Western Zhou beast face pattern bronze cup Guangdong Provincial Museum Courtesy of
Guangzhou, December 22 (Cheng Jingwei Huang Suzhe) reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Museum on the 22nd that the "Wine Song - Chinese Wine Culture Exhibition" is being held in the museum, through natural specimens and bronzes, ceramics, calligraphy and paintings and other collections of a total of 254 sets (185 sets of Chinese), from the etiquette, health, customs, export and other angles to interpret Chinese wine culture. The exhibition will run until April 10, 2022.
The exhibition is divided into four parts, the first and second parts are "Green Ant New Wine" and "Wine Talk Mulberry", which cut from the perspective of natural science, and cooperate with the collection of plant specimens and interactive installations to show the audience the raw materials of wine, the aroma of wine, the types of wine and brewing technology.
Han Dynasty animal head pottery lid pot Guangdong Provincial Museum Courtesy of
In addition, the third part, "Can Drink a Cup of Nothing", leads the audience to review the wine ceremony and wine customs from Qushui Liu to Tu Su through bronze ceremonial vessels, ancient books and paintings, etc.; the fourth part, "Xia Ying into Yao", selects traditional Chinese wine utensils and export wine utensils with exquisite form and style in the era, showing the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures and the inheritance of ingenuity carried in various wine utensils.
Among them, the Bronze Cup of the Western Zhou Dynasty Beast Face Pattern excavated in Xinyi, Guangdong in 1974 was unveiled in the exhibition. With a height of 26.2 cm and a diameter of 14.2 cm, it is a representative wine vessel. Another Han Dynasty animal head pottery lid pot on display, the head of the beast has a two-eyed outer drum, an angular protrusion on the forehead, a wide flattened mouth in the shape of a basin mouth, and most of the painted lid pots have been peeled off, and the tire quality is loose.
Song Jingdezhen kiln green and white glaze print gourd-shaped note bowl Guangdong Provincial Museum Courtesy of
In addition, the exhibition exhibits a gourd-shaped zhuzi bowl printed with green and white glaze from the Jingdezhen kiln of the Song Dynasty. Due to the long-term immersion of the soil, this zhuzi warm bowl is all earthy yellow, but the characteristics of the typical color of the blue and white glaze can still be seen, and the whole artifact has a unique shape and exquisite ornamentation. It is understood that the notes and warm bowls are well preserved, which is rare and very rare.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Museum, the warm bowl is a warm wine utensil, which is more popular in the late Tang Dynasty to the Fifth Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Usually there is a note in the bowl, that is, a pot for wine. When warming the wine, place the note in a warm bowl and warm it with hot water from the bowl.
Ming Dynasty white jade carved lotus cup Guangdong Provincial Museum Courtesy of Guangdong Provincial Museum
The reporter noted that the Ming Dynasty white jade carved lotus cup exhibited in the exhibition is made of lotus flowers as a vessel type, and the thick branches and large leaves are set off by lotus flowers, with unique shapes and exquisite workmanship.
Source: China News Network