Guangzhou Nanyue King Museum (Western Han Nanyue National History Research Center) is a large-scale archaeological site museum based on the important archaeological remains of Nanyue country, which is a national first-class museum, divided into two exhibition areas: the royal tomb and the royal palace. The exhibition area of the tomb of the king is located at No. 867 Jiefang North Road, formerly known as the Museum of the Nanyue King of the Western Han Dynasty; The palace exhibition area is located at 374 Beijing Road, formerly known as the Nanyue Palace Museum.
The tomb of King Wen of Nanyue and the site of the National Palace of Nanyue concentrate on the political, economic and cultural development of Lingnan during the Qin and Han dynasties, both of which are national key cultural relics protection units and selected as "Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries in 100 Years". The "National Heritage of South Vietnam" and the "Maritime Silk Road" projects, with these two sites as important historical sites, have been selected into the tentative list of China's declaration of world cultural heritage.
With a total construction area of 40,000 square meters, the Nanyue King Museum displays archaeological sites such as the tomb of King Wen of Nanyue, the Palace of Nanyue, and the Palace of the King of Nanhan, and has permanent exhibitions such as "Nanyue Treasures", "Lingnan 2,000 Years Center" and "Special Exhibition of Tibetan Pillows Donated by Yang Yongde and His Wife", and constantly holds various temporary special exhibitions.
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Overview of the venue
--- King's Tomb Exhibition Area ---
The tomb of King Wen of Nanyue is the tomb of the second king of the State of Nanyue, Zhao Wei, and is the largest, best-preserved and richest large-scale painted stone chamber tomb in Lingnan. The tomb of King Wen of Nanyue is a precious historical and cultural heritage of Guangzhou, one of the major archaeological discoveries in China, and was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in 1996.
The front room of the tomb of King Wen of Nanyue
The Wang Tomb Exhibition Area is located at No. 867 Jiefang North Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, formerly known as the Museum of the Nanyue King of the Western Han Dynasty, which opened in 1988. The exhibition area takes the tomb of King Wen of Nanyue as the core, and consists of three parts: the main exhibition building, the comprehensive exhibition building and the ancient tomb protection area, the basic exhibition includes the original site of the tomb of the king of Nanyue and the "Nanyue Treasures - Exhibition of Cultural Relics Unearthed from the Tomb of the Nanyue King of the Western Han Dynasty", and the thematic display is "Yang Yongde and his wife donate Tibetan pillows".
--- Royal Palace Exhibition Area ---
The ruins of the Nanyue National Palace Office are the essence of the historical and cultural city of Guangzhou, among which the large stone pond of the Nanyue State period is still the first to be seen in the Lingnan area, and the ruins of the meandering stone canal are the earliest and relatively well-preserved examples of the palace of the Qin and Han royal palaces found so far. In 1996, the site of the National Palace of Nanyue was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit, and was listed as a national important site protection project during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" to the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan".
Remains of the meandering stone canal of the National Palace of Nanyue
The palace exhibition area is located at No. 374 Beijing Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, formerly known as the Nanyue Palace Museum, which opened in 2014. The exhibition area is centered on the ruins of the Nanyue National Palace and consists of four parts: the Nanyue Palace Pavilion, the Nanhan Palace Hall, the Exhibition Building and the Ancient Water Well Hall.
The basic exhibition is listed as "Lingnan 2,000 years center", under which there are four permanent exhibitions: "Nanyue Royal Palace", "Southern Han Royal Palace", "Famous City of Guangzhou 2,000 Years" and "Drinking Water Thinking Source - Guangzhou Ancient Well Culture", which combine with the archaeological relics displayed by the original site protection to show the historical accumulation of Guangzhou for more than 2,200 years.
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Basic display
--- South Vietnamese Treasures ---
The tomb of Zhao Wei, the second king of the State of Nanyue, discovered in 1983, is the largest and only Han dynasty painted stone chamber tomb found in Lingnan, and was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in 1996. More than 1,000 sets and more than 10,000 pieces of cultural relics were unearthed in the tomb, among which the "Seal of Emperor Wen" gold seal, jade horn cup, wrong gold inscription tiger festival, printed copper plate mold, flat glass copper plate ornament and other cultural relics have great historical, scientific and artistic value, "Nanyue Collection of Treasures and Western Han Nanyue King Tomb Unearthed Cultural Relics Display" concentrates on reflecting the political, economic and cultural content of Lingnan 2,000 years ago.
