Dish depicting The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl — History & Facts
The decoration on this dish depicts the story of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, the romance between Niulang and Zhinu. It also refers to a classic Chinese proverb: ‘men plough, women weave.’ This applies not only to the practical male-female division of labour, but also to the place of women in society as a whole
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