Buddhas of Cloud Hill

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Buddhist cave-temples in China's northern Shanxi Province were constructed in the late fifth century as a combination of political statement and religious restoration. There are over a dozen caves and grottoes on Yungang, 'Cloud Hill,' full of Buddhist images and statues. The head of the Buddhist church requested the emperor to establish these temples as a reaction to six years of violent persecution. The cave-temples' construction marks the beginning of Buddhism's rapid expansion in China.

Monuments, Temples, Buddhist, Buddhist temples, Buddhism

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Vintage altar of heaven

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The 1999 excavation of oldest known altar used in Chinese state religious practice at the city of Xian is described. The origins of Chinese state religion date back to the Han Dynasty, 206-220 BC, and perhaps as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, 1050-771 BC.

Archaeology, Art and religion

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Purple reign

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The techniques adopted by Chinese chemists to produce the purple color used for painting the terracotta soldiers at the graves of emperors from the Qin and Han dynasties are described.

China, Usage, Design and construction, Description and travel, Cemeteries, Chemical properties, Terra-cotta figurines, Coloring matter, Colourants, Colorants

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