Text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Huang Zhouhui Intern Chen Xiaonan Correspondent Sui Wenkao
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On December 23, the Guangzhou Society of Cultural Relics museum, Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Nanyue King Museum and Guangzhou Museum jointly held a press conference to announce the selection results of "Guangzhou Archaeology 100 Cultural Relics and Top Ten Important Discoveries". Among them, the faience pottery bowl excavated from the site of Zengcheng Jinlan Temple in the late Neolithic Period was selected as "Guangzhou Archaeological Hundred Cultural Relics", and the site of Zengcheng Jinlan Temple was selected as "Top Ten Important Discoveries of Guangzhou Archaeology". (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
The scene of the press conference (photo by Huang Zhouhui)
2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology. In order to implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on strengthening archaeological work and strengthen the research, interpretation, display and dissemination of archaeological achievements, the Guangzhou Society of Cultural Relics Museum, Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Nanyue King Museum and Guangzhou Museum jointly hosted the selection activity of "Guangzhou Archaeological 100 Cultural Relics and Top Ten Important Archaeological Discoveries" from October to November this year.
The selection activity includes two parts: public online voting and expert final evaluation. Online voting started on October 20, 2021 and ended on November 20, 2021, lasting 30 days. The final appraisal meeting of experts was held on November 22, and seven experts were invited, including Liu Rui, researcher of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Huang Miaozhang, counselor of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, Cao Jin, director of the Guangdong Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Han Weilong, research librarian of the Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Feng Yongzhao, deputy research librarian of the Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Professor Zheng Junlei, vice president of the School of Sociology and Anthropology of Sun Yat-sen University, and Liu Chengji, director of the Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Appraisal Station. After the final evaluation of experts, the "100 pieces of archaeological relics and ten important discoveries in Guangzhou" was officially released.
The Western Han Dynasty South Yue Kingdom carved dragon and phoenix pattern heavy ring jade pendant
Neolithic faience bowl
According to the organizers, the cultural relics selected as "Guangzhou Archaeology Hundred Cultural Relics" cover the late Neolithic period to the Qing Dynasty, and the cultural relics are rich and diverse, with high historical, artistic, scientific, cultural and social values. The era of "Ten Important Discoveries of Guangzhou Archaeology" covers the late Neolithic period to modern times, with a wealth of types, including tombs, building sites, sluice gates, ancient roads, kiln sites, academies, docks, etc.
The tomb of King Wen of Nanyue in the Western Han Dynasty
The site of the Beijing Road Millennium Ancient Road
Guangzhou's archaeological achievements, including 100 cultural relics and ten important discoveries, carry Guangzhou's 5,000 to 6,000 years of human social history and more than 2,200 years of urban memory, fully reflect the origin of civilization in Lingnan, the formation and development process of Lingnan culture, reflect the interaction between ancient Guangzhou and neighboring areas, and the remarkable achievements of exchanges and references with other civilizations in the world through the Maritime Silk Road, and witness the history of urban archaeology and cultural relics protection in Guangzhou in the past 70 years. Through these archaeological achievements, the ancient history of Guangzhou has been reconstructed, and the picture of the life of the ancestors has become vivid and vivid.
It is reported that in the next step, the Guangzhou cultural relics department will also hold a series of special lectures on important archaeological discoveries and cultural relics in Guangzhou, so as to continuously enrich the historical and cultural nourishment of the whole society with archaeological achievements and further enhance the influence of archaeological work.
【Link】List of the results of the selection of "Guangzhou 100 Archaeological Cultural Relics and Ten Important Discoveries"
1. List of "100 Fine Archaeological Cultural Relics in Guangzhou"
2. List of "Top Ten Important Archaeological Discoveries in Guangzhou"
Source | Yangcheng Evening News Yangcheng Pie
Editor-in-charge | Lai Cun Root