Introduction Beginning less than a decade after his attainment of the position of Secretary of the Board of War(1763-1766), Peng Qifeng 彭启丰(1701-1784;jinshi 1727)authored prefaces to the canonical'complete work...Introduction Beginning less than a decade after his attainment of the position of Secretary of the Board of War(1763-1766), Peng Qifeng 彭启丰(1701-1784;jinshi 1727)authored prefaces to the canonical'complete works'(quanshu全书)of the newly crystalized trinity of spirit-altar deities of the mid-Qing dynasty: Complete Works展开更多
In 2002--2003, The Gasun-Qinghai Archaeological Team, IA. CASS. and the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology continued to excavate on the Lajia site. They discovered a pile-dwelling and an e...In 2002--2003, The Gasun-Qinghai Archaeological Team, IA. CASS. and the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology continued to excavate on the Lajia site. They discovered a pile-dwelling and an earthen altar of the Qijia culture within a small square. On the altar, a special tomb was found to contain a number of jades; at the edge, ten burials were discovered to be of sacrifical nature. The altar is shaped like a trancated pyramid with gentle slopes and man-made hard surfaces, measuring about 2m in height above the square. The remains suggest that the pile-dwelling might have been a ritual building like the she (社 sacrificial building to the god of land ) or mingtang (明堂 ritual hall); and the high-rank tomb, a priest's burial , These finds mark a new breakthrough in prehistoric archaeology and the study of ancient civilization in the upper Yellow River valley, and have great academic significance.展开更多
文摘Introduction Beginning less than a decade after his attainment of the position of Secretary of the Board of War(1763-1766), Peng Qifeng 彭启丰(1701-1784;jinshi 1727)authored prefaces to the canonical'complete works'(quanshu全书)of the newly crystalized trinity of spirit-altar deities of the mid-Qing dynasty: Complete Works
文摘In 2002--2003, The Gasun-Qinghai Archaeological Team, IA. CASS. and the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology continued to excavate on the Lajia site. They discovered a pile-dwelling and an earthen altar of the Qijia culture within a small square. On the altar, a special tomb was found to contain a number of jades; at the edge, ten burials were discovered to be of sacrifical nature. The altar is shaped like a trancated pyramid with gentle slopes and man-made hard surfaces, measuring about 2m in height above the square. The remains suggest that the pile-dwelling might have been a ritual building like the she (社 sacrificial building to the god of land ) or mingtang (明堂 ritual hall); and the high-rank tomb, a priest's burial , These finds mark a new breakthrough in prehistoric archaeology and the study of ancient civilization in the upper Yellow River valley, and have great academic significance.
