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Paintings About the Armor of Chinese Dynasties

Chen Dawei

52K0

The author of "Painting on Chinese Armor in Ancient Dynasties" has been researching Chinese armor in ancient times for a long time. He has made many on-the-spot inspections of architectural murals, unearthed cultural relics and surviving sculptures. He has referred to existing archaeological results and historical documents, combined with his own understanding and speculation on the shapes of armor and costumes in previous dynasties over the years, and used the method of painting decomposition to intuitively and concretely explain the basic situation of the shape, structure, material, wearing method and other aspects of Chinese armor in previous dynasties. The main feature of this book is that the author based on the known information related to armor in each dynasty, combined with the development of crafts and technology in different dynasties, changes in combat weapons and other factors, and added varying degrees of rational assumptions to speculate on unknown gaps, so that the overall image of armor in each dynasty can be comprehensively and intuitively displayed, and further summarized the evolution and inheritance of armor in past dynasties. "Drawings on Chinese Armor of Ancient Dynasties" is not only of great value to the study of military costumes, but also has important inspiration and reference value for art and creative personnel in various related fields such as film and television, drama, animation, games, etc.

Faxian's Journey to the West: the World Faxian Sees

Chen Dawei

125K0

The eminent monk Faxian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was the first Chinese to reach ancient India and bring back Buddhist scriptures. Based on Fa Xian's "Records of the Buddha Country" as the background, this book combines cultural relics with historical documents through on-site inspections of the Huangshui Valley, Loulan Ancient City Ruins, Rewak Buddhist Temple Ruins, Gion Monastery Ruins, Wuwei Shan Temple Pagoda and other places along Fa Xian's westward journey. It unfolds the humanistic history along Fa Xian's Road before our eyes with pictures and texts, and provides an intuitive, vivid and unique perspective for related research.