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Liushisigua 六十四卦
The system of 64 hexagrams from Yijing 易 經 (the Classic of Changes)
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Liushisigua 六十四卦
The system of 64 hexagrams from Yijing 易 經 (the Classic of Changes)
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Shennong 神 農 "the divine farmer"
One of the three mythical emperors (reigns from 2737 to 2697 BC) Lord of the wind and agriculture. He passed on to humans knowledge related to the cultivation and use of medicinal plants.
He is depicted covered with leaves, with the body transparent (so he can verify the effect of herbs in his body). He is credited with Shennong Bencao Jing 神 農 本 草 經.
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Zu shaoyang danjing 足 少 陽 膽 經 - "biliary bladder meridian"
Table from the Zhenjiu Dacheng 針 灸 大 成 by Yang Jizhou (Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion)
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Left ear model
resin
Used for the study and practice of acupuncture (zhenjiu 針 灸)
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Huangdi Neijing 黃 帝 內 經 - Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon, II - I sec. b.C (part.).
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Huangdi Neijing 黃 帝 內 經 - Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon
II - I sec. b.C.
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Shou 壽 'long life'
The character is designed and reproduced in different forms as a wish for longevity. In the classic "one hundred types" is the wish for a life "as long as that of the southern mountains"
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Tanoa - Yaqona Cup
Wood and vegetable fibre
Yaqona (known as kava in other areas of Oceania) is a beverage with psychotropic properties derived from the roots of a plant in the piperaceous family (Piper methysticum). In the Tanoa is prepared an infusion in cold water with fresh or dried roots, previously pounded or chewed, which is then distributed to the participants in the ceremony. The use of yaqona in Fiji continues to have a social and ritual value, although it is common to find a preparation made for tourists.
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Wasekaseka
Ivory (sperm whale teeth, Physeter macrocepahalus), vegetable fibres
Necklace composed of elements derived from sperm whale teeth cut lengthwise and then worked.
Ornament of great value, worn by leaders and men of rank not only in Fiji but also in Tonga and Samoa. They were generally works of Tongan and Samoan artists exported to Fiji.
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