 [38] a 17th-century cup sold for £300,000 in 2011 [39] 5 cups were valued at $1m to $1.5m in 2011 [40]
Moon blocks or jiaobei (also written as jiao bei etc. variants; Chinese: 筊杯 or 珓杯; pinyin: jiǎo bēi; Jyutping: gaau2 bui1), also poe (from Chinese: 桮; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poe; as used in the term "poe divination"), are wooden divination tools originating from China, which are used in pairs and thrown to seek divine guidance in the form of a yes or no question.
A zun with taotie dating to the Shang dynasty A rare Xi zun in the shape of an ox Western Zhou goose-shaped bronze zun. National Museum of China. The zun or yi, used until the Northern Song (960–1126) is a type of Chinese ritual bronze or ceramic wine vessel with a round or square vase-like form, sometimes in the shape of an animal, [1] first appearing in the Shang dynasty.
In 2006, the Chinese philosopher Zhang Gongyao triggered a national debate with an article entitled "Farewell to Traditional Chinese Medicine", arguing that TCM was a pseudoscience that should be abolished in public healthcare and academia. The Chinese government took the stance that TCM is a science and continued to encourage its development. [66]
Elasmotherium had similar running limbs to the white rhinoceros–which run at 30 km/h (19 mph) with a top speed of 40–45 km/h (25–28 mph). However, Elasmotherium had double the weight–about 5 t (5.5 short tons)–and consequently had a more restricted gait and mobility, likely achieving much slower speeds.
The son of China’s first white rhino met tourists at Guangzhou Chimelong Safari Park for the first time since it was born on June 19, 2018. In the video, shot in Guangzhou City in southern China ...
The list of Chinese cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad (Chinese: 禁止出境展览文物; pinyin: Jìnzhǐ Chūjìng Zhǎnlǎn Wénwù) comprises a list of antiquities and archaeological artifacts held by various museums and other institutions in the People's Republic of China, which the Chinese government has officially prohibited, since 2003, from being taken abroad for ...
Jizhou ware was known for a "tortoiseshell glaze" (玳瑁釉 dàimàoyòu), [5] [6] alone or in combination with other types of decoration. [7]The leaf and paper cut-outs were left in place, and burnt away in the kiln during firing.