The client of the Chinanews website, Beijing, May 18 (Ren Siyu), each year on May 18 is "International Museum Day". If cultural relics are witnesses of historical civilization and human wisdom, then the museum is a genetic treasure house for storing historical memories.
Which is your favorite museum? What is your favorite cultural relic?
It doesn't matter if it's not there yet, Xiaoxin will show you today, these exquisite "Treasures of Town Halls":
National Museum of China
Siyang Fangzun
Dynasty: Shang
Size: The maximum diameter of the upper mouth is 44.4 cm, the height is 58.6 cm, and the weight is 34.6 kg
Si Yang Fang Zun. Source: National Museum of China website
Siyang Fangzun is the largest body among the existing Shang Dynasty bronze Fangzun. The shape is magnificent. The shoulders, abdomen and feet are integrated into four curled sheep. The corners of the sheep are cleverly designed to highlight the movement in Zhuang Jing.
Gugong Museum
Zhang Zeduan Qingming River Picture Roll
Dynasty: Northern Song Dynasty
Size: 24.8 cm long and 528 cm wide
"Qingming River Picture". Source: Palace Museum website
Zhang Zuanduan's work, silk and light colours, depicts the bustling scenes of the inner and outer corners of Bianjing (now Kaifeng, Henan) and the banks of the Bianhe River in the Qing dynasty during the Qingming period, reproducing the life of the city of Bianjing in the heyday of the 12th century. Various plots are interspersed in the pictures of more than 500 characters, methodical and interesting.
Xias Historical Meseum
Agate Cup with Gold Beast Head
Dynasty: Tang
Agate cup with gold beast head. Source: Shaanxi History Museum website
Agate cup with gold beast head. Source: Shaanxi History Museum website
Tang Dynasty wine vessel. This is the only beautiful jade carving seen in the Tang Dynasty so far, and it is also a fine work in the art of jade carving in the Tang Dynasty. The wine glass is made of extremely rare multicolored silk agate, the body is shaped like a horn, the front is carved into a cow-shaped beast head, the eyes are wide open, and the eyes are bright, its shape features come from a Western wine set. "The beak of the beak is actually a stopper for wine glasses. Wine can flow out from here.
Hubei Provincial Museum
Yue Wang Gou Jian Jian
Dynasty: Late Spring and Autumn Period
Size: 55.7 cm long and 4.6 cm wide
Yue Wang Gou Jian Jian. Source: Hubei Provincial Museum website
Bronzeware from Vietnam. The middle ridge of the sword is ribbed and decorated with a black diamond pattern. On the front side, there is a bird seal inscription of "Yue Wang Dou Qian (Gou Jian) Zi Zha (for) Use Sword". The sword grid is embedded with blue glaze on the front and turquoise on the back. After more than two thousand years, the decoration is still clear and exquisite, and the sword is extremely sharp.
Gansu Provincial Museum
Copper Horse
Dynasty: Han Dynasty
Size: 34.5 cm high, 45 cm long, 13.1 cm wide, and 7.3 kg
The shape is a galloping horse, Ma ang hissing head, sturdy torso and slender limbs, three legs vacated, one foot flying "yan" as a support. The copper galloping horse is ingeniously conceived, refined in artistic modeling, and excellent in copper casting technology. It is regarded as a symbol of cultural exchange between East and West. In 1983, it was identified as a Chinese tourism symbol.
Copper running horse. Source: Gansu Provincial Museum website
(However, this "Ma Ta Fei Yan" is a cultural relic that can't bear to "look squarely", because ... who can think of the heroic horse on the side, but on the front is a smile with a crooked neck and a grin?)
Front view of a copper galloping horse. Source: Weibo comment screenshot
Yunnan Provincial Museum
Niuhu Copper Case
Dynasty: Sengoku
Niuhu copper case. Source: Yunnan Provincial Museum website
"There is a horse riding a flying swallow in the north and a copper tiger case in the south." As a sacrificial vessel in the ancient Dian Kingdom, its special combination shape makes the center of the copper case stable, harmonious in size, uniform in motion and static, and is both mechanical and aesthetic A very high level, it is a masterpiece of Yunnan bronze culture and art.
