The national treasure of "leaving home" for 45 years returned to Xianning, Hubei Province, for the "New Year"

Shang Dynasty copper drum. Liu Deterrence

People's Daily Wuhan, January 29 -- Recently, the exhibition of fine cultural relics collected by the Hubei Provincial Museum was exhibited at the Xianning Museum. The only remaining bronze drum of the Shang Dynasty in China has once again caused a sensation, this copper drum was excavated in Chongyang County in 1977, and was identified as a cultural relic of the late Shang Dynasty, more than 3,000 years ago, which is a precious physical material for studying the ancient bronze art of the mainland and the ritual music system of slave society. He has been transferred to the Museum of Chinese History and has toured the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and other places. At present, it is the treasure of the hubei provincial museum.

After 45 years, the Chongyang Copper Drum has returned to its discovery place, giving Xianning citizens the opportunity to understand it more closely. (Xiao Luxin, Liu Zhen)