![]() Young recounts how – despite always being an importer of horses from its steppe neighbors – China was the cradle of several world-important equestrian inventions the breast-strap harness (c. The book is divided into five chapters: horses in China from ancient times to the present art and artefacts equestrian sports (reflecting the Hong Kong-born author’s own riding expertise) horse breeds and traditional Chinese veterinary medicine. ![]() Book review by John Grant Ross, author of You Don’t Know China and Formosan Odyssey.Ĭhina is not usually associated with horses – well, other than being an agrarian civilisation long in opposition to the nomadic horse peoples of Central Asia – and yet it has a rich equestrian history and culture, as detailed in breadth and depth in Yin Hung Young’s The Horses of China. ![]()
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