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Several similar examples of such vessels have been unearthed at Anyang; materials used range from bronze and marble, to pottery. Residues of different colors are often found in the round compartments, hence the term pigment container. ......
On November 15, 1947, an opening ceremony was held marking the completion of the Chu-Tung railway. A train, covered with ribbons, arrived at the Hsin-Chu train station. ......
Balistoides conspicillum, also known as Clown Triggerfish or Big-spotted Trigger Fish, mainly inhabits deep coral reef lagoons and seaward reef areas. They are usually found 50 meters under water. They are a solitary species, usually found in waters above table reefs, with strong territoriality....
This program is about the handling of the Industrial and Mine Explosives Project by Kaohsiung Ammonium Sulfate Co., Ltd. from 1955 to 1960. It included sending the companys proposal on the Industrial and Mine Explosives Project to the Economic Stabilization Board, .....
This auspicious painting is used on doors. It displays a beautiful lady with a plump child in her arms. Her left hand holds a pomegranate representing fertility while the child carries a vase of flowers with both hands. Behind them are peonies which symbolize wealth and rank. .....
Born in Taichung County, Jiang Ming-Shian graduated from the Department of Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University. In 1974, he received his M.A. in Central Institute, Spain; two years later, he accepted the offer to teach Chinese painting at St. John's University in New York.
This rubbing was made from a Han stele by Tung Tso-pin in Shantung in l933. It is the other side of the same stone (no. 27073). In the two lower grids Confucius is depicted meeting with Lao Tzu and Hsiang To. This is one of the most frequently seen motifs in Han dynasty tombs and shrines of Shantung. It has multiple meanings. It represents the humble Confucius treating Lao Tzu as his teacher. It probably also indicates that the tomb owner, himself a Confucian, also admired Lao Tzu.
This program is about the plan to build Hualien Nitrogenous Fertilizer Factory by Kaohsiung Ammonium Sulfate Co., Ltd. in 1952. It created a Construction Office, wrote a letter to the Taiwan Manufacturing Industry Management Committee to request the use of Hualien plant of Taiwan Aluminum Factory, .....
Qianlong Tripitaka, also called the Qing Tripitaka, is an official Buddhist canonical publication from the Qing dynasty. In 1733 (Yongzheng’s reign), a Buddhist canon library was set up in Shianliang Temple, .....