The Year of the Tiger zodiac exhibition is coming
2022 is the year of the nongyin tiger, Chinese pay attention to the culture of the zodiac, the zodiac rotates on duty, and each zodiac sign has a story, culture and elegance behind it. This year's zodiac sign, the tiger, formed an indissoluble relationship with the Chinese ancestors millions of years ago. After a thousand years of history, the tiger has become an indispensable cultural symbol in Chinese culture, and countless archaeological relics and documentary records related to tigers have been left in various historical periods.
Since January 21, the Ningbo Museum, together with the Yunnan Provincial Museum, the Jingzhou Museum and the Ningbo County And Urban Museums, launched the "Tiger and Tiger Shengfu - Joint Exhibition of Cultural Relics and Pictures of the Chinese New Year of the Tiger". This exhibition brings together more than 130 precious tiger cultural relics from various museums, including many rare national first- and second-class cultural relics, with rich pictures and text materials, which are exhibited at the Same Time in Ningbo Museum and Ningbo Bang Museum.
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From the land of Bachu, to the ancient Dian kingdom in the southwest, from the land of the Central Plains, to the land of Wuyue... Tiger cultural relics of different eras, different regions and different cultural backgrounds reflect the local historical causes and cultural characteristics of that time in the sense of shape, aesthetics, connotation and symbolism, and when they come together, tigers and tigers are powerful, presenting the broad, profound, diverse and inclusive spiritual core of Chinese civilization.
Had to see the Chinese Rare Tiger
The river is mighty, and the tiger whistles the hills. The ancient Chinese people both yearned for and aweed the tiger's mighty and mighty spirit, the spirit of never returning, and the strong and fierce physique, thus forming a unique Tiger culture in China.
Enjoying the tiger in the Year of the Tiger, this exhibition brings a number of tiger relics worth seeing to the audience. The Bronze Tiger Zun from the Jingzhou Museum is one of the representative works of bronze heavy objects in the southern region of the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the upright tiger body is decorated with phoenix and tiger stripes.
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The vivid shape and bold style highlight the aesthetic characteristics of Jingchu culture, and the tiger zun was excavated from the silt layer of rivers and lakes, and there is no trace of long-term use, which should be used to sacrifice rivers, lakes, mountains and rivers. This also shows Chinese respect for tigers.
The largest exhibit in the exhibition, the Tiger Bird Hanging Drum, is the "treasure of the town hall" of the Jingzhou Museum. This large instrument is based on two Crouching Tigers, with a bird standing on each tiger's back, and the most important drum hangs in the middle of the bird. This kind of phoenix tiger shape makes people more able to play associations when listening to the drums, to feel the tiger roar and phoenix chant. Although this time to Ningbo is a replica, the audience may wish to appreciate the shape of the cultural relics, but also imagine the majestic and high-pitched music from the pre-Qin Dynasty.
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If you want to say that the most special exhibit in the exhibition is the bronze shell vessel from the Yunnan Museum. Located in the southwestern border, the Dian culture has developed a political, economic, cultural, and living customs with a unique national imprint. Shell vessels are bronzes unique to the Dian Dynasty, so named because they were filled with shells at the time of excavation. In the lives of the Dian people, shells were equated with wealth, either stored or locally used as general equivalents for the exchange of livestock, metals, slaves, precious stones, etc.
The two shell containers on display are based on the theme of tigers fighting with other animals, solidifying the most thrilling scene in the fight. Especially the tiger and bull fighting copper shell vessel, the cover shows two bulls and a tiger are fighting, the tiger roars to fight back, the two cows fight back and forth, and what is more eye-catching is that there is a tree in the middle of the cover, and there are two monkeys watching the battle on the branches, their tails are tied together, showing nervous emotions, and there are two birds, which seem to be startled by the fight, spreading their wings and wanting to fly. The ancients of a thousand years ago used these vivid and full details to further render the sense of presence of tigers and bulls fighting.
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Food, clothing, shelter and travel are accompanied by tigers
The image of the tiger in political life is often high above and full of inviolable deterrent power. When the tiger enters the folk, it changes into a richer form and derives a wider range of connotations. People regard the tiger as a mascot to ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings, and they have accompanied it for thousands of years.
A very large part of the tiger artifacts in this exhibition are closely related to our daily lives. Among them, there are a number of bronze mirrors with dragon and tiger patterns, the era from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, which shows the love of the ancients for tigers in different periods. Including the Tang Qinglong White Tiger Suzaku Basalt Pattern Diamond Flower Shaped Bronze Mirror, which is the only four-god mirror in the exhibition.
Dragon tiger pattern copper mirror
Small items with tigers as the theme also have their own characteristics, such as the silver belt hook of the dragon and tiger in the Warring States period, the jade dragon pendant of the dragon head and tiger body, and the dragon and tiger pattern jade plate and tiger pattern porcelain in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The exhibition also focuses on a class of characteristic tiger cultural relics excavated in Ningbo area - tigers. Tigers, that is, ancient drowning instruments, have existed since the Warring States, and people have made drowning instruments into the form of tigers, which shows the ambivalent mentality of both reverence for tigers and wanting to conquer.
Tiger-shaped daily necessities
The most Festive in the exhibition is the tiger head hat and tiger head shoes full of childlike fun. When ferocious tigers meet cute children, they also become colorful and cute. The elders made tiger head shoes and tiger head hats by hand and put them on the children in the family, hoping that the tiger would bless the children with safety, health and growth.
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Recently, General Secretary Xi Jinping said in his speech: "In Chinese culture, the tiger is a symbol of bravery and strength... In the face of the severe challenges facing mankind at present, we must be like a tiger, a tiger and a tiger, bravely overcome all kinds of dangers and obstacles on the way forward, make every effort to sweep away the haze of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, make every effort to promote economic and social recovery and development, and let the sunshine of hope illuminate mankind. ”
On the occasion of the New Year's Eve, Ningbo withstood the test of the epidemic and fought a beautiful anti-epidemic war with a resolute attitude and the support and dedication of all citizens. On the eve of the New Year, the Ningbo Museum presented this Exhibition of the Year of the Tiger with cultural relics to convey the strength and bravery of the Chinese nation like a dragon and a tiger, and to pin the beautiful expectations of eliminating disasters and warding off evil spirits.
*The content of this WeChat article involves cultural relics, all of which are exhibited in the Nante Pavilion on the third floor of Ningbo Museum.
Written by: Xiang Congying, Ministry of Propaganda
Photography: Curatorial Department Li Anning
Text Verification: Curatorial Department Xu Qin
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Group exhibition of cultural relics and pictures of the Chinese New Year of the Tiger
Exhibition time
January 21 - March 13, 2022
(During the Spring Festival holiday, it will be open to the public as usual)
Exhibition venue
Ningbo Museum on the third floor of nante exhibition hall
Ningbo Bang Museum on the first floor of the exhibition hall
Visiting information
Hours: 9:00-17:00 (last admission after 16:00).
The museum is open every Tuesday and Sunday and closed on Mondays (except holidays).
Visitors can make online time slot reservations through the WeChat public account of the Ningbo Museum or the WeChat public account of the Ningbo Bang Museum 5 days in advance, and each reservation order can be reserved for up to 4 people.
Visitors who have made a successful reservation must come to visit during the reservation period, and prepare the ID card, sms and Yongxing code used when making a reservation.
Ningbo Museum: No. 1000 Shounan Middle Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo 0574-82815588
Ningbo Bang Museum: No. 255 Siyuan Road, Zhenhai District, Ningbo 0574-56800668
Reservation method
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