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Pottery
Pottery or earthenware was invented in Shanxi as early as the Neolithic Age.
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Calligraphy
Shanxi has a long history in calligraphy, with its roots tracing back to Madam Wei, the teacher of China's greatest calligrapher Wang Xizhi in Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420).
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Stone carvings
Shanxi is famous for its superb historical heritage of stone carving art — with its roots in the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) some 2,000 years ago.
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Paintings
Traditional Chinese paintings feature deep cultural connotations.
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Porcelain
Born of the earth and fire, porcelain is one of the greatest inventions of China.
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Ban Jieyu
Ban Jieyu (48 BC-2 AD) was a Han Dynasty writer.
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Bai Juyi
Bai Juyi (772-846) was a Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet with the courtesy name of Letian.