Lecture Notes Flashcards: Ancient Chinese Art and Ritual Objects (Fill-in-the-Blank)

A set of fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering key topics from the lecture notes on Neolithic and ancient Chinese ritual objects, bronze vessels, tombs, and foundational philosophies.

The square jade tube with masks used in Neolithic ritual contexts is a __.

cong

Cong tubes are often paired in burials with a type of artifact called a __.

bi

Bi discs are often placed on and under a body and __ tubes added around it.

cong tubes

A wine vessel in the form of a composite animal from Anyang, Shang dynasty, was designed for pouring wine and symbolized __ powers.

supernatural

The composite animal on this Shang dynasty bronze wine vessel could allude to its use as a __ object.

ritual

Master Lai's Bell shows the connection between ancestor worship and political practice, as evidenced by its __.

inscriptions

Music was a very important part of __ rituals.

court

The Warring States wine vessel from Hubei demonstrates the use of the __ casting technique in Southern China.

lost-wax

Dragons and snakes on the vessel are associated with __.

shamanism

In the Warring States, the jade bi disc represents heaven, and the dragon has become a symbol of the __.

ruler

The bi disc is an example of the finest surviving jade work and was created for a __ context.

funerary

The lacquer bowl from Changsha features bird motifs that are associated with __.

Shamanism

In humid southern China, lacquer was used on wood to prevent __.

rot

The Great Wall was designed to be a barrier between the agricultural Chinese and the nomadic __.

barbarians

It was constructed using stone bricks and the __ earth technique.

rammed

The Wall helped establish a centralized __.

bureaucracy

Mawangdui Tomb no. 1 provides important information about Han cosmology, beliefs about the afterlife, and burial __.

ritual

The silk banner in Mawangdui Tomb no. 1 is an example of a decorated silk banner covering the inner __.

coffin

The hill-shaped censer burner from Mancheng suggests the Daoist concept of sacred mountains inhabited by the __.

immortals

The hill-shaped censer burner is made of Bronze and __.

gold

The Jing Ke relief is an example of a __ scene that captures a whole narrative.

monoscenic

The relief depicts Jing Ke's failed attempt to kill the __.

Qin King

The material of Jing Ke's scene is an ink rubbing of a bas-relief in __.

stone

The practice of communicating with the spirit world and using animal helpers is called __.

Shamanism

The two souls in the Hun-Po theory are hun and __.

po

Fu Hao Tomb provides evidence of Shang ritual and ancestor worship and is the tomb of the Shang queen and military leader __.

Fu Hao

Confucianism began in the Eastern Zhou dynasty and emphasizes ethics and social order, complementing __ which emphasizes man in relation to nature.

Daoism

Longshan Culture, a Neolithic culture noted for decorated pottery such as stemcups and the tripod pitcher, practiced __ as part of ritual life.

scapulimancy

The decorative animal-face motif commonly found on Shang and Zhou bronze vessels, featuring prominent eyes and stylized features, is called the __.

Taotie