
The image is a photograph of a page from a Japanese text book. The page is titled "This part introduces burial items of tombs from about the 2nd century BC to the 8th century AD. In China, filial piety and respect for ancestors is one of the greatest virtues. From about the second century BC, the graceful ornamentation of graves began, in the hope that the spirits of deceased ancestors could live even more prosperous after death. Representative examples of this are the burials of mingli and tomb figures. Mingli are models of various implements and equipment, such as cooking stoves, vehicles including carriages and oxcarts, and even toilets. Tomb figures are models for humans who served a master, such for servants and entertainers. In many cases, both Mingli and Tomb figures were made from ceramics. The objects on display present the idealized lifestyle that people of this time entrusted to mingli.
