News from this newspaper (Reporter Liu Mian) National Treasure Tiger Ying (Yin Ying) made another appearance after returning to China.
"Tiggo Youan - 2022 Chinese New Year Exhibition" opened at the National Museum on the 19th. About 100 pieces (sets) of New Year-style exhibits were unveiled, of which more than 70% of the exhibits belonged to the first show.
The exhibition hall is like a traditional courtyard. When the audience walks into the "yard gate", the sound of firecrackers sounds in their ears, and the smell of the new year is blowing.
The curator said that the exhibition hall has 5 "doors" used to divide the space, which means that five blessings come to the door.
The exhibits span a wide range of ages. From the Shang Dynasty to the beginning of the 21st century, there are noble utensils with dazzling gold and jade and exquisite workmanship, as well as rough terracotta gray tiles, simple and lovely market relics, reflecting the Chinese culture from all aspects of culture. The nation has a long and continuous tiger culture.
One of the most famous exhibits is the bronze heavy weapon Huying cast in the Western Zhou Dynasty - a folded-shouldered tank with a belly shaped like a teapot, with a tiger pattern on the top and a tiger's body and a dragon-tailed beast on the top. The overall shape is dignified and elegant, and the decoration is exquisite.
It is speculated that it is a ritual vessel used in sacrificial ceremonies.
According to experts, the ancients of the Shang and Zhou dynasties carried out heavy sacrifices, and the sacrificial vessels with the image of the tiger carried important religious significance.
Under X-rays, it can also be seen that there are inscriptions and dragon-tiger combination patterns on the top of the cultural relic.
Hu Ying's homecoming story deserves more attention.
In 1860, the British and French invaders occupied the Yuanmingyuan, and Harry Louis Evans himself participated in the burning and looting process, and took Huying as his own.
After more than a hundred years of wandering, and with the efforts of many parties, this cultural relic returned to the embrace of the motherland in 2018 and entered the Tibet National Expo.
Experts say that Hu Ying was looted and fled overseas, which is a true portrayal of the Qing government being bullied by foreign powers.
Today, China's national strength is growing stronger and stronger, and the return of cultural relics to the motherland is a historical witness to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
There are also many cultural relics related to "tiger" in the exhibition hall.
The Tangyanghou Hufu of the Western Han Dynasty is almost intact, and the left and right pieces can still be opened and closed as they were more than 2,000 years ago.
The image of the tiger also appears on personal utensils such as jade pendants and pillows, as well as on children's clothing and door walls, expressing people's wishes to use tiger power to exorcise evil spirits and bless peace, as well as prayers for a smooth life in the future. .
The exhibition has set up a multimedia interactive experience area.
With the blessing of dynamic capture technology, the audience can experience the confetti-free paper-cutting skills.