Recently, the "Temperature of Archaeology - Shanxi '13th Five-Year' Archaeological Achievements Exhibition" was held in the West Exhibition Hall of the Second Entrance Academy of the Shanxi Archaeological Museum (Taiyuan Confucian Temple), which was hosted by the Shanxi Archaeological Museum and jointly organized by the Archaeological Institute of the National Museum of China, the Shanxi Museum and other units.
As a fixed exhibition, this exhibition exhibits a total of 387 pieces (sets) of excavated cultural relics, from the early life scenes of Homo sapiens to the silk reeling silkworm breeding, plateau architecture to the historical context of the unification of the Qin Emperor, han dynasty and wuxia... Covers the entire history of human civilization. A set of photos, a sneak peek!
Stone carved silkworm chrysalis, Xia County Shicun , Neolithic age
China is the birthplace of silk, and the stone carved silkworm pupae found in Shicun, Xia County, confirms that silkworm reeling technology has appeared more than 6,000 years ago.
Pointed bottom bottle, flat bottom bottle, Linfen Taoyuan, Neolithic
Through the analysis of the residues of the excavated pointed bottom bottle and flat bottom bottle pottery pieces, the starch grains, chaff and other phytosilicas and yeast cells with the characteristics of wine fermentation were found, and it was confirmed that grain winemaking had appeared at least 5500 years ago.
Faience pots, Linfen Taoyuan, Neolithic
Yangshao era faience pottery widely used continuous and symmetrical patterns, popular red and black contrasting expression techniques, pushing prehistoric art to a climax. This faience pot belly is painted with tangled petals on a red background and black color, with bright colors, smooth lines and exquisite production, which can be called the pinnacle of faience art.
Pentagonal site model Linfen Taoyuan
Stone site model· Off-the-beaten-path Tianfeng Ping
Soil and stone are the foundation of the Yellow River culture, and the ancestors living on the Loess Plateau created two major architectural forms of cave dwellings and stone structures, laying the foundation for the endless development and growth of the Chinese nation. The large pentagonal site found in Linfen Taoyuan is a public space for the tribe to hold important ceremonies. The ruins of the earlier stone city in China have been found in Tianfengping, which has significant defensive characteristics and is known as the prototype of the early Great Wall.
Tongyi Wenxi liquor head Shang Dynasty
The copper jacket is an ancient Chinese wine vessel that was popular from the late Shang to the early Western Zhou Dynasty. This bronze body is oval in shape. The lid is made of an elephant head with a long nose curled up, connecting the back ridge of the beast, and the flow part of the stalk is the neck of the beast, which can be used as a pour.
Tongjue Wenxi Liquor Head Shang Dynasty
As an ancient wine vessel, the bronze lord was used to warm wine and drink alcohol, equivalent to the wine glasses of later generations. This bronze lord, unearthed from the head of Wenxi Liquor, is shaped into a deep belly, with a stream for pouring wine in front, a tail in the back, a handle on the side, two pillars on the mouth, and three pointed feet below.
Yulu Yicheng Dahekou Western Zhou
This Piece is 4.7 cm high, 4.5 cm wide and 0.4 cm thick. Cyan with spots. The deer is standing, the deer is fat and strong, the hind limbs are slightly flexed, and the yin line is carved out of the round eye and the corner line, and the overall shape is concise and expressive.
Shi Huang Edict Tie Quan Yu Ci Qin Dynasty
This artifact was unearthed in Yuci, cast in iron, hemispherical shape, flat bottom, with a semi-circular nose at the top, and a copper edict plate embedded on the side of the right, and the edict text on the iron right is a proclamation issued by Qin Shi Huang to unify the standards of weights and measures.
Shideng, Hengyuan Road, Pingcheng District, Northern Wei
The Northern Wei tombs in the Pingcheng area of Datong are popular with burial stone lamps, which are carved with lotus flowers, honeysuckle, trick characters, and dragon patterns, integrating Buddhism, Xianbei and Han cultures, and is a superb work of Pingcheng art.
Jin Jaw Tor Pingcheng District Yunbo Road, Northern Wei
This Relic of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Golden Jaw Holder, was used to sort out the remains of the deceased and has a strong shamanistic color. After the Northern Wei Dynasty fixed the capital Pingcheng, in order to fill the shortage of Gyeonggi households, many times immigrated, and Pingcheng gradually became the political center of Northern China in the fourth to sixth centuries, where different cultures converged and blended.
Camel figurines · new kiln head • Tang Dynasty
Camels have appeared in burial vessels as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and by the Sui and Tang dynasties, camels became the most common means of transportation on the Silk Road. The three-colored camel figurines unearthed from the Tang Tomb of the New Kiln Head are not only a symbol of the wealth and social status of the tomb owner, but also a realistic portrayal of social stability and material prosperity.
Towel Rack · Pingcheng District Chongxi Street· Yuan Dynasty
Most of the furniture of the Yuan Dynasty follows the tradition of the Song Dynasty, with quaint shapes and pure colors, winning with simplicity and giving people a light and elegant feeling. Furniture complete sets, the variety of increased, can be classified according to the right of use function, towel rack as a kind of shelf, used to place handkerchiefs.
LiuliYi Warriors · Luzhou District Shijiazhuang · Ming dynasty
The Ming Dynasty implemented a feudal system, and the first feudal lords in Shanxi were Zhu Tang (Taiyuan), the DaiWang Zhu Gui (Datong), and the Shen King Zhu Mo (Changzhi). The liuli ceremonial figurines excavated from the Changzhi Shijiazhuang cemetery were owned by the Shen Wang family Yun and the junguo Fengguo general Zhu Tianyi (sao). This group of glass ceremonial warriors consists of door gods, samurai, tricksters, officials, warriors, attendants, and palanquins.
Source: Shanxi Cloud Media
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