EAST 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Xia Dynasty, Đông Sơn Drums, Bhikkhu

• School: McGill University
• Department: Asian Language & Literature
• Course: EAST 211
• Professor: Rebecca Robinson

Document Summary

There were significant development for cultural ceremonies: stone qing. Percussion instrument; used for ceremony purposes: oct 2012. Discoveries of a sight similar to battle field, with many rocks not for settlement use. 4000 years ago xia dynasty: humanistic thoughts began after xia, li and yue began to develop and influence politics, bronze drum - commemorate king wu. Nation governed under culture of worship of ancestors and past. Social, religious, political and economic rules were created to government every section (zhou) Yu and rui lands in the boundary. Went they went to zhou they realized that they were in shame because the zhou were really polite. Mannerful : bonze objects were used in ceremonies and rituals and set by social class. Rituals book have specific numbers of such objects per social status. Palace music: come from heaven, one could forget the taste of the most delicious meat.