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Gongshi (Chinese: 供石), also known as scholar's rocks or viewing stones, are naturally occurring or shaped rocks which are traditionally appreciated by Chinese scholars. [1] The term is related to the Korean suseok (수석) and the Japanese suiseki (水石). Scholars' rocks can be any color, and contrasting colors are not uncommon.
There are also special symbols in Chinese arts, such as the qilin, and the Chinese dragon. [1] According to Chinese beliefs, being surrounding by objects which are decorated with such auspicious symbols and motifs was and continues to be believed to increase the likelihood that those wishes would be fulfilled even in present-day. [2]
Mythological Chinese rivers are an important motif in Chinese mythology, forming part of a mythological geography. Among mythological Chinese rivers are: Weak River or Weak Water: a river or body of such low specific gravity that no one can swim nor anything float, not even a feather; Red River or Red Water: one of the colored rivers flowing ...
The Red River or Red Water (Chinese: 赤水; pinyin: Chishui; lit. 'red water') is an important feature in the mythological geography of Chinese literature, including novels and poetry over a course of over two millennia from the Warring States to early Han dynasty era poetry of the Chuci onward.
Beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, artifacts bearing markings dating to the Neolithic period have been unearthed at several archeological sites in China, mostly in the Yellow River valley. These symbols have been compared to the oracle bone script—the earliest known forms of Chinese characters, first attested c. 1200 BCE —and ...
Chinese jade refers to the jade mined or carved in China from the Neolithic onward. It is the primary hardstone of Chinese sculpture . Although deep and bright green jadeite is better known in Europe, for most of China's history, jade has come in a variety of colors and white "mutton-fat" nephrite was the most highly praised and prized.
The Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Chinese: 花 山 壁 画; pinyin: Huāshān Bìhuà) is an extensive assembly of historical rock art that was painted on limestone cliff faces in Guangxi, southern China. The paintings are located on the west bank of the Ming River (Chinese: 明 江; pinyin: Míng Jiāng; lit.
Yinshan Rock Paintings [2] or Rock Paintings of Yinshan Mountains [3] (simplified Chinese: 阴山岩画; traditional Chinese: 陰山岩畫; pinyin: Yīnshān Yánhuà), also known as Petroglyphs in the Yinshan Mountains [4] or Rock Paintings of Yinshan Mountain, [5] are images carved into the rocks of the Yin Mountains and are widely distributed, [6] mainly on the cliffs of Wolf Mountain in ...