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| | Archaeology reveals China's cultural mix - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | De Montebello pointed out that the comprehensiveness of the exhibition, which covers such a long time span and extensive geographical territory, was the result of receiving loans from 46 institutions throughout China with the full support of the State Administration for Cultural Heritage in Beijing. |
 | | A fifth-century historian wrote that one of the Han emperors, Huandi by name, was crazy for anything foreign, "foreign dress, foreign hangings, foreign beds, foreign chairs, foreign food, foreign harps, foreign flutes, foreign dance." |
 | | The show opens with an exciting procession of four doll-size parasol-shaded chariots, charioteers and mounted guards in cast bronze, a fitting display of the ceremonial pomp of the Han Dynasty, along with glazed earthenware models of watchtowers and farm buildings representing structures on the large estates of the ruling class. |
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