The exhibition "Tracing Yangcheng - New Archaeological Discoveries in Guangzhou in 2021" was launched

Citizens viewing the exhibition Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Deng Bo photographed

Yangcheng Evening News Reporter Huang Zhouhui and correspondent Sui Wenkao reported: A few days ago, the exhibition "Tracing Yangcheng - New Archaeological Discoveries in Guangzhou in 2021" was launched at the Southern Han Erling Museum located in Guangzhou University Town, providing citizens with a rich archaeological and cultural feast during the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger. The exhibition is sponsored by the Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Southern Han Erling Museum, and the Maritime Silk Road (Guangzhou) Cultural Heritage Protection and Management Research Center, exhibiting 201 pieces/sets of cultural relics excavated by Guangzhou Archaeology in 2021. The exhibition runs until 8 May.

2021 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of modern Chinese archaeology, and the Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has handed over the "report card" of 240 archaeological projects, 120 million square meters of surveys, 2.22 million square meters of exploration, 13931 square meters of excavation, and 1897 pieces/sets of excavated cultural relics.

This exhibition focuses on the new archaeological discoveries and achievements in Guangzhou in 2021, focusing on 10 important archaeological projects such as the ruins of Zengcheng Jinlan Temple, Huangpu Pitouling Ruins (Phase II), Huangpu Lanyuanling Ruins (Phase II), Yuexiu Nonglin Shang road Liuheng Road Han to Qing Dynasty remains, Huangpu Xiaxia Village Southern Dynasty to Late Tang Dynasty Tombs, Haizhu Guangzhou Science Museum Project Site Ming and Qing Tombs, Panyu Yongda Group No. 1 Plot Ming to Republic of China Tombs, Liwan Guanggang Plot Han to Republic of China Remains, Conghua Songgang Ruins and other 10 important archaeological projects as the exhibition focus, exhibiting stone tools, pottery, 201 pieces/sets of excavated cultural relics such as jade and silverware.

The large-scale piles of shell mounds at the site of Jinlan Temple, the remains of ancestors dating back 4,000 years ago, the common burial customs of broken objects; the cellars more than 5 meters deep at the Pitouling site, the high-grade Yueren cemetery; the various material ornaments excavated from the Lanyuanling site, and the "most beautiful" collared jade ring in Guangzhou... Through the ruins, tombs and cultural relics, the exhibition leads the audience to approach the archaeological site and explore the memory of Guangzhou.

According to reports, all the cultural relics in this exhibition are on public display for the first time. The exhibition not only displays the newly discovered relics of the relics, but also pays attention to the documentary archaeological display, showing the archaeological work process and restoring the archaeological site as real as possible. In addition, the exhibition also highlights the results of multidisciplinary cooperation, including paleoenvironmental archaeology, zooarchaeology, plant archaeology, physical anthropology and other multidisciplinary research results.