Shendao columns

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Shendao columns (Chinese: 神道柱) are stone columnar sculptures erected alongside the sacred ways of Chinese tombs. They appeared from Eastern Han dynasty in China.[1]

Some of them used Hellenistic decorations, such as Ionic order (瓦棱柱) and fasces (束竹柱).[2][3]: 93 

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