Shanxi Museum
Bird Zun
Dynasty: Western Zhou
Size: 39 cm high, 30.5 cm long, 17.5 cm wide
Bird Zun. Source: Website of Shanxi Museum
Wine container. Unearthed in the tomb of the first generation Jinhou Xie father, the overall shape is the shape of a phoenix bird standing back, and the phoenix tail is bent down like an elephant head, forming a three-point support with the legs. The cover and the bottom of the belly are inscribed with the inscription "Jinhou Zuoxiang Taishi Baozun Yi", which can be proved to be a ritual for the temple. A rare treasure in Chinese bronze art.
Nanjing Museum
Golden Beast
Dynasty: Western Han Dynasty
Size: 16 cm long and 10.2 cm wide
Golden beast. Source: Nanjing Museum website
The gold beast weighs 9,100 grams and contains 99% gold, making it the largest and heaviest gold artifact ever unearthed in China. What kind of animal is it? Some think it is a tiger, some think it is a lion, and some think it is a leopard. The golden beast is the product of the combination of the bronze casting process and the hammering process of the gold ware, which is extremely rare.
Tianjin Museum
Axial view of snow landscape and cold forest (Fan Kuan)
Dynasty: Song
Size: 193.5 cm long and 160.3 cm wide
"Snowscape Cold Forest Map Axis". Source: Tianjin Museum
"Snowscape and Cold Forest Map" is the only Fan Kuan's work that still exists on the mainland. Except for the natural discoloration of the silk, there are almost no breakages. The picture is a large painting of three pieces of silk. In the snow-capped mountains, the snow peaks stand tall, the mountains are high, the dense forests along the foothills of the water, and the clouds between the peaks and ravines show the majestic weather of the Qinlong Mountains and rivers after snow.
Zhejiang Provincial Museum
"Caifeng Mingqi" Lyre
Dynasty: Tang
Size: piano length 124.8 cm, thickness 5.4 cm, shoulder width 18.8 cm, tail width 12.5 cm
"Caifeng Mingqi" lyre. Source: Zhejiang Provincial Museum website
The "Qingfeng Mingqi" piano was produced in the Middle Tang Dynasty. This piano is the most cherished piano in Yang Zongji's "Half Hundred Qin Zhai". Shudi in the Tang Dynasty was the main base for making pianos, and the most famous one was Lei in Sichuan. The "Cai Feng Ming Qi" piano is Lei Wei's masterpiece, and is therefore a unique treasure.
Hebei Museum
"Long Letter" Palace Lantern
Dynasty: Western Han Dynasty
Size: 48 cm high
"Long letter" palace lantern. Source: Website of Hebei Museum
Bronze gilt lamps of the Han Dynasty. A young maid in the shape of a kneeling lamp holding a gilt. The lamp panel can be rotated, and the screen panel of the lamp panel can be opened and closed to adjust the brightness and direction of the light. The maid of the palace was hollow, and soot entered the body through the right arm to keep the room clean. The whole lamp is divided into head, body, right arm, lamp holder, lamp panel, lampshade and other parts, which can be arbitrarily removed. The lamp is engraved with 65 characters including 9 inscriptions such as "Chang Xin Shang Yu" and "Yang Xin Jia".
Henan Museum
Jia Hugudi
Dynasty: New Stone Age
Size: 23.6 cm long
Jia Hu bone flute. Source: Henan Museum
This is a flute from ancient times. It is made of hollow ulna of crane birds and can play music similar to a seven-syllable syllable. It is the earliest wind instrument that can be played in the era discovered in China. Provides valuable physical information.
Hunan Provincial Museum
Plain yarn jacket (straight)
Dynasty: Western Han Dynasty
Size: Length 132 cm, sleeve length 181.5 cm, weight 49 g
Plain gauze jacket (straight). Source: Hunan Provincial Museum website
The dān garment is the work of the pinnacle of textile technology in the Western Han Dynasty and weighs 49 grams. It is the world's lightest plain yarn garment and the earliest printed fabric. ". It represents the highest level of silkworm raising, silk reeling and weaving processes in the early Western Han Dynasty.
