The Effect Of Horses On Han Dynasty Architecture
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The horse holds a long history in the Chinese society. For more than 3000 years, the horse played a central role in determining the social standing of the society. The horse represented military potential and were crucial tools of agriculture and transport. The Chinese dynasties that relied on the significance of the horse were the Shang, Sun Ji, Han, Tang, and Yuan. In each of these dynasties, the people made efforts of preserving and protecting horses. The appearance of horses in different architectural designs serves as evidence that the horse occupied a central part in their lives. The different dynasties indulged in training horses for the different roles that they played. This paper will analyze how the horse affected architecture and landscape painting in China.
Background Information The Han dynasty emerged in 207 B.C.E as a successor of the Qin dynasty. The Han dynasty found a united Chinese society from the efforts of its immediate predecessor. This dynasty lasted for the longest time in China thriving in unity. However, the dynasty faced a division in the years that followed. Initially, the western Han had …show more content…
This translates to the fact that some mausoleums consisted of multiple tomb chambers and had explicit architectural design. However, anthropologists have revealed that the Han society gave emperors and generals a dignified send off. One way of expressing such dignity was through the accompaniment of warriors and horses in the mausoleum. This finding is very relevant because archeological studies have only unearthed royal mausoleums7. The inscriptions on the mausoleums provide evidence of royalty. Consequently, this implies that royal tombs were the detailed expressions of the architectural designs of the Han dynasty
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The Effect of Horses on Han Dynasty Architecture
The horse holds a long history in the Chinese society. For more than 3000 years, the horse played a central role in determining the social standing of the society. The horse represented military potential and were crucial tools of agriculture and transport. The Chinese dynasties that relied on the significance of the horse were the Shang, Sun Ji, Han, Tang, and Yuan. In each of these dynasties, the people made efforts of preserving and protecting horses. The appearance of horses in different architectural designs serves as evidence that the horse occupied a central part in their lives. The different dynasties indulged in training horses for the different roles that they played. This paper will analyze how the horse affected architecture and landscape painting in China.
Background Information The Han dynasty emerged in 207 B.C.E as a successor of the Qin dynasty. The Han dynasty found a united Chinese society from the efforts of its immediate predecessor. This dynasty lasted for the longest time in China thriving in unity. However, the dynasty faced a division in the years that followed. Initially, the western Han had …show more content…
This translates to the fact that some mausoleums consisted of multiple tomb chambers and had explicit architectural design. However, anthropologists have revealed that the Han society gave emperors and generals a dignified send off. One way of expressing such dignity was through the accompaniment of warriors and horses in the mausoleum. This finding is very relevant because archeological studies have only unearthed royal mausoleums7. The inscriptions on the mausoleums provide evidence of royalty. Consequently, this implies that royal tombs were the detailed expressions of the architectural designs of the Han dynasty