Author: Han Zhangyun
A few trickles of the Bayan Har Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,
It stretches for 5,464 kilometers,
Converging into a torrent of thousands of miles of giant rivers into the Bohai Sea,
This river is called the Yellow River,
The "mother river" that gave birth to five thousand years of Chinese civilization.
Located at the confluence of the Yiluo River and the Yellow River in Gongyi, Henan.
Photo by Wang Yi
The stars change, the years change,
The story of the Yellow River Basin has been updated and continued.
We have never seen what the Yellow River looked like a thousand years, five thousand years, or even ten thousand years ago.
However, they have seen it.
A giant statue of Emperor Yan and Huang on the Yellow River in Zhengzhou.
Photo by Wang Yi
This May Day, not only you, me, and others are traveling,
There are also treasures of cultural relics from the nine provinces (districts) that the Yellow River flows through.
The "Treasures of Town Hall" museums from nine provinces (districts) gathered in Henan,
"Dating" the new Zhengzhou Museum,
What kind of story do they have with the Yellow River?
Hush,
At the moment they are having a party,
Talking about the story of the Yellow River
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Thank you all the distinguished guests for coming from afar, the humble house is brilliant.
We are both born and grown in the Yellow River. I was born in Zhengzhou. I heard that the Yellow River has a thousand faces. I wonder what the Yellow River looks like in your place?
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Dance pattern colored pottery basin
The Yellow River I saw was gentle and clear.
I come from Qinghai, where the "Yellow River comes from the sky", and the Yellow River was born from here.
The mud of the Yellow River shaped my body. The ancestors used me to hold the water of the Yellow River 5000 years ago. I have tasted her taste: slightly cool and sweet.
I have witnessed the ancestors sing with arms at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, or celebrating a good harvest, or solemnly offering sacrifices. That is the most moving song on the banks of the Yellow River.
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The "green baby" that came together are:
Bird (eagle) pattern painted pottery pot, four circle pattern double ear painted pottery pot
Guangzheng Residual Stone Sutra
The Yellow River I saw was turbulent and surging.
I come from Sichuan, the "land of abundance", where there is the first bay of the Yellow River in Jiuqu.
Others say that I am "the strongest textbook in history." Numerous literati and ink guests rubbed me, studied me, and left me with famous articles through the ages. I was also remembered by the world.
But I also have people and things I remember and miss. I miss the "Ziyang people" of the late Paleolithic raised by the Yellow River water, and the mysterious and strange ancient Shu civilizations such as the remains of Sanxingdui and Jinsha.
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Also visiting Henan from Sichuan:
Sapphire big tooth-zhang, bronze kettle with water and land attack and war pattern, pottery figurines holding a mirror
Human head shaped earthenware bottle
The Yellow River I saw was tortuous and circuitous. I came from Gansu, which is "distantly above the white clouds".
People call me the "goddess of short hair", but my beauty is not enough for the Huanghe magic pen.
Dadiwan culture and Majiayao culture played the prelude to the magnificent Chinese culture. The elegant flying sky in Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, the sound of camel bells on the ancient Silk Road, the thousands of Buddhas and thousands of faces in Maijishan Grottoes, the Yellow River left here. Thick and colorful strokes.
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There are also fellow villagers who came here with:
Bronze cart, bronze knight figurine with halberd, bronze knight figurine with spear, wooden slips of "Rituals"
Hu Xuanwu Stone Tomb Door
The Yellow River I have seen is rich and plump. "The Yellow River in the world is rich in Ningxia". My home is praised as "Stopping Jiangnan".
In the hinterland of Helan Mountain, the pictures of the ancestors working and living are blooming on the stone, the mysterious and colorful Xixia culture, there are too many imaginations and guesses in the novel.
"With the sound of the string drum, the double sleeves are lifted, and the snow flutters back to dance." Today, I still dance the most dazzling dance of the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago. It is the inexhaustible power that the Yellow River has given me.
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The "Ning Baby" that came together are:
Helan Mountain Rock Paintings.
Hunting pictures, rock paintings of Helan Mountain.
Wolf and sheep, painted clay Buddha head.
Princess golden mask
The Yellow River I saw was colorful and graceful.
I come from Inner Mongolia where the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low. The grasslands, wetlands, lakes, deserts, and Gobi have all heard the singing of the Yellow River.
