Color paintings have much aesthetic value and historical importance. This study examined the color of east pillar Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s Great Hall. The pillars in interiors ancient buildings were painted with a layer red lacquer. are valuable because they symbolize highest rank building’s hierarchy esteemed status owner. In this study, we investigated pigments, inorganic fillers, adhesives...

Although the concept of Heavenly Mother is empowering for many women, focus on God as a cisgender, heterosexual couple also limits who can see their own divinity reflected in stories told about God. First, with only female divinity, divine expression womanhood restricted to motherhood. This excludes including women struggling infertility, do not wish become mothers, and transgender experience m...