Iranians in China
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Iranian people, such as Persians and Sogdians, have lived in China throughout various periods in history.
Detail of the stone panel painting on the sarcophagus, depicting two nimbate male figures dressing in Sasanian-style attire, drinking wine and playing pipa. Tomb of Yu Hong, 6th century CE.
Left: a man holding a plate of fruits; right: a bearded man is performing the Huteng ("Barbarian leap") dance. Both figures have haloes. Tomb of Yu Hong, 6th century CE.
Persian ambassador at the Chinese court of Emperor Yuan of Liang in his capital Jingzhou in 526-539 CE, with explanatory text. Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang, 11th century Song copy.
Tang-dynasty foreigner. Shaanxi History Museum, Xi'an
Tomb of Wirkak
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The Tomb of Wirkak, in Chinese commonly referred to as Tomb of Master Shi, is the grave of the Sogdian sārtpāw Wirkak and his wife Wiyusi, dating from 580 AD. The tomb was discovered in 2003 in the ea
The tomb of Wirkak (roof reconstructed), Xi'an City Museum.
Passageway and burial chamber of Wirkak.
Wirkak tomb content.
Wirkak tomb gold coin (a Byzantine gold coin replica).