he body of the Great Ding for Yu and its three legs bear images of a taotie, a legendary animal notorious for its greed for food. The taotie has a head with a huge mouth. It does not have a body. It is not clear why such a strange, greedy beast was popularly used to decorate bronze ritual objects. One possible reason was probably to use its malevolent image to ward off evil 去书内

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    A page follows him, holding a zither in his arms. Melting snow flows under the bridge, revealing the rugged rocks of the riverbed. This painting represented a dreamland for ancient Chinese artists and scholars.

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