Beijing, 5 May (Zhongxin Net) -- Unknowingly, it is another year of International Museum Day. Over the years, cultural relics programs have continuously won a good reputation, interesting cultural and creative products have emerged one after another, and those precious cultural relics have gradually become more vivid and perceptible.
Some say that museums are a treasure trove of cultural memories. The cultural relics collected in it have traveled through time and witnessed historical civilizations, which makes people can't help but praise the wisdom and aesthetics of the ancients.
Some cultural relics have interesting shapes and are used as memes by netizens; Some of the artifacts are exquisitely atmospheric and amazing; There are also some cultural relics that are quite modern, and the appearance is always suspected of being "crossed".
International Museum Day, appreciate the beauty of cultural relics together.
It is obviously a cultural relic, but it looks like an emoji
There are some artifacts that seem less "serious".
The body of the Ya Ugly Instrument is open-cut with a human face pattern, the facial features of the human face are slightly prominent, the eyes are round, the corners of the mouth are raised, and the teeth like the battlements of the city wall are exposed in the mouth, because the two sides of the mouth are symmetrically inscribed with the word "Ya Ug", so it is named "Ya Ugly Qi". At first glance, it looks like a smile.
Ugly. Image source: Shandong Museum
The famous copper galloping horse has a strong trunk and slender limbs. However, before looking at its "face", you must first do a good job of psychological construction, because the copper galloping horse that looks majestic from the side looks particularly like a crooked neck grinning expression.
Data map: Visitors admire the genuine "copper galloping horse" exhibited at the Gansu Provincial Museum. Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Yanmin
The bronze head of the two-faced god man looks hollow and flat, and his face exudes a mysterious and majestic face. But inadvertently looked at it, but his expression seemed to be in a daze, "Look at my empty eyes."
Two-faced god-man bronze head. Image source: Jiangxi Provincial Museum website
The three bronze figures with twisted heads and kneeling figures unearthed earlier in Sanxingdui are closer to the real in terms of the uniformity of the portrait's body and facial features, and the grasp of the detailed features of the hands and feet is also very fine. They leaned forward slightly, their hands were in a semi-"ten" state, and they once became popular all over the Internet, and they were also P into memes.
Data map: Sanxingdui unearthed bronze head twisting head kneeling figure. Photo courtesy of Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
The Shang Dynasty owl is a wine vessel shaped like two owls standing opposite each other. The cover is a double owl head, ringed eyes, pointed beak, curved eyebrows, four top square pillar buttons in the center of the cover, decorated with thunder patterns, which can be called a beautiful work of late Shang Dynasty bronzes, and has been ridiculed by netizens as resembling "angry birds".
Shang Dynasty Owl. Image source: Shanxi Museum official website
Did they "cross"?
Some of the cultural relics are cute in shape, and some of them look very modern at a glance, and people can't help but sigh, "Are they sure they didn't come through time?" ”
For example, a "copper caliper" shaped like a vernier caliper. According to the website of the Yangzhou Museum, in 1992, it was unearthed in the Han tomb in Yaowan Village, Ganquan Town, Hanjiang.
It is not difficult to use. By moving the left and right of the movable ruler, the diameter, depth, length, width and thickness of the object can be measured, which is more convenient and accurate than the ruler. The metering scale on the fixed and movable ruler, but difficult to identify due to rust.
Copper calipers. Image source: Yangzhou Museum website
The crystal cup is also a national treasure. The first time I saw it, many people easily thought of the glass that is now common. In fact, it is trumpet-shaped overall, slightly amber-colored, and flocculent inclusions are visible locally. The Warring States No. 1 tomb unearthed from the crystal cup also unearthed groups of accessories such as Yuhuang and Jade Tiger that show their status.
Infographic: Sengoku crystal cup image. Photo courtesy of Hang Bo
The moiré copper five-pillar has attracted widespread attention, and its shape resembles a modern router. It can be seen on the official website of the Anhui Museum that this cultural relic is called "Moiré Copper Five-Pillar Vessel", which is dated to the Western Zhou Dynasty. Its purpose is yet to be examined.
