China News Service, Fuzhou, July 22nd, title: Fujian Archaeology: "Harmony and Symbiosis" on the Silk Road on the Sea

　　China News Agency reporter Lin Chunyin

　　As a symbol of elegance and rhyme that has swept the world in China, porcelain represents a fashion from the East, while the peacock blue-glazed earthenware vase in front of the reporter is full of exotic beauty: a wide belly and a small base, and a thick rope pattern on the belly of the bottle. The peacock blue glaze is thick and crystal clear.

The peacock blue-glazed earthenware vase unearthed from the tomb of Liu Hua in Fuzhou at the cultural relics exhibition of "Harmony and Symbiosis-Marks of the Maritime Silk Road" held in the Fujian Museum is amazing.

　　On the 22nd, while the 44th World Heritage Conference continued to be held in Fuzhou, Fujian held a number of archaeological museum exhibitions, fully presenting the principles of harmony, symbiosis, beauty and commonality conveyed by the Maritime Silk Road.

　　Fan Zhen, a researcher at the Fujian Museum, told reporters that this model, glaze, decorative craftsmanship, and the blue glaze used for it appeared late in China. Previously, China had not unearthed similar cultural relics, but it was similar to Iraq, Pakistan, and Iran in West Asia. The Islamic pottery vases in other places are the same, and similar objects have also been unearthed locally.

"Fujian's peacock blue-glazed earthenware vases were very likely to be spread from West Asia by sea. It further confirms Fujian's important position on the Maritime Silk Road."

　　At this World Heritage Conference, "Quanzhou: Song and Yuan China's World Ocean Trade Center" will sprint for the second time.

Quanzhou welcomes the world heritage with a series of on-site heritage exhibitions such as the "Quanzhou Heritage Application Theme Exhibition" and "Dehua Kiln Site Exhibition".

According to Tu Chuanding, a staff member of the Dehua County Heritage Application Office, in the shape, decoration, and color of ancient Chinese artifacts, many cultural elements from foreign countries have been deposited, which are hidden and natural.

"The eclectic and inclusive attitude of Chinese art often gives artifacts a new look."

　　"Through these exhibits, we can see that whether it is the blue and white porcelain favored by the Arab region or the Ming and Qing porcelains in the royal palace, they all show the perfect integration with the local culture." Fan Zhen said that as early as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Fujian Province The overseas trade represented by Quanzhou Port has shown a strong development trend, importing a large amount of overseas commodities that are rarely seen in China. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou Port is as famous as Alexandria Port in Egypt, and it is the “largest port in the East”, with more than 100 in the world. Commerce and trade between countries and regions.

　　In recent years, China has made many important academic achievements in underwater archaeology in the Chinese section of the Maritime Silk Road, which has important reference value and significance for the study of sea silk.

There are also abundant underwater relics in Fujian, with only about 50 registered.

Including the discovery of the shipwreck site containing the five-generation Yue kiln celadon in Pingtan, Fujian; the underwater archaeological excavation of the shipwreck site of the Qing Dynasty "Wan Jiao No. 1" in Pingtan; and the discovery of underwater archaeological excavations in Lianjiang, Putian, Longhai, Pingtan, and Zhang, Fujian. Shipwreck sites of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties discovered in Pu and other waters.

　　Today, the "Wan Jiao No. 1 Water Relics Exhibition" is on display at the Fuzhou Museum, gathering more than 200 pieces of porcelain treasures for export.

Blue-and-white ornamental figure-patterned high-footed cup, blue-and-white lidded jar with four-dimension opera figures, celadon gourd bottle... Fuzhou Museum Director Zhang Zhenyu said, “Wan Jiao No. 1 Water Cultural Relic is an aesthetic display of diplomacy and the spread of porcelain technology. , It also blends the aesthetics of all parts of the world and blooms more diverse colors."

　　This year, the Fujian Provincial Institute of Archaeology added the signs of "Fujian Underwater Archaeology Base", "Fujian Cultural Relics Appraisal Center" and "National Underwater Cultural Heritage Protection Fujian Base".

The construction of the Pingtan Haitan Strait Underwater Archaeological Site Park, the country's first national underwater archaeological site park, is also accelerating.

Lou Jianlong, deputy dean of the Fujian Museum, said frankly that Fujian is taking a multi-pronged approach to underwater archaeology.

　　Talking about the "harmony and symbiosis" of cultural relics sinking into the Silk Road on the sea, Fan Zhen believes that this still has enlightenment for the mutual learning between Chinese and Western civilizations: the boats of the "Maritime Silk Road" pass through the dotted ports of various countries, bringing ancient Chinese silk, Porcelain, tea, lacquerware, hemp paper and technology have been exported to the world and played an important role in promoting the development of world civilization. It also brought back many foreign commodities such as spices and colored glaze. The introduction of foreign cultures also enriched Chinese civilization.

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