A jaguar with a stalk of maize on its head. A clay figure in jaguar-print shorts. A museum screen that tells you which animal spirit is yours. In ancient Mesoamerica, the jaguar was both a fierce predator and the guardian of the harvest. At the 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖, that belief is hard to miss. Ivanna Hernández (Mexico) and Navarro Arantza (Peru), international students at the School of Chinese as a Second Language, visited the special exhibition [𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙯𝙚, 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙅𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧—𝘼 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨]. Guided by PKU Assoc. Prof. Fan Ye of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, they traced how the bond between humans and animals travels from myth into modern literature, including a postman who turns into a coyote in 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗲𝗹 Á𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝘀's 𝙈𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙯𝙚. 🐆 Special feature by PKU Office of Global Communications: a three-part AI-powered mini-series, 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝟯 𝙅𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧 will conclude this journey on the ancient American continent. #AI_PKU# #MaizeGoldJaguar#

For the Andean peoples, gold was "the sweat of the sun." Under the lights at the 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖 sits one of the most celebrated Moche gold crown ornaments ever found. Looted in 1988 and smuggled abroad, the gold crown, known as the 𝙈𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙨 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨, was recovered by Scotland Yard in 2006 and returned to Peru. Ivanna Hernández (Mexico) and Navarro Arantza (Peru), international students at the School of Chinese as a Second Language, visited the special exhibition [𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙯𝙚, 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙅𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧—𝘼 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨]. With PKU Prof. Dong Jingsheng of the Department of History as their guide, they followed gold and silver across the ocean: Peruvian silver displayed beside Ming dynasty silver ingots, linked by the Manila galleon trade. 👑 Special feature by PKU Office of Global Communications: a three-part AI-powered mini-series, 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝟮 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙 is now for you to explore. #AI_PKU# #MaizeGoldJaguar#

According to the 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙤𝙡 𝙑𝙪𝙝, the Maya creation story, the gods tried three times to make human beings. Figures of mud dissolved in the rain. Figures of wood had no heart. Only when the gods ground white and yellow maize into meal did people finally come to life. Now that story is easy to picture at the 𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖. Ivanna Hernández (Mexico) and Navarro Arantza (Peru), international students at the School of Chinese as a Second Language, visited the special exhibition [𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙯𝙚, 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙅𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧—𝘼 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙀𝙭𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨]. Guided by PKU Assoc. Prof. Fan Ye of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, they stepped into the world of a civilization that flourished thousands of miles away. 🌽 Special feature by PKU Office of Global Communications: a three-part AI-powered mini-series, 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝙀𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝟭 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙯𝙚 starts here. #AI_PKU# #MaizeGoldJaguar#