---
name: Chinese
period_ancient: -2070 - -1600
period_modern: 1912 - 1949
locations: China
---

# Chinese

> **1/1 Grail**: [Chinese Grail (#392)](../../grails/chinese.md)

## Cultural Context

**Figures Associated:**
- Daoist traditions; Chinese shamans (wu) used hallucinogens to enter trance states for spiritual communication, with practices dating back thousands of years.

**Events Associated / Significant Cultural Impact:**
1. Battle of Palikao (1860); a decisive Second Opium War engagement where Anglo-French forces defeated the Qing dynasty near Beijing, leading to the looting of the Old Summer Palace and harsh treaty terms including territorial concessions.

2. Ancient Chinese shamanic drug use; texts like "Guideways Through Mountains" reference "Shaman Mountain" where drug-yielding plants grew. Shamans (wu) used hallucinogens for trance states until banned by the Song dynasty, though some ethnic groups continued using psychoactive herbs.

3. Psychedelics in Daoist practice; cannabis was used since Neolithic times, and references exist to shaman priestesses transforming into psychedelic mushrooms — showing deep integration of entheogens in Chinese spirituality.

**Fashion Icons / Symbolism:** Dragon tattoo, Hanzi script tees, Yin-Yang symbolism, jade pendants


## Drug Connections

**Modern:** [Alcohol](../../traits/overlays/molecules/alcohol.md), [Caffeine](../../traits/overlays/molecules/caffeine.md)

**Ancient:** [Tea](../../traits/overlays/molecules/tea.md), [Ephedra](../../traits/overlays/molecules/ephedra.md)

## Sources

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Palikao
- https://www.talkingdrugs.org/the-history-of-hallucinogens-in-china/

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## Miberas with this Ancestor

[#0037](../../miberas/0037.md) • [#0049](../../miberas/0049.md) • [#0080](../../miberas/0080.md) • [#0121](../../miberas/0121.md) • [#0147](../../miberas/0147.md) • [#0175](../../miberas/0175.md) • [#0186](../../miberas/0186.md) • [#0190](../../miberas/0190.md) • [#0200](../../miberas/0200.md) • [#0297](../../miberas/0297.md) • [#0299](../../miberas/0299.md) • [#0312](../../miberas/0312.md) • [#0327](../../miberas/0327.md) • [#0339](../../miberas/0339.md) • [#0392](../../miberas/0392.md) • [#0440](../../miberas/0440.md) • [#0447](../../miberas/0447.md) • [#0470](../../miberas/0470.md) • [#0517](../../miberas/0517.md) • [#0519](../../miberas/0519.md) • [#0536](../../miberas/0536.md) • [#0551](../../miberas/0551.md) • [#0567](../../miberas/0567.md) • [#0588](../../miberas/0588.md) • [#0619](../../miberas/0619.md) • [#0621](../../miberas/0621.md) • [#0640](../../miberas/0640.md) • [#0659](../../miberas/0659.md) • [#0717](../../miberas/0717.md) • [#0767](../../miberas/0767.md) • [#0781](../../miberas/0781.md) • [#0814](../../miberas/0814.md) • [#0834](../../miberas/0834.md) • [#0835](../../miberas/0835.md) • [#0872](../../miberas/0872.md) • [#0888](../../miberas/0888.md) • [#0905](../../miberas/0905.md) • [#0948](../../miberas/0948.md) • [#0958](../../miberas/0958.md) • [#0963](../../miberas/0963.md) • [#0969](../../miberas/0969.md) • [#0970](../../miberas/0970.md) • [#1025](../../miberas/1025.md) • [#1042](../../miberas/1042.md) • [#1082](../../miberas/1082.md) • [#1112](../../miberas/1112.md) • [#1120](../../miberas/1120.md) • [#1128](../../miberas/1128.md) • [#1167](../../miberas/1167.md) • [#1179](../../miberas/1179.md) • ... and 382 more

*432 Miberas total*
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