New Stories from a Burning House post, on the Qianlong Emperor's cats, who probably didn't exist but were still very good. If you've shared this image, you are required to read the post; I don't make the rules.
A well-preserved #tomb dating back more than 2,000 years was recently discovered in #China. The #Chinese Academy of #SocialSciences said in a statement Wednesday that more than 600 #relics were #unearthed.
#Chongqing Institute of #CulturalRelics & #Archeology reported that the tomb is clearly dated to early Western #HanDynasty in #Wulong District, Chongqing, marking the 1st time that so many relics that old have been located in the area.
#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Wang Tao 王韜 (1828–1897), translator, traveller, writer. Together with James Legge (1815–1897), he translated The #ChineseClassics. Living in #Oxford from 1867 to 1870, he recorded his impressions about places he visited in and along the way to #Europe.
I came across a pamphlet in Singapore flea market, "The World Red Swastika Society Prospectus" (世界紅卍字會) - this is a fascinating religious and philanthropic organization tied to one of China's salvationist religious groups, was founded in 1920s. Name obviously doesn't travel well. Read their presentation of their own organization in the scanned version of the pamphlet I put on Internet Archive:
Archaeologists Find 4,000-Year-Old Ceramic Pipe Drainage System in China (www.ancient-origins.net)
“One of the fascinating aspects of the drainage system was its egalitarian design....