China News Service, August 16. According to Hong Kong's "Wen Wei Po", Han Qian, deputy director of the Palace Museum's Artifacts Department, participated in a series of lectures on the "Forbidden City Scholars Talking about the Forbidden City" on the 16th, and gave a lecture entitled "Concrete as Artifact - Ceramics Collected by the Palace Museum". "Lecture.
She said that the exhibition in the third exhibition hall of the Hong Kong Palace Museum selected 169 representative ceramic collections of the Palace Museum, which is a microcosm of the development history of Chinese ceramics.
According to his introduction, the exhibits range from the Neolithic Age to the late Qing Dynasty, including the "five famous kilns" of Ru, Guan, Ge, Ding, and Jun, as well as the fine porcelains of Jingdezhen imperial kilns in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and strive to reflect the continuous development process of Chinese ceramics. cultural connotation.
She revealed that after 3 months of exhibition, the exhibits in the first part of the exhibition, such as the white glazed baby pillow from the Dingyao kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty, will be replaced.
Han Qian introduced that our ancestors invented pottery as early as about 20,000 years ago. During the Xia and Shang Dynasties about 3,000 years ago, primitive porcelain could be fired, and it is about 1,800 years ago. In the former Eastern Han Dynasty, porcelain was created and fired in the true sense.
The endless varieties and long history of Chinese ceramics have made outstanding contributions to the development of human civilization.
The Palace Museum has more than 360,000 ceramic cultural relics, covering a large number of famous kilns throughout the history of Chinese ceramics.
As one of the opening exhibitions of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, "Concrete as a Tool: Ceramics from the Palace Museum's Collection" is the first large-scale exhibition of the Palace Museum's ceramics collection in Hong Kong, and it is also a microcosm of the development history of Chinese ceramics.
When talking about the selection criteria for the cultural relics to be exhibited this time, Han Qian said that from the name of the exhibition, it can be seen that this is an exhibition of the general history of Chinese ceramics, and the selection of exhibits must be very representative.
"Representation should not only be visually beautiful, but should be selected based on the key point of Chinese ceramic development technology represented in the historical period."
She said: "We try to show all kinds of ceramics from the same era to the audience. For example, in the Song Dynasty porcelain, while showing the Ru kiln and the official kiln, we also exhibited the tiger pillow and other porcelain with folk kiln style."
The picture shows the white glazed baby pillow of the Northern Song Dynasty Ding kiln, a national first-class cultural relic.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Cui Nan
Han Qian said that the on-site exhibits can be described as "pieces of fine products". If you have to recommend cultural relics, the white glazed baby pillow in the Northern Song Dynasty is the first choice. This cultural relic will be displayed in the Hong Kong Palace Museum for 3 months.
It is reported that the baby pillow was fired by Ding kiln, one of the "five famous kilns" in the Song Dynasty, and similar products handed down are extremely rare.
This national treasure was once rated as one of the 11 favorite cultural relics of the Forbidden City.
"Differences in life style make people less likely to use ceramic pillows today, but people in the Song Dynasty believed that they could cool down and remove heat, and were ideal summer bedding to drive away fire, improve eyesight, and prolong life. For women, the special-shaped porcelain pillows can not only keep those Complicated hairstyles that take a lot of effort to comb, but also pinned their good wishes for more children and more happiness."
Another check-in point recommended by Han Qian is the 12-color chrysanthemum-petal plate display cabinet in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. "Visitors who visit the third exhibition hall of the Hong Kong Palace Museum can see the wide range of colors through these 12 pieces of porcelain. The chrysanthemum plate not only reflects the progress of technology at that time, but also reflects the results of exchanges between China and foreign countries. For example, it is also a yellow glaze, including both burnt yellow glaze and lemon yellow glaze influenced by the West.”