National Museum, Tiananmen Square, Beijing
neolithic pot
neolithic vessel
bronze yue (axe), Shang
large bronze ding, Shang, Zhengzhou
bronze gong, Shang, Anyang, tomb of Lady Fuhao
bronze owl (or bat), Shang, Anyang, tomb of Lady Fuhao
bronze vessel, Shang, Anyang, tomb of Lady Fuhao
bronze mask, Shang, Sanxingdui
bronze animal
inscribed bronze ding
bronze bulls, Warring States?
bronze jian, Spring & Autumn, Yue State, Hubei, King Gonjian
bronze jian, minority area
pottery chariot driver, Qin
pottery warrior on horseback, Han
pottery ox and cart, Han
jade burial suit, Han
bronze rhino with gold & silver inlays, Western Han
pottery tomb guardian, Tang
sancai tomb guardian, Tang
sancai horse, Tang
Laozi
Kongzi (Confucius)
First Emperor Qin Shihuang, reigned 221-210 BC
Emperor Han Wudi, reigned 141-87 BC
Li Shimin, Emperor Tang Taizong, reigned 626-649 AD
Temujin (Genghis Khan)
Emperor Hongwu, Ming, reigned 1368-1398
Emperor Kangxi, Qing, reigned 1661-1722
Lin Zexu, Commissioner Lin, the uncorruptible official who fought the opium trade
Sun Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen)
Zhang Xueliang, the Young Marshall of Manchuria famous for the "Xi'an Incident"
Mao Zedong
Deng Xiaoping