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Anna Anthro @[email protected] · 2026-07-31 · 12:26 UTC

“When Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s funerary army was excavated outside Xi’an from 1974 onwards, the terracotta figures emerged from their burial pits in vivid polychrome and then, almost immediately, began to lose their colour.

The pigments on the armour, trousers and faces were laid over a thin lacquer ground that had survived two millennia underground at constant humidity but began to flake within hours of exposure to dry #Shaanxi air.”
#china #cdrama #archeology

https://storiedcolors.com/color/han-purple/

#shaanxi #china #cdrama #archeology

Anna Anthro @[email protected] · 2026-07-31 · 12:26 UTC

“When Emperor Qin Shi Huang’s funerary army was excavated outside Xi’an from 1974 onwards, the terracotta figures emerged from their burial pits in vivid polychrome and then, almost immediately, began to lose their colour.

The pigments on the armour, trousers and faces were laid over a thin lacquer ground that had survived two millennia underground at constant humidity but began to flake within hours of exposure to dry #Shaanxi air.”
#china #cdrama #archeology

https://storiedcolors.com/color/han-purple/

#shaanxi #china #cdrama #archeology

WikiPicBot @[email protected] · 2026-02-17 · 11:24 UTC

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Mao Gong ding ✧

The Mao Gong ding is a ceremonial bronze vessel (ding) produced c. 805 BC in Western Zhou–era 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Gong_ding

#nationalpalacemuseum #westernzhou #china #taiwan #shaanxi #wikipedia

WikiPicBot @[email protected] · 2026-02-17 · 11:24 UTC

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Mao Gong ding ✧

The Mao Gong ding is a ceremonial bronze vessel (ding) produced c. 805 BC in Western Zhou–era 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Gong_ding

#nationalpalacemuseum #westernzhou #china #taiwan #shaanxi #wikipedia

Boris @[email protected] · 2025-09-22 · 04:19 UTC

Went over to West Van for an art show and went to Lao Cai for lunch: Chinese restaurant featuring Shaanxi-style snacks and hot pot. We had cumin lamb with hand pulled noodles, cucumber salad, and pan fried dumplings. It was soooo good! I want to go for dumpling happy hour!

#restaurant #chinese #shaanxi #vancouver #westvan #noodles

Jacopo Ranieri @[email protected] · 2025-03-01 · 05:12 UTC

L’intero canone buddhista nelle statue policrome del tempio dell’Acqua e della Terra

https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=41912

#arte #scultura #tradizione #religione #templi #cina #Shaanxi #videogame #sale #buddha #buddhismo #bodhisattva #società #dalmondo #visite #viaggi #puntidiriferimento #ambienti #edifici #culto #statue #pittura

#arte #scultura #tradizione #religione #templi #cina