The Idea species are relatively larger butterflies. There are more than one hundred species ......

It depicts three children, the tallest of whom stands in the middle; his hands hold a Ru Yi, under which hang two persimmons, symbolizing all wishes coming true. In Chinese imageries of auspiciousness, the tradition calls for the symbolization of abstract ideas through concrete things. ...

Chen Cheng, Director of the Northeast Field Headquarters, wore this pair of gloves when he inspected the frontline. 

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“Buddha of the Western Paradise” is considered the founder of Buddhism. He is also called Sakyamuni Buddha. He was born in 557 BCE. and was the son of King Suddhodana of India. He became a monk at the age of twenty-nine and attained the Way when he was thirty-five. .....

This ship was originally constructed in 1670 of timbers collected in winter and dried with fire in such a way that they could not be split by ordinary tools.  In 1728 the Royal William took part in a sea battle near the harbour of Quebec on the St. Lawrence River , acting as escort and delivering medical supplies. She was finally sapped in 1813.

This marble standing owl was excavated in the Hsi Pei Kang site. The head and ears are curved. There is a ridge stretching to the back between the two ears. The owl has round and big eyes, a crooked beak, and a bulgy belly. The back is composed of feathers which are assembled as the tail of the owl. The feet of the owl look like columns. The shape of the white owl is vivid...

The Paiwan believe that the tribe was born from a ceramic pot. The Deinagkistrodon acutus is believed to be the ancestor and protector of the Paiwan. Old pots decorated with these snakes or with breasts, were sacred items that were only owned by chiefs or aristocrats and ordinary people were forbidden to touch. ....

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.

From the clothing and the facial tattoos of the woman pictured in this painting ......

The “Heavenly Empress Saintly Mother” is Mazu, the most revered goddess in Taiwan. She was the six daughter of Lin Yuan, who lived in the town of Meizhou which was in Putian County of Fujian Province. Heavenly Empress was born in the first year of Jianlong of Song Dynasty. .....