The relic known as the "Western Zhou Router" is the "moiré copper five-pillar vessel". Image source: Anhui Museum Weibo
Among the cultural relics unearthed in Sanxingdui, the bronze sun wheel resembles today's "steering wheel", and its use has led to various speculations: some researchers believe that it is a wheel, and others believe that it is a shield on a shield used in military operations. The majority view was that such a shaped object should be a "sun-shaped vessel". It is an artifact that is permanent in the temples of the ancient Shu kingdom, or used in sacrificial ceremonies.
Bronze sun wheel. Image source: Sanxingdui Museum website
Compact and functional
Some of the exquisite artefacts also have practical functions. It's a brilliant idea, it's amazing.
For example, the familiar "Bronze Ice Jian", which is a bronze set composed of a square jian and a square zunjian, accompanied by a long-handled bronze spoon. From the point of view of shape, the bronze ice is delicate in structure and thick in size.
It is said that the ancients used this utensil to ice wine, and the wine inside the kun, and the space between the wall and the wall placed ice cubes, and you can also drink ice wine in the spring and summer seasons. Because of this, many people say that it is an ancient version of the "refrigerator".
Bronze Ice Book. Image source: National Museum Weibo
The "Changxin" palace lamp is also famous and is a well-known national treasure at home and abroad. It is shaped like a young palace maid kneeling on the ground holding a lamp, and the whole body is gilded. The light plate can be rotated, and the screen plate of the light plate can be pushed to open and close to adjust the brightness of the light and the direction of illumination.
The body of the palace maid is hollow, and the soot enters the body through the right arm, thus keeping the room clean. The whole lamp is divided into head, body, right arm, lamp holder, lamp disk, lampshade and other parts, which can be arbitrarily disassembled. The lamp is engraved with inscriptions such as "Changxin Shang Bath" and "Yangxin Home" in 9 places with a total of 65 characters.
Infographic: Visitors visit the Changxin Palace lamp. Photo by ZHANG Yuan, reporter of China News Agency
The gold-encrusted beast head agate cup can be called a fine piece in the jade carving art of the Tang Dynasty. The wine glass is made of extremely rare multicolored silk agate, the body of the cup is shaped like a beast horn, the front part is carved with a cow-shaped beast head, and the eyes are round and bright.
It is believed that its styling features come from a Western drinking utensil "Laitong", where the beak is actually a stopper of the wine glass, from which wine can flow.
Gold-encrusted onyx cup. Image source: Shaanxi History Museum website
Tao's three-legged cookware has been ridiculed by many netizens as "looking like a hot pot". From the appearance point of view, it comes with a full foot, a wide plate can hold water or storage, and a fire can be built under the foot to warm up, which is both beautiful and practical.
Data map: Shang Dynasty pottery three-legged cooker. Photo by Yue Yitong
How precious are these artifacts?
There are many more precious artifacts.
Zhang Zheduan's "Picture of the Upper River of the Qingming Dynasty" is known as one of the ten famous paintings in China, depicting the lively scene inside and outside Bianjing, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty during the Qingming Dynasty. There are many details of life in the painting, including cars, mules, horses, and boats.
Data map: Visitors view the "Qingming Upper River Map" at the special exhibition of Shiqu Baoji at the Palace Museum in Beijing. Photo by Zhang Hao
It is also said that the Jia Hu bone flute is a flute from ancient times, made of the hollow ulna of crane birds, which can play music similar to seven-syllable, which is extremely exquisite.
Jia Hu bone flute. Image source: Henan Museum
As a sacrificial vessel of the ancient Dian Kingdom, the special combination shape of the Niuhu copper case makes the entire copper case stable center of gravity, harmonious size, balanced and unified dynamic and static, and has reached a very high level in mechanics and aesthetics, which is a masterpiece of Yunnan bronze culture and art.
The Niu Hu Copper case. Image source: Yunnan Provincial Museum website
Yue King Goujian is famous all over the world. The middle ridge of the sword is ridged and decorated with a black diamond-shaped pattern. The sword lattice is inlaid with blue glaze on the front and turquoise on the back. More than 2,000 years later, the ornamentation is still clear and exquisite, and the sword body is extremely sharp.
Yue Wang Gou Jian sword. Image source: Hubei Provincial Museum website
There is no doubt that cultural relics are the precious wealth of mankind, often have unique historical and cultural values, and hide rich cultural codes. Nowadays, the cultural relics originally collected in the museum are gradually "flying into the homes of ordinary people", attracting more people to learn about them.
What precious artifacts have you seen in the museum that will last a lifetime? (End)
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