On April 23rd, "Yishui Cold Light - Song Liao Gold and Silver Cellar Exhibition" was officially opened in the East Hall of Hangzhou Linping Museum, the exhibition was guided by Hangzhou Linping District Cultural Relics Bureau, Hebei Yixian Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau (Cultural Relics Bureau), Hangzhou Linping Museum, Yi County Cultural Relics Depository, Yi County Museum jointly organized.
At the opening ceremony, Lv Qin, director of Hangzhou Linping Museum, presided over the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Fang Hua, director of Hebei Yi County Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau, and Wang Jiangyong, deputy director of Hangzhou Linping Cultural Relics Bureau, delivered speeches for the exhibition, Chen Jun, director of the Museum and Social Cultural Relics Division of Hangzhou Municipal Garden and Cultural Relics Bureau, attended the opening ceremony and announced the opening of the exhibition. Representatives of Liangzhu Museum and other units attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition, and Li Yuxin, director of the Department of History and Cultural Relics of Zhejiang Provincial Museum and research librarian, attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition and gave expert guidance as a specially invited academic advisor of the exhibition.
The exhibition takes the gold and silver cellars of the Song and Liao periods found in Yixian County as the theme, and displays more than 400 pieces of cultural relics, including 14 pieces/sets of first-class cultural relics and 171 pieces/sets of second-class cultural relics. The exhibition displays these unique cellars through four parts: "Wine Vessels", "Accessories", "Currency" and "Miscellaneous Items". The rigorously crafted complete sets of utensils, the dazzling and gorgeous delicate ornaments, the gold and silver coins with ink inscriptions, the crystal crystal agate, the gold and silver are dazzling, and the pearls are dazzling, leading the audience to get a glimpse of the social life and fashion of the Song Dynasty thousands of years ago.
The "Wine Vessels" section displays a set of gold and silver wine vessels. "Wine vessel", in the words of the Song people, can also be called "food vessel", that is, a banquet vessel. In the Song Dynasty, the use of gold and silver wine vessels was popularized to civil society, and all kinds of wine vessels were available. Yixian Dabeicheng cellar gold and silver ware belongs to the wine vessels, for the bowl, plate, wine cup, fruit dish and plate, the shape of the wine ornament echoes each other, should be used as a complete set.
The "Jewelry" section displays pairs of hairpins, hairpins, combs, earrings, bracelets, belts, etc., which are neatly shaped. Gold and silver jewelry is closely accompanied by people, is a symbol of identity, display skills, and show off beauty, which directly reflects the spiritual outlook of people and society. In the Song Dynasty, gold and silver were used in jewelry making, and there were huge amounts. The ornamentation consistency of the artifacts in the cellar of Dabeicheng in Yixian County is high, indicating that the source is relatively concentrated, and the specifications should also be higher, or related to the identity and grade of the owner.
The currency part displays 18 silver collars and 181 gold leaves from the cellars of Dabeicheng in Yixian County, which are of great significance for the wealth value and historical information carried by the inscriptions and ink books. The latest date of the silver collar inscription is the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Previously, it was known that the Northern Song Dynasty silver collar was unearthed in China, and according to statistics, there were 19 pieces. The 18 pieces of silver collars unearthed in Yixian County have nearly doubled the number of known silver collars in the Northern Song Dynasty, providing a large number of original physical materials for the study of silver collars in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The miscellaneous section displays artifacts from the cellar that are not easy to classify or whose purpose is unknown, such as copper seals, silver leaves, silver bars, and lotus leaf-shaped gold ornaments. One of the gold-covered bowl-shaped vessels, not seen elsewhere, is shaped like a covered bowl, and three beaded patterns separate the body pattern into three layers: the top of the dragon is hidden, playing between the beads and clouds, the middle is a circle of tangled peonies, the bottom is a circle of dragon's teeth and grass, and the blank space is chiseled with caviar ground. An in-depth interpretation of miscellaneous artifacts is clearly helpful in examining the nature of the cellar.
The exhibition focuses on the concept of "cellaring", and the overall atmosphere highlights the sense of mystery, and the display of alcoves narrows the distance between the audience and the gold and silverware, so that the audience can savor the aesthetics of the Song Dynasty and the superb details of gold and silverware. The gold and silver ware of the Song and Liao periods continued to develop and innovate on the basis of the Tang Dynasty, and the volume of gold and silver ware in this period was generally not large, and the round carving and high relief carving techniques were often used, and the ornamentation paid attention to realism, with a strong life atmosphere. With its exquisite craftsmanship, unique shape and rich cultural connotation, this batch of gold and silver ware cellars in Yixian County has become a bright pearl in the treasure house of ancient Chinese art, and it also shows the interaction and integration between national cultures.
The exhibition of 14 pieces of first-class cultural relics are gold and silverware, each piece is exquisite, the decoration is ingenious, such as the exhibition of the first-class cultural relics full of pond Jiao blonde hair comb, with a variety of plants and animals in the pond as the material, this comb is composed of swans, baby play, aunt leaves, lotus leaves, etc., full of life interest. In response to the poem in the famous painter and scholar Ke Jiusi of the Yuan Dynasty in "Fifteen Songs of the Grass Hall Yaji Palace Ci": "Guanlian Taiye Pan Lan Tree, Jade Mandarin Duck Play Bi Ao." Said to keep in mind with the little baby, the royal shirt embroidered full of pond Jiao. In addition to the glittering gold and silver wares, the precious metal coins with complete shapes and inscriptions in ink are also highlighted in the exhibition, providing a real insight into the social life of the Song and Liao dynasties.
The exhibition will last until August 11, during which the Hangzhou Linping Museum will also hold a series of expert lectures and supporting social education activities on a regular basis, so that the audience can have a deeper understanding of the historical, cultural and artistic characteristics of the Song and Liao periods.