4.7


 * Standard 4.8> **

After visiting a museum, listening to a museum educator in school, or conducting research in a library, describe an animal, person, building, or design depicted in an ancient Chinese work of art.

 * [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Beautiful_red_apple.jpg width="80" height="59"]]Click here for [|A Teacher's Sourcebook for Chinese Art & Culture]from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts.**

Animal
Tigers
 * The pattern on the head of a tiger looks like the Chinese character for "king"
 * Tigers were considered to be kings of nature
 * People believed the tiger represented bravery and strength
 * People born in the year of the tiger were considered to be brave leaders
 * It was commonplace for people to hang paintings of tigers in their entryways
 * This painting was meant to defend the family and keep away evil
 * Click here for more info

Click here for a list of animals and their common meanings in Chinese culture

Person
Buddha Click here for Buddha's biography Click here for pictures of Buddha sculptures from the Met
 * Buddhism came from India during the Han Dynasty
 * Reached its peak during the Tang Dynasty
 * Buddha was an actual person who reached enlightenment
 * He believed and taught that people could not reach enlightenment if focused on superficial means
 * Many Buddhists lead simple lives became monks to find their reality[[image:buddha.jpg width="303" height="420" align="right" caption="Buddha Statue from the Tang Dynasty "]]
 * Buddha became a popular art focus
 * Many painting and statues were created in his likeness
 * In 845, the emperor decided Buddhists were becoming too powerful
 * Thousands of monasteries and temples were destroyed
 * Click here for more info on Chinese Buddhism