I have accompanied Princess Chen of the Khitan nationality for thousands of years underground. With a thickness of 0.5 mm, I perfectly depict the princess's face.
The vast grassland, the sky is high and the water is long, and the bravery of the northern nomads have injected new spiritual blood into the Yellow River civilization.
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The Inner Mongolian baby who came together are:
Vertical horned bronze deer, antelope-shaped bronze ornaments,
White-glazed capricorn-shaped head with a beamed pot.
Jin Hou Bird Zun
The Yellow River I saw was roaring and roaring.
I am a phoenix bird, from Shanxi, where "I want to go upstairs even if I want to be poor."
I have been with Jin Houxie's father to sleep for three thousand years, and the once broken body ushered in the rebirth. I have witnessed grand royal rituals one after another, and also witnessed the prosperity of a new China.
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The "Jin Babe" who came together are:
Taosi clay drum, wok tripod, 鸮卣 (xiāo yǒu).
Pottery Armored Soldier Figurines
The Yellow River I saw was mighty and mighty, full of imperial temperament.
I come from Shaanxi, the "Emperor State of the Middle Qin Dynasty". I am an officer who guarded the First Emperor of Qin. I have witnessed the great unification of the Great Qin Empire 2,200 years ago.
The ancient city is piled on the ancient city, and the relics are next to the relics. The Yellow River flows for thousands of years and nourishes this ever-growing land.
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The "Shaanbao" also includes:
Gilt bronze mug, gilt gold dancing horsebit cup pattern silver kettle.
Wu Zhao Jinjian
The Yellow River I have seen is tolerant and simple.
Nourish the fertile fields of the Central Plains and leave the last bay. The Yellow River leaves the Peiligang culture, Yangshao culture, Xia Shang Erlitou culture, Yinxu culture in my hometown of Henan...
Many archaeological cultures were first discovered and named here. The long and continuous Chinese civilization, with dazzling stars, finally gathered in the Central Plains.
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The "Yubao" who greeted the distinguished guests on behalf of their hometown together with:
Stone grinding disc, stone grinding rod, grid pattern copper tripod, Duling Fangding,
Bronze architectural ornaments with animal face patterns, celadon porcelain statues.
There are also the monument of tribute to the Great Tang dynasty (partial), three colored figurines of the heavenly kings of the Tang Dynasty,
"Da Sheng Yi Ze" bronze bell, circle foot arc belly wash, Jun kiln porcelain plate, oval narcissus basin.
Terracotta animal-shaped pot
The Yellow River I have seen is vast and soothing.
The great rivers go eastward and the waves are exhausted. I come from Shandong where the Yellow River flows into the sea.
Do you see me like a pig or a dog?
In any case, it is very cute, this is the simple and vivid aesthetic of the ancestors.
The Qi state dominates the princes, the Lu state follows the Zhou ceremony, the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius is handed down, the Yellow River gave birth to the dazzling Qilu culture.
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The "Baby Lu" that came together are:
Eggshell black pottery cup, Lu country big jade bi
It turns out that the Yellow River has such diverse looks and legendary stories, nurturing sentient beings and nourishing everything, no matter what she looks like, she is respectable and lovely.
It is rare for us to gather together for the Yellow River "spokespersons" of our nine provinces (regions). Today, we will sing another Yellow River chorus.
"The Yellow River culture is an important part of Chinese civilization.
It is the root and soul of the Chinese nation.
"
The picture shows the Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge.
Photo by Wang Yi
The picture shows the Taohuayu Bridge on the Yellow River.
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From the colored pottery pots with dancing patterns,
To the terracotta animal-shaped pot,
The cultural treasures of the nine provinces (districts) along the Yellow River connected by the Yellow River,
Like pearls inlaid on the land of China,
Let the majestic, colorful and colorful Yellow River civilization endure and shine.
The name of the cultural relic is the footnote of the Yellow River,
Our story with the Yellow River is not over yet to be continued
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Tips
This May, if you want to learn about the civilization and culture of the Yellow River, you might as well go to the new Zhengzhou Museum to "encounter" the treasures of the nine provinces (regions) along the Yellow River.
They will tell you why the Yellow River is called the "Mother River".