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Wan Qin Lo
 
 

Pavilion of Ten Thousand Zithers 

 
Xuan De Men
 
 

Gate of Virtue Proclaimed 

 
Yuan Qiu
 
 

Round Mound Altar 

Occasions:

 

 

 
Dong Zhi
 
 

Winter Solstice Festival; means ‘winter has arrived’ 

 
Han Shi Jie
 
 

Cold Food Festival 

 
Li Chun
 
 

Spring Equinox 

 
Qing Ming Jie
 
 

Clear and Bright Festival, also called Tomb Sweeping Festival 

 
Xia Zhi
 
 

Summer Solstice 

 
Yuan Xiao Jie
 
 

Feast of Lanterns 

Artistic works:

 

 

 
Da Guan Cha Lun
 
 

 
Treatise on Tea
; a classic text by Emperor Huizong on the art of the tea ceremony

 
Lun Yu
 
 

 
Confucian Analects
; a rulebook for life, made up of discussions Confucius had with his students

 
Qing Ming Shang He Tu
 
 

 
Along the River at Qing Ming
(a painting)

 
Ting Qin Tu
 
 

 
Listening to Zither Music
(a painting)

 
Xiang Long Shi
 
 

 
Auspicious Dragon Rock
(a painting)

 
Zhou Bi Suan Jing
 
 

 
Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient China:
one of the oldest classic Chinese texts on mathematics

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