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China 221 BCE–960 CE (Gallery 15)

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China 221 BCE–960 CE (Gallery 15)

The objects in this gallery represent religious and artistic practices that took place over a period of more than a thousand years. During this time Chinese beliefs were profoundly influenced by dynastic changes, foreign conquests, migrations, trade and commerce, and the arrival of Buddhism. Nevertheless, ancestor worship remained central to the Chinese belief system.

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