antique. It is also said that a bowl called wan is the same as a basin called yu, but only differing from it in size". He also wrote: "This stand is made of ancient jade / but the jade bowl that once went with it is long gone. As one cannot show a stand without a bowl / we have selected a ceramic from the Ding kiln for it". He has also included the day, and year on the disc. The Qianlong emperor assumed the bi was a bowl stand, so he found a bowl and engraved it with messages to match the ones he engraved on the disc. This bi disc was also used for the Qianlong Emperor's funeral, and was also used for high status people's funerals as well. The bi is now kept in the British Museum's collection. Influences The design of the reverse side of the medals given in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China are based on bi disks. Gallery See also Cong (jade) Glass bi disks Huang (jade) Mr. He's jade Rai stones Dropa stones References External links Video—National Geographic, Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington, D.C.; September 7, 2013 Archaeological artefact types Archaeological artifacts of China Hardstone carving Bronze Age art Jade