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  2. Chinese Manichaeism - Wikipedia

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    Chinese Manichaeism, also known as Monijiao (Chinese: 摩尼教; pinyin: Móníjiào; Wade–Giles: Mo 2-ni 2 Chiao 4; lit. 'religion of Moni') or Mingjiao (Chinese: 明教; pinyin: Míngjiào; Wade–Giles: Ming 2-Chiao 4; lit. 'religion of light or 'bright religion'), is the form of Manichaeism transmitted to and currently practiced in China.

  3. The Great Wall Ballad - Wikipedia

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    The Great Wall Ballad became a popular melody among the readers, and it was disseminated by a large number of anti-Japanese propagandists across China. As the war progressed, the song became increasingly well known, and was performed internationally by Zhou Xiaoyian, an acclaimed Chinese choral singer, alongside the remainder of the soundtrack ...

  4. Manichaean Diagram of the Universe - Wikipedia

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    Eight silk hanging scrolls with Manichaean didactic images from southern China from between the 12th and the 15th centuries, which can be divided into four categories: Two single portraits (depicting Mani and Jesus) Icon of Mani; Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus; One scroll depicting Salvation Theory (Soteriology)

  5. Hanging scroll - Wikipedia

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    Hanging scrolls provide a vertical format to display art on walls. [3] [6] They are one of the most common types of scrolls for Chinese painting and calligraphy. [10] They are made in many different sizes and proportions. [5] Horizontal hanging scrolls are also a common form. [10] Hanging scrolls are different from the handscrolls.

  6. Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice - Wikipedia

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    The Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice, also referred to as the Angelic Liturgy, are a series of thirteen songs, one for each of the first thirteen Sabbaths of the year, contained in fragments found among the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Songs were found in 10 fragmentary copies: nine at Qumran (4Q400–407; 11Q17) and one at Masada. The dating is ...

  7. Manichaean Painting of the Buddha Jesus - Wikipedia

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    'Sacred Image of Christ'), is a Chinese Southern Song dynasty silk hanging scroll preserved at the Seiunji Temple in Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. It measures 153.5 cm in height, 58.7 cm in width, dates from the 12th to 13th centuries, and depicts a solitary nimbate figure on a dark-brown medieval Chinese silk.

  8. List of emperors of the Song dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Song dynasty was founded by Zhao Kuangyin (Emperor Taizu) (r. 960–976) in 960, before the Song completely reunified China proper by conquest—excluding only the Sixteen Prefectures. The Song fought a series of wars with the Liao dynasty (1125–1279), ruled by the Khitans, over the possession of the Sixteen Prefectures of northern China. [2]

  9. Dai Jin - Wikipedia

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    Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper. 61.8 x 29.7 cm. In this Chinese name , the family name is Dai . Dai Jin ( simplified Chinese : 戴进 ; traditional Chinese : 戴進 ; pinyin : Dài Jìn ; 1388–1462) was a prominent leader in the early Ming Revival of the Ma-Xia, or too the style of landscape painting of the Southern Song , which came ...