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β§ Mao Gong ding β§
The Mao Gong ding is a ceremonial bronze vessel (ding) produced c.β805 BC in Western Zhouβera China. It was presented to King Xuan of Zhou by his vassal, the gong (duke) Yin of Mao. The Mao Gong ding was discovered in Shaanxi in 1843 and is currently in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan.
#NationalPalaceMuseum #WesternZhou #China #Taiwan #Shaanxi #Wikipedia
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#China is home to around 200 #tiankeng, which are mostly distributed from the central #Shaanxi province down to the #GuangxiZhuang autonomous region in the southwest. Roughly 1/3 of the country consists of #karst β the highest proportion of overall surface area of any country in the world β compared with just under 1/5 in the United States.
#geological #sinkholes #AsianMastodon #Earth #AmazingPlanet #nature #Geology #Asia #EarthSciences #AncientForests #ecological