Section 1:
Tomb
Treasures
Singing and Dancing
The Chinese people like to have fun toowe
do not spend all of our time on business and war.
To remind the po of happy times, we might
include ceramic figures of acrobats or musicians
in the tomb. Music is so important to us that the
Han central government had a Music Bureau that kept
records about songs, musical instruments, and dances.
Because a soul must remember its everyday life, we include vessels
for food and drinksjars, vases, bowls, and plates. This vase
looks like the bronze vases that used to be buried in graves, but
it is actually made of clay.
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