Recarving China's Past

Recarving China's Past
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 617
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ISBN-10 : 0300107978
ISBN-13 : 9780300107975
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Book Synopsis Recarving China's Past by : Cary Yee-Wei Liu

Download or read book Recarving China's Past written by Cary Yee-Wei Liu and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wu Family shrines, one of the most important cultural monuments of early China, comprise approximately 50 stone slabs from the so-called Wu cemetery in Shandong province. This illustrated book examines the stone slabs and their rubbings, as artifactswith a complex cultural history from the second century to the present.


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