The parts of the three-volume manuscript that have been returned to China are Wuxing Ling and Gongshou Zhan, known by ...

Volumes II and III of the over 2,300-year-old Zidanku Silk Manuscripts arrived in Beijing at 3.55am on Sunday (May 18) after ...

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Less well-known are the musical instruments made of clay. They have been played in China since the Zhou dynasty (1046BC-256BC). Today, clay is one of the bayin, the eight categories into which ...

WASHINGTON -- The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art on Friday officially returned the Zidanku silk manuscript volumes II and III: Wuxing Ling and Gongshou Zhan from the Warring States period ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third ...