The seals and historical records such as "Emperor Wen's Seal", "Emperor's Seal", "Zhao Wei" and other seals unearthed from the tomb of the King of Nanyue confirmed that the owner of the tomb was Zhao Wei, the second king of the State of Nanyue, and called himself Emperor Wen of Nanyue. A total of 23 seals were unearthed from the tomb of the Nanyue King, and the materials were 7 kinds including gold, copper, jade, crystal, agate, turquoise and ivory. On the one hand, these seals and their seals are extremely rare, on the one hand, they provide a direct basis for judging the identity of the tomb owner and the martyr, and on the other hand, they also reflect the unique printing system of the country of South Vietnam, which plays an important role in supplementing and verifying the history of the study of the history of the country of South Vietnam and the integration of Han and Vietnam.
The king of Nanyue was dressed in silk jade and buried with pearl jade, highlighting the noble identity and status of Emperor Wen of Nanyue, and it is also the only set of silk jade clothes found in the mainland at present. Fifteen martyrs were also found in the tomb, reflecting South Vietnam's unique funeral culture.
Jade for decoration in the Han Dynasty became popular. There are 244 pieces (sets) of jade unearthed from the tomb of the Nanyue King, divided into four categories: jade vessels, jade belt hooks, jade pendants, and jade sword ornaments, of which more than 140 pieces (sets) of decorative jade fully reflect the superb jade-making skills at that time, and are considered to be masterpieces of Western Han jade, with high historical and artistic value.
The king of Nanyue, Zhao Wei, loved beautiful jade, as evidenced by the various jade artifacts unearthed from his tomb. Among them, the horn-shaped jade cup in the jade used in the ware is exquisite and is a national treasure that cannot be exported according to national regulations; The open-cut dragon and phoenix pattern in the decorative jade, the fine carving composition, and the harmonious meaning of the profound meaning, have become the symbol of the Nanyue King Museum of the Western Han Dynasty, and they are often seen in important celebrations and buildings in Guangzhou. In addition, 71 pieces of jade, 11 sets of jade pendants, 58 jade sword ornaments, etc. in these jade objects are also second to none in the archaeological discoveries of the same era.
The State of Nanyue was founded at the turn of the Qin and Han dynasties, and the founder Zhao Tuo was originally a Qin general, adhering to the style of martial arts of the Qin and Han dynasties, and the military strength of the state of Nanyue was also quite good, which is an important reason why it was able to exist relatively independently in the south of the powerful Han Dynasty for 93 years.
A large number of copper and iron weapons were buried in the tomb of King Zhao Wei of Nanyue, which was a microcosm of the development of the armed forces of the country of South Vietnam at that time. Some of the artifacts also have obvious Qin cultural characteristics, such as Zhang Yige, crossbow machines, iron armor and so on. In addition, due to the small area of the tomb, there is no actual funeral carriage and horse in the tomb, but a model is used instead, but unfortunately the model lacquered wood has been destroyed, leaving only gilded car ornaments and horse ornaments.
Few iron agricultural tools before Qin were unearthed in the Lingnan area, and after Qin unified Lingnan, especially during the Nanyue period, iron tools were widely used in production. More than 120 pieces (sets) of iron production tools were unearthed in the tomb of the king of Nanyue, with agriculture, fishery and industry, which is the tomb with the most iron tools unearthed in the Nanyue period, reflecting the historical situation of the simultaneous development of fishery and agriculture and handicrafts in the Nanyue period.
Zhao was buried in 122 BC, at a time when Lingnan had developed under the Qin and South Vietnamese dynasties for nearly a hundred years. During these hundred years, the most important ruler of Lingnan, King Wu Zhao Tuo, the founder of South Vietnam, implemented a large number of policies conducive to promoting social development, mainly including internally: integrating the hundred yue and stabilizing society; External: Actively communicate and integrate Han and Vietnamese.
At this time, the Lingnan region ushered in the first comprehensive rapid social and economic development. The agriculture, metal casting and various handicraft related artifacts such as textiles, pottery, and lacquerware unearthed in the tomb of the Nanyue king are strong proof of this conclusion. It can be said that the tomb of the Nanyue King and the cultural relics unearthed are the representatives of Lingnan's ancient civilization and are worthy of being called the "light of Lingnan culture".
