An image of the Taoism god Dongwanggong, or King of the East, has been found on a mirror unearthed from Emperor Liu He's tomb in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province recently. 

The Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology said experts have confirmed this is the earliest physical representation of the ancient legend "King of the East meets with Queen of the West (Xiwangmu)", providing new evidence for the study of the immortal culture of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220AD).

Yang Jun, head of the archaeological team, said that the dressing mirror is composed of three parts: the body, the back and a cover. The back of the large mirror is wooden, almost one meter tall.

The images of the King of the East and Queen of the West are on the back of the mirror, which is also decorated with phoenix patterns.

Yang said that the two gods were the most honored ones in the heavenly palace in Chinese folklore, symbolizing the ancient people's belief in the "dualism of yin and yang." 

Since archaeologists began to excavate the tomb in 2011, more than 10,000 pieces of precious relics have been unearthed. The Qi version of The Analects of Confucius (Qi Lun), which had been lost for about 1,800 years, was found in bamboo slips unearthed from the Haihunhou tomb last year. 

The Haihunhou Tomb, a well-preserved cemetery, belonged to Emperor Liu He of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC- 24 AD). 

In the traditional Chinese classics, such as The book of Change and Dao De Jing, yin and yang represent the ancient wisdom of Chinese ancestors -- the dialectical thinking on matters. 

Binary in information technology and mathematics are examples of such notions.

(With inputs from China Daily)