Trace Yangcheng and see the new archaeological discoveries in Guangzhou in 2021

Recently, the exhibition "Tracing Yangcheng - New Archaeological Discoveries in Guangzhou in 2021" sponsored by the Guangzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, the Erling Museum of the Southern Han Dynasty, and the Cultural Heritage Protection and Management Research Center of the Maritime Silk Road (Guangzhou) was officially launched at the Erling Museum of the Southern Han Dynasty.

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.

Exhibition site

Through the ruins, tombs and cultural relics, the exhibition leads the audience to approach the archaeological site and explore the memory of Guangzhou through time. 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... It further reconstructs the historical picture of the development of human society in the Pearl River Delta and the exchange and interaction with neighboring areas in the pre-Qin period. A number of tombs from the historical period around Guangzhou City silently but vividly tell us how the ancestors "died as if they were alive".

All artifacts in this exhibition are on public display for the first time. The exhibition not only displays newly discovered relics and relics, but also pays attention to documentary archaeological display, fully showing the archaeological work process and restoring archaeological sites as real as possible, and also highlights the results of multidisciplinary cooperation, including multidisciplinary research results such as paleoenvironmental archaeology, animal archaeology, plant archaeology, and physical anthropology.

In 2021, Guangzhou archaeology has made remarkable achievements: 240 archaeological projects, 120 million square meters of surveys, 2.22 million square meters of exploration, 13931 square meters of excavations, 1897 pieces / set of excavated cultural relics. The ruins of the Nanyue State Palace office and the tomb of the Nanyue king in Guangzhou were successfully selected as China's "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in the Past 100 Years". The exhibition is on view until May 8.

Written by: Nandu reporter Xu Xiaolei