In May 2022, Anyang Cao Cao’s tomb will be officially opened to the public
On December 27, 2021, the 12th anniversary of the discovery of Cao Cao’s Gaoling in Xigaoxue Village, Anyang, Henan Province, was first made public. Anyang City announced at the Anyang Cultural, Tourism, Cultural and Creative Integration Development Promotion Conference that Cao Cao Gaoling Museum is scheduled for May 2022. On the 1st, it was fully opened to the public. Liu Qingzhu, a well-known archaeologist and former director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, served as the honorary curator, and the post of executive curator was open to national recruitment.
Since the discovery in 2009, Cao Cao Gaoling in Anyang has attracted attention from all walks of life.
According to media reports, Cao Cao Gaoling will be fully built into a Three Kingdoms Cultural Heritage Park, which will become an important platform for studying the culture of the Three Kingdoms and the history of the Han and Wei Dynasties.
The Cao Cao Gaoling Museum, which will open next year, will be the first stage of the cultural park of the site. It is located in Area A and is mainly used for the display of Cao Cao’s life deeds and cultural relics.
In 2019, the main building of the museum was completed, and the cultural relics entered the stage of exhibition.
Although Cao Cao’s Gaoling has been stolen and excavated many times, a batch of cultural relics have been unearthed, about 250 pieces after restoration.
The most important of these is the inscribed stone plaque to help determine the identity of the tomb owner. This type is in the shape of a Gui, and it is engraved with "Tiger Spear often used by the King Wei Wu" and "Tiger Short Spear often used by the King Wei Wu", etc. .
In addition, there are ritual objects such as bluestone and bi; weapons such as iron armor, swords, guns, and crossbow mechanism parts; copper caps, bow caps, umbrella caps, bells, and coal and stone tiger carvings and other vehicles and horses; pottery inkstones, stone pillows, and bronze Tools such as hooks, buckles, paving heads, hairpins, loops, hat nails, silver buckles, paving heads, ornaments, iron tent components, mirrors, shavings, etc.; decorations such as jade beads, crystal beads, agate beads, jade pendants, etc.; stoves , Ear cups, plates, pots, pots, trays, basins and other ceramics.
Previously, in an exclusive interview with China News Agency, the host of the "Cao Wei Gaoling" excavation at Xigao Point in Anyang County, Pan Weibin, talked about the uniqueness of the Cao Cao Gaoling Cultural Relic Exhibition.
He said that the on-site sense of the exhibition will be very strong. Every cultural relic will have a detailed interpretation. For example, the unearthed Kyu, why does it appear here?
What is the problem here?
What does the unearthed weapon have to do with the identity of Cao Cao?
Moreover, each cultural relic has continuity with each other, and no cultural relic will appear suddenly.
Pan Weibin said: "Most of the cultural relics exhibitions in some museums are more traditional. Our cultural relics exhibition will be a 360-degree display, background introduction, usage method, function introduction, and some issues that can reflect the funeral system at that time. It may not be seen in other museums, the content is relatively rich, the language is popular, and the audience can understand it at the first glance."
Comprehensive report by The Paper reporter Qian Chengxi