Remembering a bronze age queen
By Wang Kaihao | China Daily | Updated: 2016-03-15 07:56
On International Women's Day, Fu Hao, a female legend from 3,000-odd years ago, was reintroduced to the public in the exhibition hall of Beijing's Capital Museum. The exhibition has 441 cultural relics on display, ranging from bronzeware and jade objects to pottery and oracle bones. Wang Kaihao reports.
She is a warrior. She is a queen.
If the Shang Dynasty (c. 16th-11th century BC) is the zenith of the Bronze Age in China, she is probably its most shining example.
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