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This photograph of Fourth of July fireworks in Portland was used in recognition of the Tang inventing gunpowder for fireworks.
Buddhism: Temple in Kunming, China. N.d. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 9 Jan. 2014. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/70/75470-004-0FBBE4FA.jpg>.
This photograph which was used on our site shows an altar at a Buddhist temple in Kunming, China. Above the altar is a statue of the Buddha. It helped us to show an example of a Buddhist temple and how Buddhism has greatly influenced Chinese history.
Forbidden City. N.d. Photograph. Palace Museum, Beijing. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/69/69-004-57B236A9.jpg>.
This aerial photograph of the Forbidden City in Beijing was used as an image on our site.
Gooch, Edward. Queue. C. 1800. Hulton Archives. About.com. About.com. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://0.tqn.com/d/asianhistory/1/G/q/E/-/-/QueueEdwardGoochHultonArchivesc1800.jpg>.
This image of a Chinese man in Manchu clothing with a queue was used as an image on our site.
Grand Canal: Barges at Suzhou. N.d. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/98/7498-004-9677C418.jpg>.
This photograph of the Grand Canal in Suzhou was used as an image on our site.
Great Wall of China: Aerial Views. 1997. Photograph. Archivo Iconográfico, Barcelona, Spain. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 4 Jan. 2014. <http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/20431-004-88C7E221.jpg>.
This aerial photograph, which was used as an image on our site, shows a large portion of the Great Wall of China, in the mountains of northern China.
Han Gan. Night-Shining White. Ca. 750. The Dillon Fund Gift. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1977.78.jpg>.
This paper colored inkwork shows a horse tied to a post. It was used on our site to represent the several dynasties in between the Han and the Yuan. The inkwork is from the Tang dynasty.
Ma Yuan. Scholar Viewing a Waterfall. Late 12th–early 13th Century. Gift of the Dillon Fund. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1973.120.9.jpg>.
This silk colored inkwork of a scholar viewing a waterfall was used as an image on our site so as to show how Song dynasty imagery was very simplistic.
Qian Xuan. Wang Xizhi Watching Geese. 1295. Gift of the Dillon Fund. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1973.120.6.jpg>.
This paper colored inkwork with gold depicts Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher from the Three Kingdoms Period. It was used as an image on the homepage of our site.
Shen Zhou. Poet on a Mountain Top. N.d. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/74/22874-004-C81618B5.jpg>.
This paper inkwork which was used as an image on our site depicts a man, evidently a poet, standing on a mountain top, looking out into the abyss beneath him, shrouded in clouds.
Sun Yat-sen. c.1911-1912. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/15/134715-004-055B4C9C.jpg>.
This photograph of Sun Yat-sen in 1911 was used as an image on our site.
Terra-cotta Army. N.d. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/30/153530-004-D54B625C.jpg>.
This photograph which was used on our site shows a large amount of the terra-cotta figures found in Qin Shi Huangdi's tomb. It helped us to show the incredible size of Shi Huangdi's tomb and the amount of figures that were buried within.
Terra-cotta Army: Terra-cotta Soldiers. N.d. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/28/153528-004-E14B08AE.jpg>.
This photograph was used as an image on our site. It shows a closeup of one of the many terra-cotta warriors in Qin Shihuangdi's tomb. It helped us to show the level of detail used in the creation of each soldier.
Wang Hui. Landscapes after Ancient Masters. 1674 and 1677. The Dillon Fund Gift. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_1989.141.4_av2.jpg>.
This paper colored inkwork which was used as an image on our site depicts a very natural landscape of forested mountains and a lake with boats on it.
Wu Bin. The Sixteen Luohans. 1591. Edward Elliot Family. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1986.266.4.jpg>.
This paper colored inkwork depicts the Sixteen Luohans. A luohan or arhat in Buddhism, was a person who was associated with mystical powers and divinity. This artwork was used on our site as one of the homepage images.
Xu Yang. The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Six: Entering Suzhou and the Grand Canal. 1770. The Dillon Fund Gift. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1988.350.jpg>.
This silk colored inkwork depicts the city of Suzhou and the Qianlong emperor's inspection. It was used as an image on the homepage of our site.
