Hong Kong, May 5 (ZXS) -- The Hong Kong Palace Museum announced on May 22 that it will launch a special exhibition "Gaze at Sanxingdui -- New Archaeological Discoveries in Sichuan" ("Gaze at Sanxingdui") in late September, which will last about four months.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum signed an exhibition intention cooperation agreement with Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum, Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum, Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology to hold a special exhibition "Gaze at Sanxingdui" in late September to promote cultural exchanges between Sichuan and Hong Kong and promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
On May 5, the Hong Kong Palace Museum announced that it will launch a special exhibition "Gaze at Sanxingdui – New Discoveries from Sichuan Archaeology" in late September. The picture shows that the Hong Kong Palace Museum signed an exhibition intention cooperation agreement with Guanghan Sanxingdui Museum, Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum, Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and Chengdu Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology. (Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Palace Museum)
It is reported that the "Gaze at Sanxingdui" exhibition will focus on the new archaeological discoveries in Sichuan represented by the Sanxingdui site, displaying 120 precious cultural relics such as bronzes, jade, gold and pottery dating from 2600 to 3300 years ago, of which nearly half of the exhibits are the newly excavated important cultural relics of the Sanxingdui site between 2020 and 2022, and most of them are exhibited outside Sichuan Province for the first time. Key exhibits include various bronze masks, bronze figures and gold masks unearthed at the Sanxingdui site. The Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum also offers several precious artifacts that have never been exhibited before, including jade pottery dating back more than 3000,<> years.
The exhibition "Gaze at Sanxingdui" will focus on new archaeological discoveries in Sichuan, represented by the Sanxingdui site, and the Chinese mask is on display outside Sanxingdui for the first time. (Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Palace Museum)
Tang Fei, president of the Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said that the precious cultural relics unearthed in Sanxingdui and Jinsha, represented by the ruins of the ancient Shu civilization, are the material and spiritual civilization jointly created by all ethnic groups in the ancient Shu country and Shu region, and are outstanding representatives of the achievements of civilization in the pre-Qin period in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and an important part of Chinese civilization. He looks forward to presenting these precious cultural relics to Hong Kong citizens, the Mainland and the global audience at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, so that everyone can have an in-depth understanding of the historical value of the ancient Shu bronze civilization, expand the international influence of Chinese culture, and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
Wu Zhihua, director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, said that the latest excavations of the Sanxingdui site in the past three years have unearthed a large number of important archaeological relics, which have attracted great attention from the whole country and even the international community. He believes that this important special exhibition will help the Hong Kong Palace Museum to practice its mission of inheriting and promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture, let Chinese and foreign audiences understand the life and cultural exchanges between different regions and ethnic groups in ancient China, and nurture the splendid civilization of 3,<> years of China, as well as the integrated and diversified development of the Chinese nation.
The latest archaeological excavation at Sanxingdui site is one of the major projects of "Archaeological China" of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and its excavation results reveal the highly developed bronze civilization in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in ancient China and the exchanges between Sichuan and the surrounding areas, showing the origin and early development of Chinese civilization, and the development pattern of diversity and integration. (End)