https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7 Selina Zeng en-us 2022-07-01 23:48:08 UTC 2022-07-02 03:32:26 UTC hello@padlet.com selinazzeng https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235363266 This bell was made in the Zhou Dynasty. It is made of bronze. The overall length is 7.62 meters and the height is 2.74 meters. Now located in Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan.

The entire bell is a carillon composed of 65 bronze parts. Each bell has a taotie pattern on the front and back, which gives the music a ritual that can communicate with the supernatural. Many musical instruments and bronze treasures were found in the tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng. Ample musical instruments show how much Marquis Yi of Zeng attached great importance to musical instrument manufacture and rhythm research during his lifetime.]]> 2022-07-02 00:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235363266 selinazzeng https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235367786 This banner was painted on silk during the Han Dynasty. The height of the painted banner is around 2.05 meter. Now located in Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha.

In the era of the Han Dynasty, China's outside world was well protected. In response to the opening of the Silk Road, many precious commodities were introduced, including silk. This banner is a T-shaped silk banner. The painting above has the three layers of the universe: heaven, earth, the underworld, and a portrait of a dead person. The banner symbolizes the otherworldly presence of the dead Lady Dai.


]]> 2022-07-02 00:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235367786 selinazzeng https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235382886 This architectural statue is made of painted earthenware. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the middle of the 1st century CE and the 2nd century CE. Now located at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

A ceramic architectural model of this Han structure was discovered in a tomb. This ceramic model's main house is put together from 13 different parts. In East Asian architecture, the bracket system employed in the house is a common feature. The model also features lovely paintings and a variety of decorative representations.


]]> 2022-07-02 01:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235382886 selinazzeng https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235406939 This handscroll is painted on silk by ink and color. It comes from the Northern Song dynasty and has an overall height of 2.06 meters. Now located in National Palace Museum, Taibei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

The entire handscroll has very precise details and proportions. People who view the entire artwork have the impression that they are scaling mountains, escaping from reality, and interacting with the spirit of Tai Chi. The artist expresses the wisdom of the universe in form. Landscape paintings demand the artist to organize their whole comprehension of "li" from numerous natural aspects.

As mentioned in the book, "Mastering outward forms showed an understanding of the principles behind them." Here in Neo-Confucianism, the principle is the source of all things, also known as the principle of heaven, which recognizes the changes of things.]]> 2022-07-02 02:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235406939 selinazzeng https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235415424 This painting is from Southern Song dynasty, early 13th century CE. It was painted on silk and ink. The total height is 28 cm and 2. 31 meters long. Now located at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

This painting by Xia Gui has a more intimate and lyrical view of nature. The control of ink and wash makes the whole painting look like a landscape surrounded by clouds. To capture the rapidly changing world in a simplified form is like that invisibility is more existential than tangibility. 

From the textbook, "During the late twelfth century, a new school of Neo-Confucianism called School of the Mind insisted that self-cultivation could be achieved through contemplation, which might lead to sudden enlightenment." The difference here is that the theory of mind advocates following people's hearts to explore and understand the laws of everything in the world. There are philosophical parallels in these paintings.]]> 2022-07-02 03:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/selinazzeng/fi87hrfmh0cvv0q7/wish/2235415424