Cast guest sharing: Yecheng Archaeological Museum statue tour 15

Yecheng Archaeological Museum

The fifteenth of the statue tour

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Yicheng, located in Linzhang County, Handan, Hebei, is known as the "Hometown of the Three Kingdoms and the Ancient Capital of the Six Dynasties". In 2012, archaeologists rescued and excavated the largest Buddhist statue burial pit found since the founding of new China, the North Wuzhuang Buddhist Statue Burial Pit in the eastern suburbs of the Yecheng ruins. In 2020, the Linzhang Yecheng Archaeological Museum (formerly the Buddha Statue Museum) was renamed the Yecheng Archaeological Museum.

Most of the cultural relics exhibited by the Yecheng Archaeological Museum are archaeological relics of the Yecheng ruins such as the Buddha statues unearthed in the North Wuzhuang Buddha Statue Burial Pit in the 2012 Yecheng Ruins. Northern Wei Tan vice statue of Shakya, Northern Qi covered pagoda, painted Buddha and Sui and Tang Dynasty Buddha statues and other exquisite, as the largest number of Buddhist statues unearthed since the founding of New China burial pit, is one of the three major discoveries of Buddhist archaeology in the past half century, excavated 2985 pieces (blocks), the era spans the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Northern Qi, Sui and Tang Dynasties, most of which are statues of the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi periods. Representative features such as the "Bo Belt of Praise", "Qing Statue of Xiu Bone", and "Cao Yi Out of the Water" of Chinese Buddhist statues are all presented here, and the "Nagarjuna Back Screen" statue with typical regional characteristics has appeared, showing the fusion of diverse cultures.

The main hall of the Yecheng Archaeological Museum is divided into exhibition halls such as "Preface Hall", "Central Plains Key Land, Rich Granary - Prehistoric to Qin and Han Dynasties", "Wei Wuxiongcai, Brand New Capital City - Cao Wei Period Yicheng", "Ethnic Integration, Cultural Agitation - Sixteen Kingdoms Period Yecheng", "Sui and Tang Civilization Prelude - Eastern Wei Northern Qi YeCheng", "Northern China Buddha Capital - Sixth Century Yecheng Buddhism" and other exhibition halls, treasured 300 pieces of pottery, porcelain and other cultural relics.

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