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Ancient China: Facts about one of the most powerful ancient civilizations in the world
Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.
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The Smithsonian Transfers Rare 2,300-Year-Old Silk Manuscripts to China
The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights ...
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Discovering the art of Chinese knotting techniques
To start with Chinese knotting, you need a few basic tools: cords made of silk or nylon, a pair of scissors, and sometimes ...
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National Museum of Asian Art Announces the Transfer of Ancient Manuscript Fragments to China
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third ...
Poems spanning 1,400 years tell the tale of a revered porpoise
In the study, the team systematically dug through preserved poems dating back to the year 618 CE and found hundreds of ...
2,300-year-old Chinese silk books return to Beijing after decades in US museum
Two volumes of 2,300-year-old silk books – the earliest known in China – arrived in Beijing from the United States in the ...
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Ancient Chinese silk manuscripts return
Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng speaks at the handover ceremony for the return of the Zidanku silk ...
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Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art repatriates ancient silk manuscript to China
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) in Washington, DC, has deaccessioned from its collection fragments of contested ancient Chinese artefacts known as the Zidanku Silk ...