The tomb of the Nanyue king has unearthed a large number of cooking, eating, storage, and washing utensils, with Qin, Han, Yue, Chu, Shu and other cultural characteristics. Among them, Yue-style dings, lifting cylinders, printed pottery and other utensils have strong Lingnan characteristics in terms of modeling and decoration. Five sets of large-scale gold and stone musical instruments were unearthed in the tomb, with a complete range of silk strings and earthen pottery instruments, showing the luxurious life of the tomb owner's bell ringing, string music and dance.
--- Special Exhibition of Tibetan Pillows Donated by Yang Yongde and His Wife ---
In 1992, Mr. and Mrs. Yang Yongde, a well-known collector and industrialist in Hong Kong, donated more than 200 pieces of porcelain pillows from their collection to the Museum of the King of Nanyue.
The "Special Exhibition of Porcelain Pillows Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Yang Yongde" reintegrates and exhibits porcelain pillows in the museum's collection, which not only commends the sincere heart of Yang and his wife in protecting the cultural relics of the motherland and loving the local area, but also hopes to take this thematic display to appreciate the excellent material cultural heritage of the motherland with everyone.
Porcelain pillows were first burned in Sui, popular in the Tang Dynasty, prospered in the Song Jinyuan, and then gradually declined. Its production areas are all over the north and south of the river, with various glaze colors and diverse shapes. The porcelain pillow with rich cultural elements not only reflects the craftsmanship techniques such as tire glaze and firing, but also reflects the harmony and unity of aesthetics and practicality. As a common daily utensil in ancient China, porcelain pillows are favored by people for their unique artistic interest and humanistic spirit.
The exhibition is organized by chronology and is divided into six parts. The first part of the Tang Dynasty introduces the ceramic pillow of Gongxian kiln and Changsha kiln, as well as related techniques such as Sancai and stranding, which had a profound influence on the later Song and Liao Sancai and the enamel, Susancai and five-color porcelain of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties; The second part of the Song Dynasty, the heyday of ceramic pillows, Ding, Ru, Jingxi, Hutian and other famous kilns in the north and south all fired porcelain pillows, white ground black flowers, printing, scratching, pearl land and other techniques and their craft shapes have their own characteristics;
The third part of the Liao Dynasty, using the Sancai pillow of Longquan Wuyao as an example to illustrate the characteristics of the times. In the fourth part of the Jin Dynasty, folk artists incorporated a large number of calligraphy and painting art into porcelain pillow decoration, and the craftsmanship and patterns of decoration were also extremely rich. In the fifth part of the Yuan Dynasty, due to the special historical environment, some literati turned to the folk to seek careers, engaged in painting with folk craftsmen, and painted ink landscape paintings with great artistic conception on the pillow. At this time, the three-color pillow and architectural pillow are also unique. The sixth part of the Qing and Republic of China, porcelain pillows in the period of decline, many porcelain pillows produced by kilns were used for "life pillows". The practical pillow is mainly blue and white and pastel.
--- Royal Palace of Nanyue ---
In 203 BC, the Qin general Zhao Tuo established the state of Nanyue in Lingnan, with the capital Panyu, and since then, it has established the position of Lingnan as the political, economic and cultural center of Guangzhou for more than 2,000 years.
The site of the National Palace of Nanyue is the core area of Panyu City, where palaces, palace walls, palace gardens and other relics have been found successively, and a large number of bricks, tiles, stones and other building materials and important cultural relics such as wood and pottery have been unearthed. These relics and cultural relics allow us to truly feel the scientificity of the location of the royal palace, the uniqueness of the landscape design, and truly feel a dusty kingdom of South Vietnam.
In the twenty-sixth year of Qin Shi Huang (221 BC), he annexed the Six Kingdoms, and in the twenty-eighth year (219 BC), he sent an army of 500,000 troops to Lingnan in five routes; In the thirty-third year (214 BC), Lingnan was unified, and the three counties of Nanhai, Guilin and Xiang were established, and Lingnan was included in the territory of the Qin Empire.
At the end of Qin, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for power, the Central Plains were in chaos, Nanhai County captain Zhao Tuo blocked the pass, isolated the new road opened by Qin in Wuling, sent troops to annex Guilin and Xiang County, and in 203 BC, established the state of Nanyue and established himself as the king of Nanyue Wu.
