A museum "opens" a city, so if you want to understand Hangzhou faster, then in addition to the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, the Hangzhou Museum located in Wushan Square also interprets the cultural heritage of Hangzhou, especially the recent special exhibition of the 20th anniversary of the Hangzhou Museum, which is to take out the treasures at the bottom of the pressure box for tourists to visit.
First of all, let's take a look at the special exhibition of the 20th anniversary of the Hangzhou Museum, which is an original exhibition curated with more than 150 pieces of collection (77 of which are the first exhibition) on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hangzhou Museum, which shows us the growth of the Hangzhou Museum in the past 20 years, and at the same time, through cultural relics, I also better understand the city of Hangzhou.
So what kind of treasures are hidden in the 20th anniversary special exhibition of Hangzhou Museum? Let's take a look!
The first paragraph: Song Wu section bamboo bush kingfisher fan page
It can be said that this Song Dynasty tuan fan page is the heaviest cultural relic in the 20-year special exhibition of the Hangzhou Museum, and can be called the "star exhibit" of this special exhibition.
The picture above is the Fan page of the Song Wu style bamboo bush kingfisher group taken in the exhibition hall, if you look closely, you can see a white-bellied kingfisher parked on the thorn branch, with a sleepy expression and its head buried in its wings. Because the white line outlines the belly of the kingfisher in a bulging shape, it looks like there will be a plush illusion, as if it comes alive.
It can be said that in the Song Dynasty, such a tuan fan was very popular, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, such a tuan fan became a royal product of the court, and the painting of the tuan fan also became a court painting. Like this tuan fan in the collection of the Hangzhou Museum, it is a fine collection of flowers and birds from the Southern Song Dynasty.
Due to the preciousness of the artifacts, they will only be exhibited for a limited time from November 13 to November 19 and from February 8 to February 13.
The second paragraph: Longquan kiln pink blue glaze persimmon-shaped porcelain water injection
This is a porcelain of the Longquan kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty, the whole utensil is made of persimmons, hollow, flat round, round belly, there is a short stream of water on one side of the shoulder, and the overall powder and blue glaze, this elegant and simple style is very in line with the style pursued by the literati of the Song Dynasty at that time.
In addition to being good-looking, the practicality of the whole utensil is also very good, which also shows the Song people's pursuit of practicality, so it can be said that this blue-glazed persimmon-shaped porcelain water injection became a typical Longquan kiln literary appliance of the Song Dynasty.
The third paragraph: Jingdezhen blue and white mountain pen holder
This Yuan Dynasty Jingdezhen porcelain is my favorite porcelain in the hangzhou museum special exhibition, why do you say so? On the one hand, it is the only yuanqinghua pen holder seen in domestic excavations, which is very rare;
On the other hand, the shape of the pen holder is extremely exquisite, the overall shape is the shape of the Haiao Mountain Peak, the leftmost side is the Haiao head, and the top of the four peaks behind it is decorated with a Ruyi cloud head pattern, and the bottom is decorated with a wave pattern, which looks very poetic as a whole.
Fourth paragraph: "Daming Pass" treasure banknote
This is also a cultural relic exhibited for the first time, a "Daming Pass" treasure banknote issued by Hongwu in the eighth year. It can be said that at that time, in order to solve the shortcomings of copper coins that were not easy to transport, such paper coins were issued, but due to the unlimited issuance of the imperial court, it is said that it also caused serious inflation at that time.
The "Daming Pass" treasure banknote issued this time is divided into six denominations, and the Daming Pass treasure banknote we see in front of us is the highest denomination banknote, that is, Yiguan.
It is said that this treasure banknote has also become the largest banknote in China.
Fifth paragraph: Zhaoqing Temple Fairy Child Candlestick
There was once an ancient temple of Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple in the eastern foothills of Gem Mountain, which was built in the fifth generation of the Great Jokhang Temple, unfortunately, in the Republic of China period a fire destroyed it, fortunately, the Hangzhou Museum has a lot of cultural relics of Zhaoqing Temple.
Among the many cultural relics of Zhaoqing Temple, my personal favorite is the four Fairy Child Candlesticks, all of which are relics of the Ming Dynasty. These 4 candlesticks are made of fairy statues, and each one is divided into a plug, a child, and a seat. Each fairy child has a different form, some carrying a lotus leaf-shaped candlestick on their backs, and some carrying a basket on their backs.
Looking closely at the face of the boy, the open face with a strong Song Dynasty style, it can be said that these realistic techniques make the characters look lifelike, showing the extremely high level of craftsmanship in the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the excavation of these bronzes has also filled the gap of Hangzhou bronzes and has an extremely important position.
The picture above shows the Dali kingdom of Akhaya Guanyin
The picture above shows a Yue kiln blue glazed bear-shaped lamp holder
In addition to the five cultural relics mentioned earlier, in fact, there are many characteristic cultural relics in the special exhibition of the 20th anniversary of the Hangzhou Museum, such as the Akhaya Guanyin, which witnessed the exchange between Dali and the Southern Song Dynasty, the Dingyao white glazed silver porcelain powder box, the Yueyao green glazed lion-shaped vessel, the Yueyao blue glazed bird-shaped lamp, the Yueyao blue glazed bear-shaped lamp holder, and the jade sleeping dog, which all show the ancient rhyme of Hangzhou. (Author: Horse and stop, life is about walking, the journey needs to be recorded!) ）