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Yansheng Coin (), is a kind of special coin used mainly for ritual uses. It was very popular in ancient China and even the Republic of China era. Normally these coins are privately funded or cast, such as by a rich family for their own family ceremony. It's not a real kind of currency, and cannot be circulated in market. The collection (''e.g.'' antique collection, coin collection) of this kind of coins has a long history, and has been very popular since the Western Han Dynasty. Normally this kind of coins are heavily decorated, have complicated patterns, and even engraved.〔Baidu.com Encyclopaedia: (Yansheng Coin (厌胜钱) )〕 ==Names== Its formal name and pronunciation would be ''Yasheng'' coin/money (), but nowadays ''Yansheng'' is more widely known. In ''Shuowen Jiezi'', it records: "厌，笮也，今人作压。"〔"笮" in pinyin is ''zé'' or ''zuó''. ''Zé'' appeared earlier, and original meant "bamboo ware to contain arrows", so it's a military ware (for war and hunting). ''Zuó'' came later, which means "rope made of bamboo rips".〕 ("''Yā''(厌), bamboo ritual ware, nowadays (Western Han Dynasty period) people use as Yā (压)), which would imply the original meaning of ''Yasheng'' is for terrifying ghosts away and praying for victory.〔''Shuowen Jiezi'' (a Chinese dictionary of Western Han Dynasty), by Xu Shen〕 Sometimes, the nickname for Yansheng coin also includes so-called "''flower coin''" or "''patterned coin''" (). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yansheng Coin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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