The Dunhuang map or Dunhuang Star map is one of the first known graphical representations of stars from ancient Chinese astronomy, dated to the Tang dynasty...
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surviving manuscript star chart was the Dunhuang Star Chart, dated to the Tang dynasty (618–907) and discovered in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang in Gansu, Western...
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Dunhuang (listen) is a county-level city in northwestern Gansu Province, Western China. According to the 2010 Chinese census, the city has a population...
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Chinese constellations (redirect from Chinese star constellations)
according to the testimony of the Dunhuang Star Chart enumerated 810 stars in 138 asterisms. The Dunhuang Star Chart itself has 1,585 stars grouped into...
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Betelgeuse (redirect from Betelgeuse (star))
Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion. It is usually the tenth-brightest star in the night sky and, after Rigel, the second...
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related star maps found in East Asia outside China are also listed. Chinese constellations Traditional Chinese star names Dunhuang Star Chart "Image:...
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The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) is an international collaborative effort to conserve, catalogue and digitise manuscripts, printed texts, paintings...
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Canopus (redirect from Canopus (star))
the Dunhuang Star Chart, although it cannot be seen from the Chinese capital of Chang'an. The Chinese astronomer Yi Xing had journeyed south to chart Canopus...
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on geometry and cosmology c. 705 — Dunhuang Star Chart, a manuscript star chart from the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang c. 750 — The first Zij treatise, Az-Zij...
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world concepts Chinese fortune telling Chinese zodiac Da Liu Ren Dunhuang Star Chart Feng shui Four Pillars of Destiny Qimen Dunjia Symbolic stars Synoptical...
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his gnomon shadow table, restored. Xuan tu Tsinghua Bamboo Slips Dunhuang Star Chart Needham & al. (1959), p. 19. Zou (2011), p. 104. Pang-White (2018)...
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Beta Canis Majoris (redirect from Star Mirzam)
yī, English: the First Star of Market for Soldiers). From this Chinese name arose the name Kuen She. The Dunhuang Star Chart noted β Canis Majoris as...
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The Dunhuang star chart (2009) with Jérôme Blumberg, CNRS Images Enigmes de Sirius (2008) with Jérôme Blumberg, CNRS Images Sirius, the Dogon star (1999)...
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related to the Codex Amiatinus (late 7th – early 8th centuries) Dunhuang Star Chart, one of the first known graphical representations of stars from ancient...
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Chinese Bestiary. ISBN 978-0520218444. "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 25 June...
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Qutan Xida. The oldest extant Chinese star chart dates to that period and was preserved as part of the Dunhuang Manuscripts. Native Chinese astronomy...
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Mintaka (category Bright Star Catalogue objects)
single star Delta Ori Aa2, a single star Delta Ori Ab, which orbits Aa at a distance, with an orbital period of 152 years Delta Ori B, a single star not...
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ink line drawing technique baimiao and traditional murals such as the Dunhuang murals. Other styles used in the cutscenes include stop motion and anime...
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original on 2010-05-31, retrieved 2012-03-21 "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original on 2015-11-04. Retrieved 2011-06-25...
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and has reached audiences of millions around the world. Projects include Dunhuang – Mysteries of the Sands (IFA/Tencent), Pearl Harbor – The Heroes Who Fought...
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dynasties China during the 5th century AD. The earliest depiction of it is a Dunhuang cave mural from the Chinese Northern Wei dynasty, the painting dated to...
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Emperor of Ming Dynasty (2006) Initiating Prosperity (2006) The Great Dunhuang (2006) Princess Der Ling (2006) The Rebirth of a King (2006) The Rise of...
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Frankfurt Classification of Turkic Languages by Lars Johanson Grouping chart of Turkic Languages Online Uyghur–English Dictionary Turkic language vocabulary...
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Françoise; Whitfield, S., "The Dunhuang Chinese Sky: A comprehensive study of the oldest known star atlas", International Dunhuang Project, British Library...
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Chinese astronomy (section Star catalogues and maps)
one is perhaps the Dunhuang map found in Dunhuang, Gansu. Uncovered by the British archaeologist Marc Aurel Stein in 1907, the star map was brought to...
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the West, (1100 AD) A fine assemblage of Buddhist scroll paintings from Dunhuang, western China, collected by the British-Hungarian explorer Aurel Stein...
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Praderie; Susan Whitfield. "The Dunhuang Chinese Sky: A comprehensive study of the oldest known star atlas". International Dunhuang Project, British Library...
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commanderies in this region to consolidate their control: Jiuquan, Zhangyi, Dunhuang, and Wuwei. The majority of people on the frontier were soldiers. On occasion...
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losing her fear of the sea while filming Summer Surf Shop. The China TME UNI Chart was launched by Tencent Music in 2018 and first published by Billboard in...
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Teaching". In Anderl, Christoph; Wittern, Christian (eds.). Chán Buddhism in Dūnhuáng and Beyond: A Study of Manuscripts, Texts, and Contexts in Memory of John...
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