Treasure Types · TT900

Implements & Instruments

Objects grouped by function: astronomy and time, measurement and calculation, weapons, music, transport and the scholar's studio

28treasures

9sub-types

11dynasties

Representative treasures

28 treasures
Qin dynasty · Bronze Figures & SculptureBronze Chariots and Horses of Qin Shihuang's MausoleumCarriages for the First Emperor's journeys in the afterlifeEmperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site MuseumTE10054Warring States, Qin (344 BCE) · Weights & MeasuresShang Yang Square Sheng MeasureA measure that served two Qin reformsShanghai MuseumTE10060Late Spring and Autumn period · Weapons & ArmourSword of Goujian, King of YueThe sword of the king who slept on brushwoodHubei Provincial MuseumTE10061Early Warring States period · Musical InstrumentsBianzhong Bells of Marquis Yi of ZengA bronze orchestra from over 2,400 years agoHubei Provincial MuseumTE10062Neolithic, Jiahu (Peiligang) culture · Musical InstrumentsJiahu Bone FluteAmong the oldest playable instruments knownHenan MuseumTE10063Five Dynasties · Celadon WaresYaozhou Ware Makara-shaped Water PotA sea monster from Indian myth in celadonLiaoning Provincial MuseumTE10170Text 8th-12th century; extant manuscripts and prints later · ManuscriptsThe Four Treatises of Tibetan MedicineThe root text of Tibetan medicineTibetan Traditional Hospital (Mentsikhang)TE10522Ming dynasty · ManuscriptsIllustrated Minerals, Insects and Plants (Ming Painted Edition)A Ming woman painter's herbalNational Central LibraryTE10560Ming dynasty, Wanli reign (1593-1596) · Rare Printed BooksJinling Edition of the Compendium of Materia MedicaThe first printing of China's great herbalLibrary of the China Academy of Chinese Medical SciencesTE10562Yuan dynasty (1339) · Rare Printed BooksYuan Edition of the Huangdi NeijingThe oldest printed copy of the medical classicNational Library of ChinaTE10563Tang dynasty · Astronomical InstrumentsDunhuang Star ChartThe whole Tang sky on paperBritish LibraryTE10673Ming dynasty, 1437 · Astronomical InstrumentsMing Abridged ArmillaA Ming copy of Guo Shoujing's armillaPurple Mountain Observatory, CASTE10674

Sub-types by dynasty

Where each sub-type's treasures fall across the dynasties; click an ink dot to open that sub-type at that dynasty.

Implements & Instruments · Sub-types by dynasty
ShangZhouQinHanTangTen KingdomsSongYuanMingQing
Astronomical Instruments2
Timekeeping1
Weights & Measures2
Calculation
Weapons & Armour3
Musical Instruments10
Transport & Harness4
Writing & Scholar's Studio1
Medicine4
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