China's Cultural Atlas: Culture in the Qi Lu Region

The Qi Lu region covers east of the Yellow river where the Shandong peninsula is located. It is the cradle of China's eastern cultures, including the Dawenkou, and is the birthplace of Confucius. Artifacts found in this area includes, for example, Neolithic pottery of the Dawenkou culture, spectacular archaic jades and bronzes from the Warring States and the Han periods, and Northern Wei Buddhist sculptures. The book also includes extensive photographs of the Confucius shrine (including the Wu Liang stone monument), and several architecture and landscape marvels. with 362 color illustrations