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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.
The appreciation, creation and collection of Chinese bronzes as pieces of art and not as ritual items began in the Song dynasty and reached its zenith in the Qing dynasty during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, whose massive collection is recorded in the catalogues known as the Xiqing gujian and the Xiqing jijian (西清繼鑑). Within those ...
A yi is a shape used in ancient Chinese ritual bronzes. It has the shape of half a gourd with a handle (often in the shape of a dragon) and usually supported by four legs. It is believed it was used to contain water for washing hands before rituals like sacrifices.
Traditional Chinese scholarship credited the text (along with the Rites of Zhou) to the 11th century BCE Duke of Zhou.Sinologist William Boltz (1993:237) says this tradition is "now generally recognized as untenable", but believes the extant Yili "is a remnant of "a larger corpus of similar ceremonial and ritual texts dating from pre-Han times, perhaps as early as the time of Confucius; that ...
Whimsical World Collection (Chinese: 異想天開; pinyin: Yi Xiang Tian Kai) is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Rainie Yang's (Chinese: 楊丞琳) first collection album. It was released on 23 April 2010 by Sony Music Taiwan. It has two editions : the Deluxe Edition and the pre-order edition of 3 CDs and a DVD with 3 new tracks, 35 previously ...
The Nine Tripod Cauldrons (Chinese: 九鼎; pinyin: Jiǔ Dǐng) were a collection of ding in ancient China that were viewed as symbols of the authority given to the ruler by the Mandate of Heaven. According to the legend, they were cast by Yu the Great of the Xia dynasty .
Shang dynasty bronze gui Gui with four handles, a cover and a square base The "Kang Hou gui", early Western Zhou (11th century BC). British Museum, London. [1] [2]A gui is a type of bowl-shaped ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel used to hold offerings of food, probably mainly grain, for ancestral tombs.
Yau gok (油角) or jau gok (油角) is a traditional pastry found in Cantonese cuisine, originating from Guangdong Province in China. The term gok (角) reflects the crescent shape of the pastries; [1] they differ from the connotation of steamed or pan-fried Chinese dumplings, normally associated with the phonetically similar term jiaozi (餃仔).