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Additional masks, jade tools, and ivory relics were also discovered in the pit. [24] The six pits were discovered at the Sanxingdui site between 2020 and 2022 during a renewed slate of excavations. The artifacts found in these excavations include fragments of a gold mask, traces of silk, bronze ware depicting animals, ivory carvings, and more.
The Museum is stone-clad [5] with Iranian travertine stone [6] and is surrounded on three sides by a man-made lake. [5] It is built around an abstract geometrical design, [4] comprising four blocks, all 18 m wide but different heights, and lengths. [6]
Ming yun (Chinese: 命運) is a concept of the personal life and destiny in the Chinese folk religion. [1] Ming means 'life', 'right', or 'destiny', and yun means 'circumstance' or 'individual choice'.
Jiuzhaigou ([tɕjòʊ.ʈʂâɪ.kóʊ] ⓘ; Chinese: 九寨沟; pinyin: Jiǔzhàigōu) is a nature reserve and national park located in the north of Sichuan Province in southwestern China.
Public performance in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Open Air Theatre. The view of the massif from the gardens at the Black Dragon Pool (Heilong Tan) in Lijiang is noted as one of China's finest views. [citation needed] The mountain is part of Yulong Snow Mountain National Scenic Area and National Geological Park, an AAAAA-classified scenic area. [16]
A centerpiece is the Exquisite Jade Rock (玉 玲珑) a porous 3.3-m, 5-ton boulder. Rumours about its origin include the story that it was meant for the Huizong Emperor ( Northern Song dynasty from 1100 to 1126 AD) the imperial garden in Bianjing , but was salvaged from the Huangpu River after the boat carrying it had sunk.
The Karakash or Black Jade River, also spelled Karakax (Chinese: 喀拉喀什河; pinyin: Kālākāshí Hé, [قاراقاش دەرياسى] Error: {{Langx}}: invalid parameter: |lat= , Қарақаш Дәряси), is a river in the Xinjiang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China that originates in Aksai Chin.
Zi, or "purple", refers to the North Star, which in ancient China was called the Ziwei Star, and in traditional Chinese astrology was the heavenly abode of the Jade Emperor. The surrounding celestial region, the Ziwei Enclosure (紫 微 垣; Zǐwēiyuán), was the realm of the Jade Emperor and his family. The Forbidden City, as the residence of ...