The Zhongqiu Festival, or Mid-Autumn Festival, is celebrated with a rich tapestry of religious and cultural art forms, each carrying deep symbolic meanings.

Jade effigies of silkworms as well as silk fabrics pasted on the surface of bronzes which have been unearthed at Dasikong Village, Anyang, Henan Province, prove that during the Shang Dynasty (16 ...

Ancient complex societies, with some much older than others, formed cultural and technological advances that have shaped our ...

Archaeologists exploring the Sanxingdui ruins in southwest China have reported unearthing over 10,000 relics and artifacts ..

The jade artifacts, found at the Yuanbaoshan archaeological site in Aohan Banner in the city of Chifeng during a four-month excavation work that began in May, include a palm-size, emerald green ...

The site has undergone heavy exploration through the years, with thousands of notable artifacts coming out ... The ancient mask dated back to the Shang Dynasty, ARTNews reported at the time ...

The earliest writings in China were found on ox scapulae, tortoiseshells, and bronzes during the Shang dynasty. Dated from around 1400-1200 B.C.E, the inscriptions on bones and shells-called "oracle ...

The earliest extant examples of Chinese writing are the inscriptions that appear on so-called oracle bones (animal bones and turtle shells) and on bronze vessels, the oldest of which date back to the ...

What jobs did the Shang people do? In the Shang Dynasty jobs included jade carvers, bronze workers, craftspeople, priests, soldiers and kings. Which would you like to have been? Who was Fu Hao?

Jade carving was a special skill and was highly respected. Jade carver: We’re under attack! Narrator: The Shang dynasty lasted for over five centuries but came to an end when the last king ...