The subject of wine, and the rituals associated with it, are thoroughly documented in two texts from the Zhou dynasty: the Yili (often translated as the Book of Etiquettes and Rites) and the Zhouli ...

Both bamboo books, written in ancient Chinese ... sage kings and praises the virtues of the previous kings of the Zhou Dynasty — King Wen, founder of the Zhou Dynasty, and his son King Wu ...

A recent archaeological seminar in East China's Anhui Province revealed that the Shenduntou site, a typical Zhou Dynasty (1046BC-256BC) copper smelting site in the lower Yangtze River region ...