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			<h1><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Terracotta Warrior Museum<br></font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">秦始皇兵马俑博物馆<br>
				</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bird-shaped <em>Zun</em><br>
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							<td><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This bird shaped <em>zun</em> is 9 inches tall (23 cm) and weighs 7.5 pounds (3.4 kilograms. It was used to hold and pour wine. It is made of bronze and decorated with a swirling vine pattern. This is a spiritual bird with three feet called a San Zu Niao </font><font size="+1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">三足鸟</font><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">. It is a traditional form that represents the worship of the crow by primitive cultures.  As the story goes, back at the beginning of time (the Xia Dynasty) there were ten suns that set the world ablaze.  The chief of the clan, Hou Yi, was a powerful archer and shot down nine of the suns and saved the world.  This feat was commemorated by drawing pictures of the sun with a three-legged crow within it.  It is believed that the worship of the crow had ceased, but the story passed into folklore and this vessel recalls it.  It dates to the Zhou Dynasty.</font>
								<p><font size="-1" color="white" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This container was found in 1975 at a dig in Rujiazhuang Village, Baojishi, Shaanxi.</font></p>
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