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| Keywords: Western Han Chinese Silk.JPG This 6¾ foot long Western Han painting on silk was found draped over the coffin in the grave of Lady Dai c 168 BC at Mawangdui near Changsha in Hunan province China The scenes depicted on it seem to illustrate the journey of the woman's soul The top section shows the heavenly realm complete with dragons leopards and hybrid creatures At the corners are the crow that symbolizes the sun and the toad that symbolizes the moon the pairing of the sun and moon representing the cosmic forces of yin and yang Bannière funéraire de la marquise Dai Tombe n° 1 Mawangdui Changsha Hunan 168-145 avant notre ère encre et couleurs sur soie h 205 cm Musée de la province du Hunan ZH 马王堆 号汉墓帛画 From my book by Patricia Ebrey the Cambridge Illustrated History of China 1999 2007-11-06 PericlesofAthens <gallery> File Mawangdui silk banner from tomb no1 jpg File Banière funéraire peinture sur soie Chine jpg </gallery> PD-old-100 Silk textiles Paintings from China Mawangdui Textiles of the Western Han Dynasty Chinese silk Hunan Provincial Museum ImageNote 1 5 5 1191 2757 1200 2766 2 长205厘米，上端宽92厘米 ImageNoteEnd 1 Paintings on silk | ||||
