Directorios

Enlace: http://www.pma.edmonton.ab.ca/vexhibit/dragon/intro.htm

Descripción: The Provincial Museum of Alberta.
«A dense web of towns and villages spreads across northeastern China's vast, agriculturally productive Manchurian Plain. From time to time, the daily activities of local villagers disturb the rich historical fabric of this landscape, revealing something of China's ancient history. This was the case for villagers working in Acheng County, near Harbin, Heilongjiang. Excavating in the west wall of the Jin Dynasty (A.D. 1115-1234) capital, known as Shangjing, they stumbled upon an exquisite, sitting bronze dragon. The reasons for burying the little dragon in Shangjing's walls centuries ago remain a mystery, but we do know that Jin Emperor Shizong ceased using a sitting bronze dragon on his imperial carriage in A.D. 1166.»