Chimes were excavated from the site of the new Zheng Zhengguo sacrifice
Seven Juan Group Jade Pendant
Last night, the "National Treasures Exhibition Season" ended on the CCTV Variety Channel. At the same time, the special exhibition of cultural relics of "National Treasure" was also officially launched in the program, and the curators from 30 participating museums across the country brought the "Thick Earth Cube" collected from important local archaeological sites to the scene to jointly build the "Why China" installation and unveil the special exhibition of cultural relics of "National Treasure". The Henan Museum has two cultural relics participating in the special exhibition, namely: chimes excavated from the New Zheng Zhengguo Sacrifice Site and the Seven Huang Group Jade Pendant.
It is reported that the "National Treasures" cultural relics special exhibition will be exhibited in the Forbidden City, the country's major museums with precious collections, exhibits cover stoneware, pottery, bronze, iron, gold and silverware, jade, porcelain, ancient documents and other cultural relics categories, a variety of national treasures are all-encompassing, showing the brilliance of Chinese civilization.
According to reports, in last night's "National Treasures Exhibition season", the Seven Huang Group Jade Pei from the Henan Museum made a stunning appearance. The Jade Pendant of the Seven Huangs was excavated from the tomb of the late Western Zhou Dynasty in Sanmenxia, and the owner of the tomb was the monarch of the State of Yu. The jade pendant of the Qihuang Group is about 126 cm long, consisting of seven jade juans that increase from small to large, and are connected in series with two rows of red agate beads and material beads in two symmetrical rows on the left and right. According to research, the use of large groups of jade pendants has strict hierarchical rules and is one of the signs of identity and rank. This Seven Huang Group Jade Pendant was owned by the monarch of the State of Yu and provided empirical evidence for the study of the Western Zhou Dynasty's Jade System.
Our province and the Qihuang group Jade Pei were selected for the "National Treasure" cultural relics special exhibition, and the chimes excavated from the Xinzheng Zhengguo Sacrifice Site also have a sound range of three octaves, with a complete seven-tone scale structure, with the function of spinning the palace transposition, the rhythm is harmonious, and the timbre is as beautiful as a song. Each clock has traces of tuning filing, which has made obvious progress compared with western zhou chimes in terms of musical performance such as sound quality and pitch, providing us with physical data for studying the musical characteristics and musical style of "ZhengSheng". (According to Zhengzhou Daily)