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The Xia Dynasty
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2205-1700 B.C.E
developed technology to cast bronze |
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King Tang
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overthrew Xia
established Shang Dynasty |
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The Shang Dynasty
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1700-1045
enter time of recorded history |
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Ancestor of Chinese scripture used today
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Shang Dynasty scripture
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Religion of the Shang Dynasty
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animistic deities/shamanistic rituals
may have included sacrificial rituals to appease dead spirits |
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Ancient Shang metropolitan center
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14th or 15ty c. B.C.E.
had special artisan districts little remains perished due to lack of good building stone but plentiful supply of timber |
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Lady Fu Hao
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died 1250 BCE
consort of King Wu Ding |
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Chinese idea of afterlife during Shang period
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=extension of life
equipped royal tombs to be functioning homes for deceased |
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Tomb of Lady Fu Hao contents
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horses
dogs 440 cast+decorated bronzed (w/name inscribed on) 600 jades chariots lacquered items weapons gold/silver ornaments ivory inlaid w/turquoise 700 cowrie shells (Shang coinage) Remains of 22 men and 24 women axes used to behead them |
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Sericulture
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technique for rearing silk worms/producing silk
perfected by 4000 BCE |
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Splendor of Burials during Shang Dynasty represents
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wealth/power of leaders
reverence owed to deceased royal ancestors/past |
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bronze vessels
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Shang leaders admired metal art controlled bronze workshops
30 distinctive types derived from existing ceramic/wooden prototypes |
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Religious importance of bronze vessels
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manufacturing complexity+symbolism= bronzeworking masters had status of shamans or priests
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ding
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Shang bronze vessel type
3 feet for cooking derived from Neolothic ceramic |
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taotie
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(ogre of glutton mask)
stylized face found on many Shang bronzes represent gods/monsters that protect from evil |
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taotie in other countries
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reappearance of face raises questions of human trafficking
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patinas
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blue, green, reddish discolorations on bronze
result from interaction w/minerals and soils around tomb |
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yu
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Shang bronze vessel type
complicated sculptural form intricately entwined human+animal figures/scrolls/serpentine forms |
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Patterns and rhythms of decorations of yu
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arranged/integrated to accent+complement shape
enhances appeal |
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Chinese piece-mold casting
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produce fully detailed clay model
create negative mold of shape/decorations bronze poured into spaced between model and mold |
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Chinese writing
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value of writing magnified because of Unusual style of written Chinese
characters are pictographic, stand for words+ideas not sounds writing can be understood by all languages |
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Chinese writing effects
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all language speakers can share religious, philosophical, artistic traditions
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oracle bones
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bones found in Shang tombs
marked w/written messgae heated until cracked cracks read by shamans who could see future in them |
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oracle bones and writing
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preserve earliest writing
has continuity for 4000 years |
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Figure found
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first human figure
ritually broken before put in tomb |