In 196 BC, Zhao Tuo accepted the canonization of the Han Dynasty, and then Later Lü Hou took power and implemented a policy of "barbarians and barbarians" against South Vietnam, and Zhao Tuo opposed the Han and proclaimed himself "Emperor Wudi of South Vietnam". After Emperor Wen of Han succeeded to the throne, Han and Yue reconciled.
From 203 BC to 111 BC, the state of Nanyue was destroyed by Emperor Wudi of Han, which lasted 93 years, and the state of Nanyue achieved a great leap in politics, economy and culture in Lingnan.
Zhao Tuo lived in South Vietnam, adopted the ethnic policy of "Heji Baiyue", followed the customs and habits of the Vietnamese people, called himself "Barbarian Great Chief", and still "Wei Jiejie" when meeting Han Dynasty envoys. Under the persuasion of the Han envoy Lu Jia, the northern Han revived the ritual music system in the Central Plains. After the "rule of Wenjing", the Han Dynasty became stronger and stronger, and by the time of Emperor Wudi of Han, he attacked the Xiongnu in the north and conquered South Vietnam in the south, establishing a large empire unified by China.
--- Southern Han Palace ---
In 917, Liu Yan (later renamed 龑), the former Tang and Qing navy envoy Liu Yan (later renamed 龑), declared Lingnan emperor, established the Southern Han Kingdom, made Guangzhou the capital, and upgraded it to Xingwangfu.
During Liu's reign, political measures were appropriate, social stability and economic development were carried out. The Southern Han Dynasty also actively developed maritime communications and foreign trade, reviving overseas trade, which had declined due to the wars of the late Tang Dynasty.
The Southern Han Dynasty carried out careful planning and construction of the Xingwang Mansion, and built many palaces and gardens in and around the city. With the demise of the Southern Han Dynasty, the once gorgeous royal palace was reduced to ruins and lost in the years.
According to the Book of the Southern Han, the palace of the Southern Han Dynasty "uses gold as the yang, silver as the ground, and the yun are decorated with silver; There are aqueducts under it, dipped in real baht; Crystal and amber are the sun and moon, which are listed upstairs in the east and west. Although these descriptions are exaggerated, the archaeological findings of the palaces of the Southern Han Kingdom are dense, large-scale, and exquisitely built, from which we can appreciate the majesty and grandeur of the former royal palace.
--- Famous City of Guangzhou 2,000 ---
After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, he waved hundreds of troops and pacified Lingnan in the 33rd year (214 BC), placing Guilin, Nanhai and Xiang Counties, of which Nanhai County ruled Panyu (present-day Guangzhou), which was the beginning of the founding of the city recorded in the history of Guangzhou.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and the former Qin general Zhao Tuo took possession of Lingnan in 203 BC and established the state of Nanyue, with Panyu as its capital. In 111 BC, Emperor Wudi of Han conquered the state of Nanyue and set up nine counties in its territory, and Panyu was still the seat of Nanhai County.
After nearly a hundred years of development and operation by the Qin and Han dynasties, especially the Nanyue state, the integration of Han and Vietnamese nationalities, economic development and social progress, Panyu became one of the nine metropolises in the country at that time.
--- Drinking Water Source ---
The invention of wells has freed human beings from the limitations of natural conditions and moved inland from the banks of rivers and lakes, which is of great significance to the development of human society.
Sinking wells and drinking is a major feature of ancient Chinese drinking water culture, which is obviously different from Western canal diversion, archaeological data show that the earliest wells in the current era in the mainland were found in the Hemudu site in Zhejiang, which has a history of more than 6,000 years.
There are more than 500 wells from various dynasties within the excavation area of the National Palace of Nanyue Palace, which can be said to be a natural museum of ancient wells. It shows that this place has always been an ideal place for human settlement. Interpreting this ancient well, we can trace the traces of the history of drinking water in Guangzhou from one side.
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Treasures from the collection
--- "Emperor Wen's Seal" Dragon Button Gold Seal ---
Emperor Wen's Seal "Gold Seal" was unearthed on the chest of the tomb owner. The printing surface is 3.1 cm long, 3 cm wide, 1.8 cm high, weighs 148.5 grams, and contains 98% gold. The four characters "Seal of Emperor Wen" are inscribed on the printing surface, which should be the official seal of the order issued by King Wen of Nanyue. The seal button of the gold seal is a wandering dragon, coiled in an "S" shape, the dragon's head extends to a corner, the scales and claws on the dragon's body are cast and chiseled, and the dragon's waist bulge can be used to wear the silk. When excavated, the groove of the gold printing surface and the four walls of the printing pad have traces of use and collision, which is obviously a practical object of the tomb owner during his lifetime.
