![]() ![]() Many experts believe the cong was connected with the practice of contacting the spirit world. Originating in the Neolithic period, it continued to play a prominent role in burials through the Shang and Zhou dynasties. One of the most prevalent and mysterious of early Chinese jade shapes. cong: Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 3200-2200 BCE, Jade, 1 7/8 x 2 5/8". Earthenware, life-size What was the cultural heart of China? the three great rivers Huang He (Yellow), Yangzi, and Xi Painted pottery from banpo: turned out rim, from the Neolithic period, crafted between 5,000 and 4,000 BCE and found near the Xi'an and the Yellow River in the village of Banpo What were ancient mask motifs referred to in the Neolithic period? taotie Drawing of the mask decoration on a jade cong: connected with ritul practices serving as containers for offerings of food and wine. From the mausoleum of Emperor Shihuangdi, Lintong, Shaanxi. Terra Cotta Soldiers: 8,000 life size soldiers with 100 life size ceramic horses standing in military formation and ready for formation found underground in 1974 that guarded the tomb of Emperor Shihuangdi, the ruthless ruler who first united the states of China into an empire.
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