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Mawangdui Han Dynasty Tomb
Mawangdui Han Dynasty Tomb(mawangdui yihao hanmu),located
in the eastern suburbs of Chansha, the Mawangdui Han Dynasty
Tombs were uncovered in 1972. The tombs, which date back some
2,100 years to the Western Han dynasty (206BC-25AD), contained
the remains of the Marquis Dai, his wife and son, and their
most prized possessions.
Among the more than 3,000 relics unearthed, were
exquisite lacquer-ware, musical instruments, silk paintings,
pottery and Chinese medicinal herbs. There was also a complete
text of the Daoist classic 'I Ching' written on silk. Of all
the remains, the most astonishing was the corpse of Zin Hui,
the Marquess of Dai, which was extremely well preserved. Most
of the artifacts including the corpses can now be found in the
Hunan Provincial Museum.
Yuelu
Academy
Yuelu
Academy is one of the oldest academies in China. It was
established in the 976 during the Song Dynasty with the funds
from the government. At its prime period when Zhuxi, a famous
neo-confucianist in the Song Dynasty, gave lectures here, its
students accounted about 1000. The academy existed through the
Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was transferred to
Hunan Institute of Higher. Serving as an institute for 1000
thousand years, Yuelu Academy is honored as a
"One-thousand-year-old Academic Institution".
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