You also see a gilded and lacquered sedan chair, an imperial seal carved in jade, ceremonial arms and armour, and paintings of emperors hunting, drinking, and communing with nature.
People and commodities are transported by various modes: wheeled wagons, beasts of labor (in particular, a large number of donkeys and mules), sedan chairs, and chariots.
The collection boasts more than 5,000 objects, including an array of historic sporting objects, luggage through the ages, an 18th-century sedan chair and a selection of saddlery.
The idea that some generators could be escorted out of the market in a sedan chair with balloon payments in their pockets for compensation will not be welcomed by many.
In religious celebrations, oil-paper umbrellas are often seen on the sacred sedan chairs as cover, used to shelter people from rain and sunlight, also to drive the evil spirits away.
