Burying living people with the dead was a practice which existed in China for several thousand years. With the development of civilization, figurines began to take the place of people. Since the Qin and Han dynasties ...Burying living people with the dead was a practice which existed in China for several thousand years. With the development of civilization, figurines began to take the place of people. Since the Qin and Han dynasties in the Third Century, officials and rich people usually prepared figurines made of wood, mud or clay, to be buried with them after their death. This practice ended in the-Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).展开更多
文摘Burying living people with the dead was a practice which existed in China for several thousand years. With the development of civilization, figurines began to take the place of people. Since the Qin and Han dynasties in the Third Century, officials and rich people usually prepared figurines made of wood, mud or clay, to be buried with them after their death. This practice ended in the-Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
