64Plakaatboek, vol. IX, 1766, pp. 503 and following. 52Further rules were issued that deal with the manner the Chinese must run their graveyards. In particular, they should get rid of all the brushwood twice a year, and dig drainage channels to avoid that water stagnates there.64 As for rich merc...

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第四集 Sacralisation of Ancient Graves 51See C. Salmon, “À propos de quelques tombes chinoises d’Indonésie,” Archipel 12 (1976), pp. 207-218 (...) 33In the late 1970s one could still see some rare remains of former cemeteries. During our successive field works we discovered eight tombs whose...

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22Charles François Tombe, a French combat engineer, who worked in Batavia for the Dutch Government in the early 1800s, left a description of the Gunung Sari Cemetery he visited on the occasion of the Qingming festival:37 37Charles-François Tombe, Voyage aux Indes Orientales pendant les années 1...

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Plate 2 – Stele commemorating the foundation of the Gunung Sari Cemetery in 1761 碑文2——纪念1761年贡贡墓地奠基 Photo: C. Salmon, 2015 照片：C.鲑鱼，2015年 13Other cemeteries opened elsewhere too, in particular in the region of Kramat, where the German naturalist Junghuhn (1809-1864) reported the existence...

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Ancient Chinese Cemeteries of IndonesiaAncient Chinese Cemeteries of Indonesia as Vanishing Landmarks of the Past (17th-20th c.) ENGLISHFRANÇAIS Despite the incessant expenditures over time, both individually and collectively, by the Chinese of Indonesia to conserve and secure their graves, th...

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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN TO THE REAL BATTLE STARTS IN THE YEAR OF THE TIGER 2022……………………………… Saving Old Zisha Hus is an abstract idea to some people but it is not, it is really a noble deed. The meaning of abstract is existing in thought or an idea not having physical reality like we may talk of beaut...

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BAD NEWS!………… We were informed Shanghai Council Auction has just sold a fake Chen Ming Yuan Yixing Tripod wine vessel for RMB ???   and the person behind the auction company is none other than Liu Chuan Sin, one of the notorious Gang of 3 organized fraudsters. We did not know where Peng Qing F...

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REN FU COLLECTION’S BIG GIFT FOR 2022 It can be both worrying and exciting to discover Ren Fu Collection’s archaeological trove contains monumental discoveries. It’s worrying because we feel guilty to be the one to own such a huge archaeological trove instead of the ideal Chinese state museums wh...

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A Quick Warning about Taiwanese Fraudsters: Our second part story was interrupted by some Taiwanese fraudster whose fake Pots we exposed after someone informed us about his fake Pots mixed with genuine Old Pots. There simply too many Taiwanese fraudsters which is impossible for Ren Fu Collection ...

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These two fake Hui Yi Gong Pots are very good examples for learning. These Pots belong to a Taiwanese named Wu JunZun who posted these fake Hui Yi Gong Pots on Facebook. There are just too many fraudsters, especially Taiwanese, selling fake Pots. But Mr.Wu JunZun says he is not a seller but an innoc...

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