This photograph of Fourth of July fireworks in Portland was used in recognition of the Tang inventing gunpowder for fireworks.
Buddhism: Temple in Kunming, China. N.d. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 9 Jan. 2014. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/70/75470-004-0FBBE4FA.jpg>.
This photograph which was used on our site shows an altar at a Buddhist temple in Kunming, China. Above the altar is a statue of the Buddha. It helped us to show an example of a Buddhist temple and how Buddhism has greatly influenced Chinese history.
Forbidden City. N.d. Photograph. Palace Museum, Beijing. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/69/69-004-57B236A9.jpg>.
This aerial photograph of the Forbidden City in Beijing was used as an image on our site.
Gooch, Edward. Queue. C. 1800. Hulton Archives. About.com. About.com. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://0.tqn.com/d/asianhistory/1/G/q/E/-/-/QueueEdwardGoochHultonArchivesc1800.jpg>.
This image of a Chinese man in Manchu clothing with a queue was used as an image on our site.
Grand Canal: Barges at Suzhou. N.d. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/98/7498-004-9677C418.jpg>.
This photograph of the Grand Canal in Suzhou was used as an image on our site.
Great Wall of China: Aerial Views. 1997. Photograph. Archivo Iconográfico, Barcelona, Spain. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 4 Jan. 2014. <http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/20431-004-88C7E221.jpg>.
This aerial photograph, which was used as an image on our site, shows a large portion of the Great Wall of China, in the mountains of northern China.
Han Gan. Night-Shining White. Ca. 750. The Dillon Fund Gift. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1977.78.jpg>.
This paper colored inkwork shows a horse tied to a post. It was used on our site to represent the several dynasties in between the Han and the Yuan. The inkwork is from the Tang dynasty.
Ma Yuan. Scholar Viewing a Waterfall. Late 12th–early 13th Century. Gift of the Dillon Fund. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1973.120.9.jpg>.
This silk colored inkwork of a scholar viewing a waterfall was used as an image on our site so as to show how Song dynasty imagery was very simplistic.
Qian Xuan. Wang Xizhi Watching Geese. 1295. Gift of the Dillon Fund. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1973.120.6.jpg>.
This paper colored inkwork with gold depicts Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher from the Three Kingdoms Period. It was used as an image on the homepage of our site.
Shen Zhou. Poet on a Mountain Top. N.d. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/74/22874-004-C81618B5.jpg>.
This paper inkwork which was used as an image on our site depicts a man, evidently a poet, standing on a mountain top, looking out into the abyss beneath him, shrouded in clouds.
Sun Yat-sen. c.1911-1912. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 12 Jan. 2014. <http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/15/134715-004-055B4C9C.jpg>.
This photograph of Sun Yat-sen in 1911 was used as an image on our site.
Terra-cotta Army. N.d. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/30/153530-004-D54B625C.jpg>.
This photograph which was used on our site shows a large amount of the terra-cotta figures found in Qin Shi Huangdi's tomb. It helped us to show the incredible size of Shi Huangdi's tomb and the amount of figures that were buried within.
Terra-cotta Army: Terra-cotta Soldiers. N.d. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/28/153528-004-E14B08AE.jpg>.
This photograph was used as an image on our site. It shows a closeup of one of the many terra-cotta warriors in Qin Shihuangdi's tomb. It helped us to show the level of detail used in the creation of each soldier.
Wang Hui. Landscapes after Ancient Masters. 1674 and 1677. The Dillon Fund Gift. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_1989.141.4_av2.jpg>.
This paper colored inkwork which was used as an image on our site depicts a very natural landscape of forested mountains and a lake with boats on it.
Wu Bin. The Sixteen Luohans. 1591. Edward Elliot Family. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1986.266.4.jpg>.
This paper colored inkwork depicts the Sixteen Luohans. A luohan or arhat in Buddhism, was a person who was associated with mystical powers and divinity. This artwork was used on our site as one of the homepage images.
Xu Yang. The Qianlong Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour, Scroll Six: Entering Suzhou and the Grand Canal. 1770. The Dillon Fund Gift. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web. 11 Jan. 2014. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_1988.350.jpg>.
This silk colored inkwork depicts the city of Suzhou and the Qianlong emperor's inspection. It was used as an image on the homepage of our site.