Bronze vessels like this one are among the most iconic objects made in ancient China ... a big ceremony, sometimes once a week, maybe once every ten days. The belief is that if food, wine or ...

All ritual vessels were made to give food and wine to the dead. "The first dynasties of China, the Shang and the Zhou, made large numbers of fine bronze containers for food, for alcohol ...

The subject of wine, and the rituals associated with ... as one of the Five Classics of pre-Qin Chinese literature. Wine would be served in bronze vessels known as either jue or zhi, which would ...

Archaeologists located a vessel inside the tomb ... culture in the country," Wu Meng added. Wine and the rituals associated ...

In addition to the two taotie statues, which eventually come to life and attack the film’s protagonist, “Creation of the Gods ...

[Photo provided by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Exquisite bronze artifacts, ranging from tall, slender wine vessels to large ... molds to create intricate ritual vessels," Liu explains.

16th century-11th century BC) wine vessel and a ... and intricacy, the ritual context in which they developed, and the sheer number that have been unearthed over China's vast territory.