Mingqi
Mingqi ( Chinese 明器 or 冥器, also 盟 器 , Pinyin míngqì , W.-G. ming-ch'i , English burial objects / funerary objects / mortuary objects ) are Chinese grave goods , burial objects or gifts for the dead , which are specially made for burial purposes be made. The artifacts were usually made of clay , wood, or stone . Since the Neolithic they can be found in all graves together with the dead. Since the Song Dynasty , paper funerary objects have gradually spread , and those made of clay, wood, or stone have gradually decreased. Lead and tin were also used as materials during the Ming Dynasty . In addition to replicas of everyday objects, the grave goods also include models of buildings, fields, storehouses, wells, flocks, pigsties, furniture, etc., from which one can understand social life and the state of the art of painting of the time. Objects of particular artistic value are the lifelike clay figures and objects from the Han dynasty or those of three-color ceramics from the Tang dynasty .
reference books
- Cihai . Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe 2002; ISBN 7-5326-0839-5
- Zhongguo da baike quanshu : Kaoguxue [Great Chinese Encyclopedia: Volume Archeology]. Beijing: Zhongguo da baike quanshu chubanshe, 1986 ( online )
literature
- Cheng Te-k'un and Shen Wei-chun: Zhongguo mingqi. A Brief History of Chinese Mortuary Objects. Yenching Journal, Monograph Series I. Beijing, 1933 (Chinese) ( web )
See also
Web links
- The Vibrant Role of Mingqi in Early Chinese Burials - English
- Burial Objects in the Han Dynasty - House and Its Facilities - English
- Ancient Life Captured by Funerary Objects of Han Dynasty - English
- Han Funeral Object - Eastern Han 25-220 AD - English
- Mortuary Architecture and "Brilliant Artifacts" - English
Chinese web links
- Mingqi - Chinese
- Mingqi - Chinese
- Research on the Paper Burial Objects from the Ancient Tombs in Turpan
Footnotes
- ↑ Other Chinese names are suízàngpǐn 随葬品 or suízàngwù 随葬 物.
- ↑ E.g. the pottery of the Dadunzi ( Pizhou , Jiangsu Province ) or Dadiwan ( Qin'an , Gansu Province ) sites .
- ↑ cangdian.com ( Memento from January 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ): Songdai de mingqiciwu (found on September 12, 2009)