In the peshawar valley of ancient India, near the confluence of the Indus and Kabul rivers, and in the area of present-day northeastern Afghanistan, this is known as the ancient Gandhara region. Gandhara is located in the heart of Eurasia, with a core area of only more than 200,000 square kilometers, but it is the trade center of the Silk Road and the center of faith in the Buddhist world, and the Gandhara region is the hub of Central Asia, West Asia and the Mediterranean region, and the multi-civilizations of India, Persia, Greece, Rome and even Central Asia have long met and integrated in this region. Gandharan Buddhist art mixed Greek, Roman, Persian and Indian artistic expression techniques, which was very three-dimensional and realistic, and thus spread eastward across the Ridge, profoundly influencing the development of East Asian Buddhist art.
Ancient Greece was a regional title that consisted mainly of southeastern Europe and the northeastern Mediterranean. Ancient Greek civilization began in 800 BC and ended in 146 BC. During this period, the economic and cultural life of the ancient Greek region was prosperous and the science and technology were developed, resulting in a brilliant Greek culture. Athens, Sparta, Marathon, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle are its representative symbols. After the demise of ancient Greece, the ancient Greek civilization was continued by the ancient Romans, thus becoming the spiritual source of the entire Western civilization.
Chinese history books refer to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sending Zhang Qian on his first westward journey to the Great Moon Clan as "Chiseling The Void" and thus the "Silk Road". The Silk Road runs west from the middle reaches of the Yellow River, crosses the Pamir Plateau, passes through Central Asia and West Asia to the Mediterranean Sea, and then connects Europe and North Africa, becoming the main artery of transportation in Eurasia. The world-famous ancient civilizations are distributed along the Silk Road, which is the road of commercial trade between the East and the West, the road of diplomatic envoys, and the road of cultural exchanges and integration between the East and the West. Shanxi is located at the eastern end of the ancient Silk Road, the Northern Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Pingcheng and Jinyang are bustling international metropolises, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jin merchants along the Silk Road to trade the world. Shanxi is an important station of Silk Road civilization. Civilizations are enriched by exchanges, and civilizations are enriched by mutual learning. The Silk Road Cultural Relics Exhibition exhibits more than 190 cultural relics, covering a wide area around the Mediterranean, the Two Rivers Basin and Iran, as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. There are Greek faience and reliefs, Roman and Persian glassware, Persian gold and silverware, Silk Road gold and silver coins, Central Asian brocade and Indian Buddhist statues, etc., across the city and across eras and cultures, gathered together, colorful, reproducing the exchange, collision and integration of ancient Silk Road civilizations.
Pottery is one of the important categories of ancient Greek art, black painting and red painting, are two popular Greek pottery decorative techniques, but also represent the peak of Greek pottery art.
Ikuo Hirayama (1930-2009) was a famous Japanese painter who was president of the Japan-China Friendship Association and president of Tokyo University of the Arts. Hirayama believes that the Silk Road is a way to condense the essence of human civilization, and if you explore the hidden traces of Japanese culture, you must embark on the Silk Road. Since the 1960s, Mr. Ikuo Hirayama and his wife Michiko Hirayama have visited countries along the Silk Road more than 150 times, and more than 70 times to Dunhuang to explore the mysteries of the Silk Road civilization, and the footprints throughout the vast Eurasian continent Hirayama Ikuo created famous works such as "The Transmission of Buddhism" and "Bamiyan Buddha", depicting a large number of works of art reflecting the spread of Buddhism, east-west cultural exchanges, and the Theme of the Silk Road, accumulating more than 600 sketches. Is the world's largest creation of Silk Road themes and the largest number of painters Pingshan couple love the Silk Road civilization, constantly collect scattered in the folk of the Silk Road ancient art and relics, and free donation to the art museum Pingshan Ikuo Silk Road Art Museum collection to the Kendra Buddhist statue and Silk Road currency as the representative, almost covering all areas related to the Silk Road, from the Mediterranean to West Asia East Asia from ancient to medieval to modern times, including carving, painting, metalwork, glassware, dyeing fabrics, ornaments, The Pingshan Ikuo Silk Road Art Museum also inherits the legacy of Mr. Hirayama Ikuo and spares no effort to popularize and revitalize the protection of cultural relics.
The goddess is a very representative of the goddess of the earth in the bronze culture of Bactria in Afghanistan, with a white limestone face and a chlorite part, and the costume worn is the traditional Sumerian costume of the time, Kaunakais. The statue of the Mother Earth is very rare in the current relics of the priests, and has only been excavated in the base burials in the central and western parts of Pakistan. Bactria is Guhi's name for Afghanistan. The ancient Greeks established the Greek kingdom of Bactria in Afghanistan, which profoundly influenced the culture and art of Afghanistan and India and Pakistan.
Bull's head shape to pass
Southern Italy
4th century BC
Height 20 cm
From the ancient Brea people commonly used in various ceremonies of the wine vessel, the early is regarded as the holy bull's head shape to paint the famous story of the main body of the Brea myth - a scene of Zeus transformed into a swan to seduce the worldly beauty Lida,
Cupid riding a leopard
Mediterranean
1st century to 2nd century AD
Height 13 cm
Cupid was the god of love in ancient Roman mythology, the son of the god of love, Aphrodite (Venus), who took the form of a winged youth in the Brea mythology, and in Roman times as an image of a young child, and soon absorbed by Christian art as an angel.
Sesame oil bottle
Athens, Greece
C. 470 BC
Height 22.5 cm
Also known as the Cai Kitos bottle, the bottle became commonly used in funerals around the 6th century BC to represent the goddess of victory, Niki, in a red-painted technique. The ancient Greeks believed that the goddess of victory came from the heavens to bless the victors