Modern Express News Sarcophagus Tiger, Mother and Child Tiger, Embroidered Tiger, Fabric Tiger... The Year of the Ox slowly receded, and the Year of the Tiger came steadily.
On January 18th, the "Tiger Leaping Spring Coming - Nongyin Tiger Year Celebration Exhibition" launched by the Nanjing Municipal Museum was officially launched at the Nanjing Municipal Museum (Chaotian Palace). The exhibition brings together more than 120 collections from the Nanjing Municipal Museum, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum, the Nanjing Folklore Museum, the Jiangning Weaving Museum and other museums; dozens of cultural relics are exhibited for the first time.
Tiger head tiger brain, "tiger" place name cultural relics on display for the first time
The tiger is the king of the only beasts in Asia and has a long history of evolution. It lives in Asia and originated in China, which is the home of tigers.
The ancient capital of Nanjing has always been associated with the "tiger". In 1993, scientists at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences found fossils of the left jaw of tigers dating back 350,000 years at the Paleolithic site of Hulu Cave in Tangshan. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang went to Nanjing and sighed that "Zhongshan Longpan stone tiger, the emperor's residence also." ”
△ Fossil left jaw of a tiger dating back 350,000 years
Tiger Mountain, Tiger Head, Tiger Bridge, Tiger Lane, Tiger Barn, Tiger Pass... There are many place names in Nanjing with "tiger". During the Six Dynasties period, Tiger Mountain was the burial place of the family clan at that time. Tiger Mountain, named after its tiger-like shape, is 66 meters above sea level, and is located near the Shangyuanmen subway station in Gulou District, which is a remnant of Shogunate Mountain. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this was the tomb of the Yan family of the Langya family, and the Yan Family Training was called "Jianye Old Mountain". The Yan clan was not only a prominent eunuch, but also famous in terms of writing, scholarship and calligraphy. In this exhibition, talc pigs, pottery bottles, and large pottery ear cups excavated from the Yan family tomb in Tiger Mountain have all made their debut.
△ Talc pigs excavated from the Yan family tomb of Tiger Mountain
In addition to the excavated cultural relics of Tiger Mountain, the excavated cultural relics of Tiger Mountain also made their debut.
The Qing "Forty-Eight Views of Jinling" said: "The cave is not profound, but the mountains are surrounded by clouds." Near the cave there is a Gongshi Spring, which is said to have been written in the Han Dynasty. "Tiger Cave Mingxi" is one of the forty-eight views of Jinling in the Qing Dynasty. In this exhibition, the audience can get a glimpse of the beauty of that year from the "Tiger Cave Mingxi" of Shi Baosheng's "Forty-Eight Views of Jinling" album in the Qing Dynasty.
△ Qing Dynasty Shi Baosheng's "Forty-Eight Views of Jinling" album "Tiger Cave Mingxi"
Tigers and tigers are born of might, and all the tigers roar in unison to celebrate the New Year
Tiger jade ornaments, tiger-shaped inserts, tiger head handicap pots... In this exhibition, the Nanjing Municipal Museum held out the "housekeeper" treasure related to the tiger.
△ Tiger pattern jade ornaments
△ Tiger plug
△ Tiger head pan pot
The tiger-shaped sarcophagus excavated from the Dongwu Tomb in Shangfang, Jiangning, is mighty and powerful, and is the largest cultural relic in this exhibition. Looking closely, the two ends of the sarcophagus seat are carved with grinning tiger shapes, which look a little more powerful and a little cute. Guo Bei, curator of the Nanjing Municipal Museum, said that a total of 3 groups of six tiger-shaped sarcophagi seats lying relatively horizontally were unearthed from the Shangfang Tomb. "Generally, the coffin beds of the Six Dynasties tombs are made of brick, and the tiger-headed sarcophagus excavated from the tomb of Sun Wu in Shangfang is rare in China, which also shows the honor of the identity of the tomb owner."
△ Tiger-shaped sarcophagus seat excavated from the Dongwu Tomb in Shangfang, Jiangning
Like the tiger-shaped sarcophagus, the tiger-shaped pottery tent seat of the Eastern Jin Dynasty also represents the honorable status as soon as it is unveiled. Guo Bei told the Modern Express reporter that the cultural relics were excavated from Shogun Mountain outside the central gate, and along with it was a tiger-shaped pottery drapery. "Generally speaking, the pole flag is planted on it, which is used to town tombs. The drapery seat that can be shaped in this shape is extraordinary, and it is suspected that it is an imperial general. ”
△ Tiger-shaped ceramic drapery tent seat
In addition to the fierce tiger cultural relics, there are also tiger cultural relics with very cute shapes. The mother-child tiger-shaped jade ornaments excavated from the Song Tomb in Jiangning Jianzhong make people think of the four words "motherly kindness and filial piety". This cultural relic, which dates back more than 800 years, is carved from high-grade Hetian jade, showing the mother-child relationship between the tigress and the young son. The tigress crawled on the ground with the little tiger's limbs, the tigress was full of love, and the little tiger looked up at her mother with a happy face. "This is also a highlight of this exhibition."
△ Mother and child tiger-shaped jade ornaments
What is valuable is that this exhibition of ming dynasty green glaze zodiac female pottery figurines gathered for the first time and made a collective appearance.
△ Ming Dynasty green glaze zodiac female pottery figurines
Cows come to the tiger, come together "tiger"
The Year of the Ox is gone, and the Year of the Tiger is coming steadily.
The "Tiger" stele is one of the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum (Zhan Yuan), known as "a century-old monument, the first in the world". In this exhibition, the rubbings of the "Tiger" stele are also presented in the exhibition hall. The word "tiger" is a stroke of the pen, in one breath, the word is tiger, shaped like a tiger, a tiger standing upright, majestic and mighty, tiger head, tiger mouth, tiger body, tiger back, tiger tail, clearly recognizable, as if looking up to the sky and roaring, and like a fierce tiger descending the mountain. Carefully examined, the words also concealed the words "rich and prosperous world" to express good wishes.
△ Rubbings of the "Tiger" stele
Guo Bei said that the "Tiger Leaping Spring - Nongyin Tiger Year Celebration Exhibition" is a continuation of the Opening Year Exhibition held by the Nanjing Municipal Museum with the theme of Zodiac culture. The exhibition uses heavy cultural relics "tiger", vivid cultural "tiger", and festive folk custom "tiger" to explain the important meaning of tiger in traditional Chinese culture.
After visiting the exhibition, the audience can also take a group photo with the two super cute cartoon tiger images outside the exhibition hall, which is very "tiger"!
△ Super cute cartoon tiger image
Modern Express + reporter Hu Yumei Chu Xihao/Wen Zhao Jie/Photo Chu Xihao/Video
(Edited by Zhou Dongmei)