The main feature of the "Wendi Xingxi" gold seal is that the dragon is used as the button and the gold is cast, which is called the imperial seal, breaking the regulation of the seal used by the Son of Heaven in the Qin and Han dynasties to use white jade as the material and the tiger as the seal. The "Seal of Emperor Wen" is the largest Western Han gold seal found in the mainland, and it is also the only Han Dynasty Longniu Emperor Seal. Together with the previously discovered "Empress Jade Seal" jade seal and the "Emperor's Letter Seal" sealing clay, it confirms the seal system practiced by the Qin and Han dynasties recorded in historical records, in addition, it is also the most reliable physical evidence of the identity of the tomb owner, and has very precious historical and cultural relic value.
--- Garlic Silver Box ---
This flat, spherical silver box was unearthed in the "foot box" of the coffin of the king of Nanyue. The lid and body of the silver box have convex patterns and are made using the "hammering method", that is, it is made by pressing and pounding with a mold. This kind of craftsmanship, ornamentation and shape are characteristic of silverware in ancient West Asia and Persia, and are different from China itself, so some scholars believe that this is an imported product. After the silver box entered China, craftsmen welded the lid button (probably for the set button holder) on the lid, added a lap foot to the bottom of the box, and left an inscription on the body. When it was unearthed, there was also half a box of pills inside the silver box.
--- Taizi Gold Seal ---
This seal is a turtle button gold seal, and the hollow of the abdomen is used to tie the silk. The seal text is the word "Taizi" in the seal book, with sidebars and vertical boundaries, and the casting process is more elaborate than the gold seal of "Wendi Xingxi".
--- Wrong Gold Inscription Bronze Tiger Festival ---
The tomb of King Wen of Nanyue was unearthed. The festival is one of the ancient relics, used in military, diplomatic, sekijin, post and other aspects. The Tiger Festival unearthed from the tomb of the Nanyue King has the wrong gold inscription "Wang Mei Mei Che Qi", which is the only wrong gold inscription Bronze Tiger Festival found so far.
The tiger festival is 11.6 cm high, 19 cm long and 1.2 cm thick. Overall, it is a black tiger with its head held high and squatting posture, majestic, with its tail curled into a "8" shape, and the wrinkles on its head, feet, and even its face are very clear. The tiger body uses curved gold leaf sheets to express colorful markings. This Bronze Tiger Festival has typical Chu cultural characteristics.
--- "Right Lady's Seal" Gold Seal ---
Generally, the empress is called "seal", which shows that the right lady has a respectable status and should be the head of the concubines.
--- Golden Flower Bubble ---
On the upper body of the silk jade robe, covered with a short blouse, called a pearl jacket. The so-called beaded pants are short tops decorated with small beads. The lower part of the Nanyue King Pearl Jacket is decorated with a three-striped band, which is composed of gold flower bubbles, gold vegetarian bubbles, silver shells, glass shells, etc. into a diamond-shaped pattern, which is sewn on the silk fabric of the lining.
The design and processing of the golden flower bubble is very fine, and the gold wire and gold beads on the spherical bubble are welded and fixed. Under the 20x magnifying glass, you can clearly see the welding point of the golden flower bubble, and the fine process is really incredible. Its craft technology, which may have come from ancient West Asia, is one of the physical evidence of ancient exchanges between China and the West.
--- Golden Ivory ---
The original ivory part has decayed and has been restored to its present state. The body of the vessel is engraved with divine beasts, and dyed with vermilion and blue.
--- Apricot gold ornament with sheep's head ---
In ancient times, when the dead were buried in the murious, the objects covered with their faces were called "coverings". Zhao Wei's jade robe mask is covered with silk drapery, which has decayed, and only 8 sheep's head pattern gold ornaments remain on it.
--- Copper Printed Toppan ---
A set of printed copper letterpress plates unearthed from the tomb of the Nanyue king is the earliest set of fabric printing tools in the era of discovery. It consists of two large and small convex plates, and there are perforated small knobs on the back for stringing and easy grip. The small one is the positioning plate, like a "human" character, and the large one is the main patterned plate, shaped like a flame. It has been observed that some of the patterns on the letterpress have been worn to a dull round, indicating that this is an item that has been used during his lifetime. When it was unearthed, there were a large number of silk fabric residues around it, the pattern was consistent with the plate mold, and the same pattern of fabric was also unearthed in the tomb of Mawangdui Han.
