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wpe38.jpg (14576 bytes) Carved bricks of dancing figure

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Yuan Dynasty £¨A.D.1271-1368£©

Unearthed at Jiaozuo, Henan

Height: 40cm

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The dancer who wears lotus leaf-shaped hat is dancing while walking. A group of carved bricks were unearthed in 1973 from Jiaozuo city, Henan province . The designs on this group of carved bricks vividly portrays the grand occasion of folk dancing in the Yuan Dynasty. The brick is one of them.


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