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...Cambridge University, ranked second. According to Harvard students who have studied or lived in China, the country holds Harvard University in unusually high esteem. “They hold Harvard as their religious faith,” said Zhongyuan “Julian” Han ’07, who was born and raised in Shanghai. Han noted that Fudan is a good school with a strong emphasis on education, and is ranked among the top three universities in mainland China, along with Beijing’s Beida and Qinghua Universities. But he said Fudan...
...tigress adopting a human baby. The early bronze workers certainly knew how to convey animal brutality when they wanted to, as illustrated in two small ornaments nearby that depict fierce tigers attacking defenseless deer. The museum also features an exceptional collection of tomb figures, or mingqi, especially from the Han dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.). The Han believed that humans have both a physical life (po) and a spiritual one (hun), and that at death the two go their separate ways. While the spirit journeys to paradise, the po remains in the tomb. There, it needs the same kinds...
...museum also features an exceptional collection of tomb figures, or mingqi, especially from the Han dynasty (206 B.C. to 220 A.D.). The Han believed that humans have both a physical life (po) and a spiritual one (hun), and that at death the two go their separate ways. While the spirit journeys to paradise, the po remains in the tomb. There, it needs the same kinds of company and comforts that it enjoyed in life, which the mingqi were designed to provide. The Cernuschi displays a vast array of these once-buried companions-dancers, musicians, cooks, soldiers and guardians, as well...
...dealers on Hong Kong's Hollywood Road. Still, there are some truly remarkable treasures on show, like the "Barbarian with Horn," a large sancai (three-color) glazed terra-cotta sculpture of an elaborately dressed man with bulging eyes, a handlebar moustache and full beard. Obviously he is not Han Chinese, and that's what makes figures from the vibrant Tang dynasty so interesting. During this period, trade along the Silk Route was at its height, and foreigners, like this Central Asian carrying a cornucopia-shaped wine vessel, were welcomed and valued. Xi'an, the Tang capital, was a prosperous, cosmopolitan...
...still without identification labels. And the collection itself is uneven, though the true masterpieces are carefully set apart from the more mundane offerings. Still, it is tempting to go through the museum wondering what Cernuschi and the curators who followed him could-or should-have bought. Calligraphy from the Han dynasty? Silver and gold ornaments from the Tang dynasty...