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Culture Insider: Chic items in ancient China

( Chinaculture.org ) Updated: 2014-11-13 07:24:08

Culture Insider: Chic items in ancient China 

 A "mileage recorder" carriage used by noble people during the Han Dynasty (260 BC-AD220). Two wooden men stand on the carriage with drumsticks in their hands. When the carriage moved 500 meters, a wooden man would beat the drum. When the carriage moved 5,000 meters, another wooden man beat the drum as well.[Photo/Xinhua]

 
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