--- Boat pattern copper carry barrel ---
The carrying cylinder has been found in Liangguang, Vietnam and other places, and is a kind of artifact with Vietnamese characteristics. The barrel of the South Vietnamese country should be used for wine storage. A total of 9 bronze cylinders of various sizes were unearthed in the tomb, only this one has four sets of boat patterns around it. The hull is clearly painted with a deck, and the cabins are loaded with booty, one of which is full of copper drums, and the side of the ship is painted with turtles, sea fish and seabirds, and there are cases of "Hato" warriors raising the head of the enemy or taking prisoners. Judging from the activities of the main characters on board, it may reflect the scene of a fleet of ships triumphing after the end of the war, and some scholars believe that it may be killing prisoners and sacrificing the sea (river) god.
--- Ivory statue of a foreigner's head ---
In the Tang Dynasty cultural layer of the site of the National Palace of Nanyue, an ivory statue of a foreigner's head was unearthed, with an oval bottom and a height of 3 cm, carved with a head, with a high nose and curly hair, with the characteristics of West Asian Arabs, which is an important physical evidence that the tourists were active in Guangzhou at that time.
--- Silky Jade ---
Jade clothing, also known as "jade box", was a uniform worn by emperors and high-ranking nobles of the Han Dynasty when they died. The custom of wearing jade clothes has been popular for more than 300 years in history. The Han people are superstitious about jade, thinking that jade clothing can make the corpse incorruptible. At present, there are more than a dozen sets of complete jade clothes unearthed by Chinese archaeology, and the silky jade clothes of the king of Nanyue are the earliest set of well-formed jade clothes seen on the mainland so far. The jade robe is 1.73 meters long and contains 2,291 pieces of jade, which are made of silk thread and linen paste. It is divided into six parts: head cover, upper body, sleeve cover, gloves, trousers and shoes. When it was unearthed, because the body of the king of Nanyue and the silk thread that adorned the jade clothes had decayed, and the jade pieces were scattered on the ground, experts spent more than three years repairing and restoring, and you can imagine how manpower and material resources were required to make jade clothes more than 2,000 years ago.
--- Rhino-shaped jade cup ---
The cup is shaped like a rhino horn, the cup body is carved with a pointed mouth dragon, the dragon head is bas-relief, the dragon body is gradually raised into a high relief, the bottom of the cup is a round carving, a variety of carving techniques in one, can be called the best of Hanyu.
--- Open-cut dragon and phoenix pattern heavy ring jade pei ---
The open-cut dragon and phoenix pattern heavy ring jade pendant is 10.6 cm in diameter and 0.5 cm thick. It is a decorative jade object that can be called a national treasure. It was unearthed in the right eye of the tomb owner, carved from green and white jade, and the soil was yellow-white. In terms of design, the jade pei is divided into two circles, the inner circle is open-cut with a swimming dragon, and the outer circle is open-cut with a phoenix bird, standing on the front paws of the dragon. The dragon's tail and hind paws extend to the outer circle, and the phoenix crown and tail feathers extend up and down into a cirrus pattern, filling the outer circle space. The phoenix bird looked back at the dragon, and the dragon and phoenix seemed to murmur, and the magic was natural. Dragons and phoenixes are opposite, meaning auspicious. This jade pendant is a rare art treasure in Han Dynasty jade, with fine carving, perfect and harmonious composition, and clear primary and secondary art.
--- Copper Bearing Plate High Foot Jade Cup ---
The bearing plate high foot cup is placed at the head end of the coffin of the king of Nanyue, composed of three parts: the high-foot green jade cup, the jade bracket of the petals of the dragon and the copper bearing plate, the shape is like a three-dragon arch cup, it is made of gold, silver, jade, copper, wood five materials, exquisite craftsmanship, peculiar shape. In the tomb of the Nanyue king, there are physical objects of five-colored medicinal stones, so this bearer goblet may be a device used by the king of Nanyue to carry manna and take the elixir of life.
--- Round Carved Jade Dancer ---
From the Warring States to the Han Dynasty, the jade dancers are flat carvings, and this round carved jade dancer combs a screw bun and wears Han clothes as a "long-sleeved dance", which is a kind of Han court dance and is popular in Chudi.
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