Sword dance by a contemporary Chinese artist based on images carved on bricks unearthed from a 2,000-year-old Han Dynasty tomb

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Brick carving image of drum dance unearthed from a Han Dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) tomb in Nanyang, Henan Province. In ancient China, sword dance was both essential martial arts and a popular form of entertainment.

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