The "Five stars rising in the East" armband (Chinese: 「五星出東方利中國」護膊) is an Eastern Han (25–220 AD) to Western Jin (265–316 AD) era Sichuan brocade armband embroidered with the phrase "𠄡星出東方利中國" (Wǔ xīng chū dōngfāng lì Zhōngguó), meaning "simultaneous appearance of five stars in the eastern sky is a propitious sign for the 'Middle Kingdom'",[1] or "Five stars rising in the East, being a propitious sign for the Middle Kingdom".[2][3] Another cloth of the same pattern was found later and has the words "put down South Qiang" (討南羌 Tǎo Nán Qiāng).[2] In 2002, they were designated one of the cultural relics forbidden to be exhibited abroad.[4]
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