Qing Dynasty copper tire filigree enamel cornucopia
▲ Syrian mother-of-pearl mosaic
On January 8, the latest issue of the "Zhongbo Hot Search List" guided by the China Cultural Relics Exchange Center was released, of which the "Top Ten Hot Search Exhibitions" in Chengdu were listed in two museums: "Rich changchun - Traditional Chinese Wealth and Culture Exhibition" being held at the Chengdu Museum, and "Kaleidoscope of Civilization - Exhibition of Ancient Syrian Cultural Relics" at the Jinsha Site Museum.
Why did the two exhibitions make it to the hot search list? To this end, the reporter sorted out three major points of view. It is worth mentioning that the two exhibitions will span the Lunar New Year, so let's go to the museum to see the exhibition if you have time!
Highlights: History
See both traditional Chinese culture and world civilization
The Year of the Ox is coming, and the New Year is coming! What has been Chinese's favorite mascot for thousands of years? Is it a golden toad, a cat, or a treasure pot or a fairy tree? On December 28 last year, in the exhibition hall on the third floor of the Chengdu Museum, a "Rich and Noble Changchun - Traditional Chinese Wealth Culture Exhibition" was opened.
The term "Rich and Noble Changchun" has been a long-standing porcelain style and painting theme since the Song and Yuan dynasties. This hope for prosperity and well-being pervades people's daily lives. With the theme of Chinese wealth culture, the exhibition interprets the transformation and development of traditional Chinese wealth culture for the audience with more than 110 pieces/sets of cultural relics and interlaced light and shadow exhibition space, conveys the core of wealth morality of profit in benevolence and seeking wealth within righteousness, reflects the prosperous scenery of Fu Minfeng and Guotai Min'an, and also sends good wishes for the blossoming of the New Year and the splendid mountains and rivers in the coming year.
December 30, 2021, is the 10th anniversary of the sun god bird pattern becoming the image of Chengdu City. In the past 10 years, the Sun God Bird has witnessed the increasingly close interaction between Chengdu and the world. Today, the "Kaleidoscope of Civilization - Exhibition of Ancient Syrian Cultural Relics" has brought together the elite treasures of 12 museums in Chengdu, including the National Museum of Damascus, the Aleppo Museum, the Deir Ezzor Museum, the Jappal Museum, the Latakia Museum, the Holmes Museum, the Tartus Museum, the Della Museum, the Sveda Museum, and the domestic Dunhuang Research Institute, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum, and the Xi'an Forest of Stone Steles Museum. The 183 exhibits focus on the flow of historical time and tell the history of Syria from the Stone Age, through the Bronze and Iron Ages, to the Hellenistic, Roman and Islamic eras.
"When I sink my eyes into your eyes, I glimpse the deep dawn, I see the ancient yesterday, I see everything I can't comprehend, I feel the universe flowing, between your eyes and me." In the pen of the Syrian poet, the history of the ancient country is poetic and distant. At the exhibition hall of the Jinsha Site Museum's "Kaleidoscope of Civilization - Exhibition of Ancient Syrian Cultural Relics", the "ancient yesterday" is being recreated one by one.
Highlights: Artifacts
Gold cakes, cornucopias... "gold content" is extremely high
Since ancient times, there is one thing that has steadily sat in the "top spot" in the measurement of wealth in human history, and that is gold. The Han Dynasty golden cakes on display at the "Rich Changchun - Traditional Chinese Wealth and Culture Exhibition" weigh about 250 grams, about one pound at that time. The gold cake is rounded in its entirety, slightly concave in surface, clear in outline, and stamped with the surname of a person on it. After a thousand years, the luster of the gold cake has appeared slightly, showing the more mature purification technology at that time.
Cornucopia, a treasure in Chinese folklore, contains the concept that ordinary people hope that wealth will be inexhaustible and endless. The image of the cornucopia also runs through traditional Chinese culture and has become an important prop in many stories and legends. In the "Rich and Noble Changchun - Chinese Traditional Wealth and Culture Exhibition", two exquisite and elegant Qing Dynasty copper tire filigree enamel cornucopias were unveiled. The flowers are full of branches, exquisite and delicate, and the colors are colorful, showing a thriving state of prosperity and prosperity, and also condensing the beautiful meaning of auspiciousness. In addition, there are kaiyuan tongbao, southern song dynasty gold medals and other historical currencies, bronze cash cows and other exhibits, which can be described as "gold content" is extremely high.
On the other hand, as a vivid witness to Syria's multiculturalism, the "Kaleidoscope of Civilization - Exhibition of Ancient Syrian Antiquities" exhibits, from daily necessities to ceremonial utensils, from portrait sculptures to architectural decorations, from Assyrian murals to Greek silver coins. One of the oldest hand axes dates back about 500,000 years. Visitors can enjoy the beliefs of craftsmen set in multicolored shells from 4600 years ago in the exhibits, talk to the Malian royal family through cuneiform writing, and even explore how to divinate with the liver, and what the use of clay plates in the shape of children's footprints...
Highlights: Activities
In addition to viewing photos and punching cards, there are also academic lectures
At the same time, the unique exhibition design of the two exhibitions is also quite eye-catching. In order to match the theme of spring festival and wealth, "Rich And Noble Changchun - Chinese Traditional Wealth Culture Exhibition" specially selects the festive and peaceful red as the main tone, supplemented by the rich colors of traditional folk New Year paintings, forming a vulgar and elegant style. Dark gray with golden lines echoes with the cultural relics in the exhibition hall, looking retro and calm. The curved veil of peony purple, the bright color block, the arched foyer, the New Year painting... There are still more than 20 days before the Spring Festival, and Cheng Bo has been immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year in advance.
At the entrance of the exhibition and in the third unit of the exhibition hall, a "punch card" device was specially set up. The exquisite details of the traditional New Year paintings are magnified, the arched foyer is layered and fascinating, and the specially painted cartoon IP of the god of martial wealth is unveiled in the tail hall. Viewers can post their favorite greetings through the mobile phone mini program, which can be seen on the big screen.
Stepping into the exhibition hall of "Kaleidoscope of Civilization - Exhibition of Ancient Syrian Cultural Relics", the "time and space tunnel" composed of projection and three-dimensional mirror installations has been put in place, and the picture continues to flash one brilliant historical site after another, attracting people into the 500,000-year history of Syria. In order to fully reflect the uniqueness of Syrian culture, the color and layout of the exhibition hall are titled "Kaleidoscope of Civilization". The color of the exhibition hall varies according to the content of each part. Transitioning from the dark brown of the Stone Age to the gradually bright yellow of the Bronze Age, the Iron Age added a highly saturated "Babylonian blue" on the basis of the light tones of the Assyrian palace, and the Classical Period added a strong visual impact of red to represent the great cultural integration of this stage. During the exhibition period of more than 4 months, jinsha site museum prepared a rich exhibition supporting feast for the audience, such as special academic lectures and themed social education activities. (Chengdu Daily reporter Duan Zhen pictured according to Chengdu Museum, Jinsha Site Museum)