Bulletin, Issues 70-71The Museum, 1998 - China |
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The inscriptions indicate that in Shang times the king was both a political and religious leader . As illustrated by abundant data concerning religious affairs in bone inscriptions , the Shang king was all - powerful ; he was not simply ...
The inscriptions indicate that in Shang times the king was both a political and religious leader . As illustrated by abundant data concerning religious affairs in bone inscriptions , the Shang king was all - powerful ; he was not simply ...
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The outline of a heraldic eagle on the topmost band of the Palace Museum image further relates Liangzhu and Longshan Neolithic traditions of religious representation with those of Shang . The internal band decor of small rectangular ...
The outline of a heraldic eagle on the topmost band of the Palace Museum image further relates Liangzhu and Longshan Neolithic traditions of religious representation with those of Shang . The internal band decor of small rectangular ...
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Since the animal mask is the major image on the major tool of ancestor propitiation , it is apparent that Shang religious practice inherited or carried out a form of spirit invocation through use of the animal vehicle and mask of ...
Since the animal mask is the major image on the major tool of ancestor propitiation , it is apparent that Shang religious practice inherited or carried out a form of spirit invocation through use of the animal vehicle and mask of ...
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