Once a traditional Spring Festival pastime, this 2,000-year-old game integrates elements of fantasy and imperial culture.

[3] People started using gourds to make instruments during the Spring and ... Some feature illustrations of phoenixes and generic scenes from ancient China, while others are decorated with Chinese ...

instruments, and containers for over 10,000 years by ancient civilizations. The bottle gourd, known scientifically as ...

The researchers noted interesting differences and commonalities in the rock art instruments depicted. For one, there were regional differences. Rattles, which could be hand-held gourds or attached ...