Their expertise extended to navigation on inland waters with paddled dugouts and their social customs included unique burial rites that featured cremation and the inclusion of grave goods
Song court tastes favored elegant
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and related traditions as the primary point of spiritual communication
after which their role shifted primarily toward adornment
Han Dynasty Pottery Mountain-Shaped Incense Burner (Boshan Lu) offeringplate Their expertise extended to navigationWestern Han Dynasty, c. 206 BC 220 AD, likely Guangdong or Guangxi Province, China An exquisite and rare earthenware incense burner, this extraordinary vessel is of the boshan lu typecensers modeled in the shape of the universal mountain, believed to represent the mystical peaks where immortals resided. The conical lid, sculpted as a craggy, undulating mountain, is adorned with animated hunting scenes and wild beasts, evoking a vivid narrative in