When we finish visiting the lively Hefang Street in Hangzhou, we may wish to spend an hour to see the Hangzhou Museum next to it, although many tourists are not impressed by it, but as a Hangzhou Museum with the title of first-class museum, it is naturally a must-punch place for lovers of humanistic travel.
So why can the museum stand out as a first-class museum with a very high weight in Hangzhou, which has many museums? First of all, the number of collections here is more than 10,000 pieces, the second is that many of the heavyweight cultural relics, such as the first batch of cultural relics that were determined by the state to be banned from being exhibited abroad, the Warring States Crystal Cup is hidden here, and it is known that only 64 cultural relics are included in it, which shows that the Hangzhou Museum can be selected as a first-class museum, and this Warring States Crystal Cup can be said to have played a half-role in the country. Of course, there are also a number of precious cultural relics such as bronzes, Yue kilns and Longquan kilns in the ancient Yue Kingdom in Hangbo, which also play a role in adding bricks and tiles to the selection of the first-class museum.
Then our Hangzhou Museum trip began with this Warring States Crystal Cup, the time back to October 1990, hangzhou Mid-Levels Town Shitang Village Brick and Tile Factory workers in the time of soil extraction, accidentally found an unknown cave opening, through the excavation of the cultural relics department, unearthed this crystal cup, was initially determined to be the late Warring States Period.
At the same time, the cultural relics department continued to make large-scale discoveries, found a large Warring States tomb near the ancient tomb, and together with the results sent to Beijing for identification, it was finally determined that the origin of this crystal cup was during the Warring States period.
It can be said that the discovery of this Warring States crystal cup has given Hangzhou another national treasure-level cultural relic, and has become the largest instrument shape among the early crystal products unearthed in China so far.
Back to the cultural relics themselves, this crystal cup is 15.4cm high, the caliber is 7.8cm, the bottom diameter is 5.4cm, the lower small and the upper is trumpet-shaped, it looks very modern, no wonder many netizens say that this is not an ordinary modern glass?
But many people will think that more than 2,000 years ago, it was a wonderful thing to be able to create such a beautiful crystal cup through the technology of the time.
But in fact, in the Warring States period for the jade curved polishing process and polishing process has reached its peak, the whole crystal cup although somewhat simple, but slightly amber color, so that it looks the same noble temperament, showing the wisdom of the working people more than 2,000 years ago.
Of course, as a first-class museum, the beauty of the Hangzhou Museum is not only the Warring States Crystal Cup, the second cultural relic that makes me like is the Jingdezhen kiln blue and white porcelain sculpture Hai'ao Shanzi pen holder. This cultural relic is not large in size and will be ignored by many tourists, but when you look closely, you will definitely find that there is no hole in the sky.
The 9.5 cm high blue and white pen holder, modeled on the Five Finger Mountain, looks like a very large peak shape of the sea ao, the so-called sea turtle is also a mythical and legendary giant turtle in the sea.
Haiao looked up and dragged four peaks on its back, including a small hole to fill with water, and the top of the four peaks was decorated with a ruyi cloud head pattern, and the lower part was decorated with a wave pattern.
The second peak on the left also has a circular ornament that looks a bit like the sun, meaning "the sun is rising" or "dominating the head".
Overall, this cultural relic is small in shape, the pattern is clear, the color is fresh and unconventional, showing the noble charm of the blue and white porcelain of the Yuan Dynasty, plus this cultural relic that has survived the peasant army uprising and is still preserved to this day, it is even more cherished.
The third cultural relic that amazes me in the Hangzhou Museum is the crystal Guanyin standing statue, although the age of the cultural relics is only the Qing Dynasty, not ancient, but its craftsmanship is extremely exquisite.
This statue of Guanyin is made of crystal and solid wood, the body and clothes are carved from a single piece of crystal, the bare parts such as hair ornaments, hands, and neck on the top of the head are decorated with gold powder, and the lotus seat is carved from solid wood and decorated with gold powder, making her look noble.
In addition, I also found many surprise cultural relics in the Hangzhou Museum, such as the exquisite carving technique of the Ming Dynasty gilded gold and silver lid jar unearthed from the Jingci Temple in Hangzhou, the vivid shape of the Ming Dynasty bronze figure candlestick at the Zhaoqing Temple in Hangzhou, the blue and white Guanyin porcelain statue in the Jingdezhen kiln, and the red lotus-shaped porcelain plate in the Kangxi blue and white glaze. (Author: Horse and stop, life is about walking, the journey needs to be recorded!) ）