More than 190 Silk Road cultural relics were unveiled at the Shanxi Museum

Shanxi News Network, December 17 (Reporter Lu Yiru) Today, "From the Mediterranean to China: Pingshan Yufu Silk Road Art Museum Collection of Cultural Relics Exhibition" debuted at the Shanxi Museum, exhibiting a total of more than 190 cultural relics, the exhibition period is until March 3, 2022.

More than 190 cultural relics, the exhibition period of three months

The exhibition is divided into four sections, covering a wide area around the Mediterranean, the Two Rivers Valley and Iran, as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, as well as Ikuo Hirayama's fine art sketches along the Dunhuang route. The Greek faience pottery and reliefs, Roman and Persian glassware, Persian gold and silverware, Silk Road gold and silver coins, Central Asian brocade and Indian Buddhist statues on display, etc., cross-regional, cross-era and cross-cultural, gather together, colorful, reproducing the exchange, collision and integration of ancient Silk Road civilizations.

"During the Western Han Dynasty, China opened up the Silk Road, connecting the transportation arteries, economic channels and cultural bridges of Eurasia. Shanxi is located at the eastern end of the Silk Road, during the Northern Wei to Sui and Tang dynasties, Pingcheng (present-day Datong) and Jinyang (present-day Taiyuan) became the international metropolises of economic prosperity and cultural development at that time. Zhao Zhiming, vice president of the Shanxi Museum, introduced, "The exhibition is an important exhibition to promote the 'Belt and Road' international cooperation and cultural exchanges, aiming to spread the Silk Road spirit of peaceful cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual learning, mutual benefit and win-win results, and highlighting China's great power responsibility and broad mind for promoting the construction of a community of human destiny with political mutual trust, economic integration and cultural tolerance." ”

When the audience visits the exhibition, they can combine the visit to the exhibition halls such as "National Melting Pot" and "Ming and Qing Jin Merchants" basically displayed in the "Jin Soul" of the hospital, so as to appreciate and appreciate the exchange of Chinese and Western cultures more. Around the exhibition, the Shanxi Museum will hold a series of related social education activities to showcase unique exotic styles.