Every time you travel to a city, your favorite way to travel is to visit the local museum, and after coming to Urumqi, you will come to the Xinjiang Museum for a walk around. The number of collections in the Xinjiang Museum is not too large and the scale is not large, but each cultural relic can be described as very different, showing the humanistic atmosphere of Xinjiang.
In the trip to the Xinjiang Museum, I like a lot of cultural relics, but some cultural relics have been on CCTV's national treasure program, so they are relatively popular, and there are many materials visited and introduced, so I will not focus on it. I selected a few relatively niche 4 cultural relics to appreciate their charm together, which also played an indispensable role in the Xinjiang Museum's appearance on CCTV.
Paragraph 1: Painted king stepping on the ghost wooden figurine
This painted figurine was unearthed in the joint burial tomb of the Tang Dynasty general Zhang Xiong and his wife in Turpan, it can be said that this figurine has a similar role to that of the town tomb beast, as the guardian deity of the ancient tomb, placed outside the door of the tomb to protect the peace and security of the tomb owner.
Look at this painted figurine again, standing as the king of heaven, the whole body is painted with rich colors, the eyes are round, the look is extremely majestic, as if it can subdue all demons and ghosts. Let's take a look at the calf ghost in the second half, which is stepped on by the king of heaven and shows a state of embarrassment.
It can be said that such a wood-carved figurine of the Heavenly King, the only one in China, has successfully become one of the treasures of the Xinjiang Museum.
Paragraph 2: Wooden pavilion model
This model of the wooden pavilion of the Tang Dynasty is not outstanding in the Xinjiang Museum, which has many fine cultural relics, but it also makes me like it with its far-reaching significance.
So what is far-reaching? Through this model from more than 1,000 years ago, we can understand that the architecture of the Central Plains at that time had already had an impact on the Xinjiang region, and this wooden pavilion model contains the essence of ancient Chinese architecture - the dou arch, full of tang dynasty charm.
Paragraph 3: Painted figurines
There are many painted figurines from the Tang Dynasty in the Xinjiang Museum, two of which I like the most, namely the painted figurines in front of the Fuxi Nuwa Figure and the painted long skirt female dance figurines in the second floor costume exhibition.
If you look closely, you can see that although these painted figurines are not Tang Sancai, they are rich in color and very exquisite. In particular, the makeup points such as forehead yellow, dot noodles (yè), oblique red, and lips painting show the style of Women in the Tang Dynasty.
In particular, the process of "silk painted wooden figurines" is even more exquisite, the head and body are made separately, and then combined into the movements that need to be presented. The silk on the body, after thousands of years, is still as bright as ever, showing the popular costumes of the Tang Dynasty.
Another material called silk appears in the rest of the Tang Dynasty painted figurines, a change from the earlier theory that silk originated in five generations, and the appearance of these painted figurines pushed the origin of silk forward by hundreds of years.
Section 4: Tang painted wooden tuan fan
This is a very humble cultural relic, and it is even more deserted, which is placed next to the display cabinet of the town tomb beast and the painted female figurine. But it didn't affect my liking for it in the slightest, and I thought it was beautiful at first sight.
After carefully examining the information, it was found that it was a meditative vessel, imitating the long wooden handle silk fan used by the Tang Dynasty at that time. Although the fan surface is small, it depicts a wealth of patterns such as mountains, flowers, birds, and butterflies, which looks very artistic.
Of course, in addition to these 4 cultural relics, the treasure of the Xinjiang Provincial Museum, the Tang Dynasty silk painting Fuxi Nuwa Tu, the "Five Stars Out of the East and Li China" Han Dynasty Brocade Arm Guard, the Tang Dynasty Handmade Clay Sculpture Painted Horseback Riding Wearing a Veiled Hat Female Figurine, the Tang Dynasty Silk Color Painting Chess Lady Figure, the earliest "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" manuscript and other cultural relics are worth punching cards.
In short, this not-so-famous museum will surely surprise you. (Author: Horse and stop, life is about walking, the journey needs to be recorded!) ）
Xinjiang Museum Travel Tips:
How to get there: From Urumqi Airport, you can take bus No. 51 to Xinjiang Museum Station, and then walk to it.
Admission: The Xinjiang Museum is free to open, but you need to make a reservation in advance, and the number of places will generally be full if you go on the same day.