Sanxingdui Museum
Bronze God Tree
Age: Late Xia Dynasty
Size: Height 396 cm, residual trunk height 359 cm
Bronze god tree. Source: Sanxingdui Museum website
No. Ⅰ large copper god tree is divided into three layers, each layer has three branches, a total of nine branches; there are two fruit branches hanging down on each branch. A copper dragon braided like a rope braided by a marginal tree reflects the worship of the ancient Shu people to the sun and the sun god.
ShangHai museum
Da Ke Ding
Dynasty: Mid Western Zhou Dynasty
Size: 93.1 cm in height, 75.6 cm in diameter, 74.9 cm in abdominal diameter, 43 cm in depth, and 201.5 kg in weight
Da Ke Ding. Source: Shanghai Museum Website
Dak Ding has a strong shape and exquisite decoration. There are three groups of deformed animal face patterns under the Dingkou along with six short ridges. The abdomen is decorated with a large curved pattern. . The 290-word inscription cast on the inner wall of Ding belly is one of the representative gold scripts in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. It is also an important textual material in studying the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Heilongjiang Provincial Museum
Jin Dynasty Copper Sitting Dragon
Dynasty: Gold
The Jin Dynasty copper sat dragon. Source: Heilongjiang Provincial Museum website
The royal artifacts of the royal family in the early and mid-Jin dynasty, bronze dragons were cast from brass, combining the image and characteristics of dragons, unicorns, lions, and dogs. The most important national treasure cultural relics in the province.
Shandong Museum
Lu Guoda Jade Bi
Dynasty: Sengoku
Size: outer diameter 32.8 cm, aperture 11.6 cm, thickness 0.6 cm
Lu Guoda jade bi. Source: Shandong Museum website
The jade material is turquoise, the jade is crystal and warm, translucent, and grease luster.
In recent years, various cultural and cultural institutions have adopted more and more interesting science popularization methods to make more and more cultural relics come into view. Among them, there are many "emoticons" accidentally:
Yahouyue
Shandong Museum
Dynasty: Shang Dynasty
"Come, let my smile heal you!"
Asian ugly Yue. Source: Shandong Museum
Terracotta beast-shaped pot
Shandong Museum
Dynasty: New Stone Age
"Friends upstairs, what are you talking about?"
Terracotta animal-shaped pot. Source: Shandong Museum website
Bronze avatar
Jiangxi Provincial Museum
Dynasty: Shang Dynasty
"Look at my empty eyes"
Bronze avatar of god man on both sides. Source: Jiangxi Provincial Museum website
Painted Hu People Warriors with Shields
Xias Historical Meseum
Dynasty: Western Wei Dynasty
"What did you say? Do you say it again ?!"
Painted Hu people warriors with shields. Source: Shaanxi History Museum website
Raising hands
Shanxi Museum
Dynasty: Eastern Zhou
"I surrender, can't I surrender ..."
Raised hands, Fan, source: Shanxi Museum website
Painted Hu people on horseback shooting figurines
Xias Historical Meseum
Dynasty: Tang
"Before leaving, let's take a beautiful selfie!"
Painted Hu people on horseback shooting figurines. Source: Shaanxi History Museum
Three color topless chest figurines
Xias Historical Meseum
Dynasty: Tang
"As long as I stand here, I will always be in the C position!"
Three-color topless chest figurines. Source: Shaanxi History Museum website
The cultural relics of the "Treasure of the Town Hall" and "Emoji Pack" are just a corner of the museum collection of the vast Chinese land. In the history of Chinese civilization, which has been inherited and developed for thousands of years, there are still too many beautiful cultural relics worth discovering. In recent years, from cultural relics variety gaining high reputation, to fun cultural and creative products have been snatched away by everyone, ancient cultural relics are also becoming “lively”.
Have you been shocked by these "treasures of town halls"? (Finish)