Guang (vessel)

A guang or gong (Chinese: 觥; pinyin: guāng or gōng; Wade–Giles: kung1) is a particular shape used in Chinese art for vessels, originally made as Chinese ritual bronzes in the Shang dynasty, and sometimes later in Chinese porcelain. They are a type of ewer which was used for pouring rice wine at ritual banquets, and often deposited as grave goods in high-status burial. Examples of the shape may be described as ewers, ritual wine vessels, wine pourers and similar terms, though all of these terms are also used of a number of other shapes, especially the smaller tripod jue and the larger zun.

The guang has a single thick foot, and a thick hollow body that represents one or more stylized animals (some have a head at both ends). Guangs have a vertical handle at one end and a spout at the other, both zoomorphic, and were often highly decorated with taotie. The handle of the guang is of often in the shape of the neck and head of an animal with stylized horns, and the spout of the vessel is in the form of the head of a creature whose mouth constitutes the end of the spout. The back and animal head at the pouring end usually are a removable lid, lifted off for pouring.

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Vessel

Vessel or vessels may refer to:

Biology

Blood vessel, a part of the circulatory system and function to transport blood throughout the body

Lymph vessel, a thin walled, valved structure that carries lymph

Vessel element, a narrow water transporting tube in plants

Container

Bowl (vessel), a common open-top container

Drinking vessel, for holding drinkable liquids

Pressure vessel, designed to hold fluids at a pressure different from the ambient pressure

Watercraft

Marine vessel, a nautical term for all kinds of craft designed for transportation on water, such as ships, boats or submarines.

Sailing vessel (disambiguation)

Art, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups

Vessels (band), a British post-rock and electronic band

Abums

Vessel (Dark Time Sunshine album)

Vessel (DVD), a 2003 video album by Björk

Vessel (Twenty One Pilots album), 2013

Vessels (Ivoryline album), 2010

Vessels (Wolf & Cub album), 2006

Songs

"Vessel", by Bodyjar, from Role Model Album (2013)

"Vessel", a song by Nine Inch Nails from the album Year Zero

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Vessel (website)

Vessel is a subscription video service launched in 2015 by the early team behind Hulu, including former CEO Jason Kilar and Richard Tom.

Company history

The service resembles that of YouTube, whereby a viewer can watch videos for free. However viewers can add "Early Access" at a monthly fee to their account, which allows them to view videos a minimum of 72 hours before the video is released to the general public. Vessel has since created mobile applications for iOS and Android devices which optimizes the videos for mobile viewing.

The idea behind the site was that creators would be able to gain more revenue from their videos than on YouTube due to the subscription fee as well as advertisements.

Since the site was created, YouTube stars such as Linus Sebastian, Connor Franta, Caspar Lee, Tanya Burr, Good Mythical Morning, Marcus Butler, Kent Heckel and Jack Vale have signed up to have their content streamed on Vessel.