Some feature illustrations of phoenixes and generic scenes from ancient China, while others are decorated with Chinese calligraphy.

This 1620 version of The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, first compiled some 2,100 years ago, includes a map ... Most Chinese hospitals have a ward devoted to ancient cures.

Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...

Ancient Chinese made various kinds of incense burners, among which the censer and Xun Long, a frame place over a censer for scenting clothes, were the most popular. The earlier incense burners ...

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