Elephant News reporters: Shen Zizhong, Zhang Yu, Chen Zhengyi, Li Junfeng
In Yinxu, "one acre and three points of land", it is an incredible thing not to know Yu Chenglong, the cultural heritage and cultural relics protection and archaeological research commissioner of the Anyang Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics.
With many titles of doctor, professor, and expert, with both good looks and a "model" figure, Yu Jackie Chan will gain a large number of fans and fans every time he appears, and it is really difficult to associate his appearance with cultural relics.
And since he arrived in Anyang, Henan Province last year, Yu Jackie Chan, who has been in office for less than a year, has a new title - "Little Prince of Archaeology".
Yu Jackie Chan in the new Yinxu Museum
Northeast "Straight Man"
On the third floor of the newly opened Yinxu Museum, there are two special exhibition halls full of suspense: "Who is the Son" and "Where Does the Long Come From", which respectively introduce a young Wang named "Zi" and a military attache called "Yachang". Among them, the curator of the special exhibition "Who is the Son" is Yu Jackie Chan. His office is in the Anyang Museum.
"I'm from Heilongjiang, authentic Harbin old iron." Yu Chengchan spoke in an authentic Northeast accent, which made the reporter immediately fall into the context of the Northeast brother's self-introduction - "A big man of 1.8 meters, very handsome." ”
The office is not spacious, and the entire wall of bookshelves is piled with large books, which is only part of the collection of this high-achieving student of Peking University. Yu Chenglong said that he has a full set of professional books on archaeology, cultural museums, and historical classics, "so much so that you don't need to go to the library to look up materials."
The thick book wall reflects Jackie Chan's face more white, with delicate facial features and long hair and neck. Tall, with a gray suit capable and close-fitting, he is a proper ballet dancer.
On the white wall opposite the office and directly opposite the bookshelf, there is a flat-screen TV hanging with a computer network.
After chatting for a few words, the handsome old guy opened a video introducing Yinxu, combined with the picture, and frantically criticized the current media's excessive entertainment of the archaeological interpretation of Yinxu, "The host's line script is quite clumsy, and it is all hard and bruised", "I don't know how to pretend to understand half a bottle of wandering, full of nonsense".
Yu Chenglong's "bombardment" of the media caught the reporter off guard, and the interview was difficult to advance in an awkward atmosphere.
The tomb of the woman is a topic that cannot be avoided when talking about Yin Ruins.
Even at the moment, there are still some netizens who question the authenticity of the image of a good woman. These people believe that the coffin of the owner was not excavated from the tomb of Nuhao, and it is only inferred from the decipherment of the oracle bone inscription, and there is no high-tech means such as DNA to corroborate it. Therefore, it is suspected that the woman is determined to be a female general, which is the words of Guo Moruo's family leading the fashion in a special era.
When the reporter threw out this question, Yu Chenglong took the case and asked: "It's not a woman, why did Wu Ding ask her about giving birth!" "We're talking about evidence, not keystrokes. I, a doctor from the School of Archaeology and Museums of Peking University, will not answer such a question. ”
As for how the media should interview and report on Yinxu, Yu Chenglong also gave the answer, that is, listen to him.
Yu Chenglong was interviewed by Elephant News reporters
"Protecting the Rings and Returning Honors".
Confidence comes from strength, open Baidu Encyclopedia to search for "Yu Jackie Chan" entry, in addition to the early Qing Dynasty minister who was known as "the world's first honest official" more than 300 years ago, he is now an academic master with the same name and surname.
Yu Chenglong, research librarian and professor of cultural museums, doctor of history (archaeology and museum), famous bronze expert, director of the Chinese Yin Shang Culture Society. He graduated from the School of Culture and Museums of Peking University in 2004 and successively served as the vice president of the Research Institute of the National Museum of China and the professor of the School of History and Museums of Anyang Normal University....... And what makes Jackie Chan himself talk about the most are these two things
The first incident occurred in 2018, when the Canterbury auction house in Kent, England, despite our protests, auctioned off a bronze tiger ring (Yin Ying) at a price of 410,000 pounds equivalent to 3.66 million yuan, which is more than 3,000 years old and was looted by the British army from the Old Summer Palace in 1860. Just when the mainland cultural relics community was lamenting, they suddenly received an email from the British side, saying that overseas buyers were willing to unconditionally donate tiger rings to return to their hometowns.
Tiger Wing
In September of that year, the National Museum of China was commissioned by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to send a team of experts to the United Kingdom to identify the tiger ring, and Yu Chenglong, then a researcher at the National Museum, was one of the experts.
"Do you understand the weight of the burden I had on my shoulders at that time?" Yu Chenglong said that during that time, he often had insomnia, and the authenticity of the tiger ring was related to the dignity and honor of the country, and there was no room for any difference. After getting off the plane, he went straight to the Chinese Embassy in the UK, and the first time he saw the tiger, the bronze expert was moved by the "Chinese breath" on his face, and his eyes were red and choked up several times.
"This shape, this color, this ornament, it's too familiar." Yu Chenglong recalled that during his time in the British treasure appraisal, he relied on his profound professional foundation to analyze the imprint of the times of Tiger Ring, and foreign experts in the history of Chinese art and culture had to be impressed again and again when they heard it.
In December of that year, this exquisite bronze was escorted back to China and officially entered the National Museum.
If it is said that "the return of the ring" is a remarkable stroke in Jackie Chan's career. Then, curating "Who is the Son" can be called a breakthrough and creation in his professional direction.
Create a person with character
Yu Chengchan was invited to Henan in March last year, arrived in Anyang on March 17, and put into work the next day. Soon I received a task, saying that I was going to hold an oracle bone exhibition. "I thought about it for a month and decided to push the 'son' to the forefront."
There have been three major archaeological discoveries in the Yinxu oracle bone inscriptions: the first was the "127 pits" excavated by Wang Xiang in 1936. The second time was in 1973, when the excavation in the south of Xiaotun Village was triggered by the report of farmer Zhang Wuyuan; The third time was in 1991, when Liu Yiman presided over the excavation of the eastern land of the garden village. It was also this excavation that brought the "son" and "sub-chief" to the "ground"
Although the academic community has different views on the "son", the general outline tends to be clear, and the consensus is that this is a little king whose status is second only to Wu Ding, whose status is higher than that of other princes, and who has a close relationship with Wu Ding and his wife.
"Although the relevant oracle bone materials were discovered as early as 1991 and we have been studying them for more than 30 years, they have never been exhibited before." So, Yu Jackie Chan had a bold idea, he wanted to create a concrete, emotional, and characterful person. And with his further in-depth, it also made the personal image of "Zi" more full.
Yu Chenglong conducts archaeological work at the Xindian copper casting site in Anyang
This is in line with Jackie Chan's academic personality and insights on historical figures, and he always has his own "respect for the past and pragmatism" through the complex and practical concept. For example, if a woman is good, he will first position her as the "daughter" of Zi Fangbo, the "wife" of Wu Ding, the "mother" of a son and a daughter, and then position her identity as a "princess", "princess" and "general", so as to glue and reshape the natural and social attributes of the characters, and abandon unreliable and unfounded excessive associations in the remodeling. Just as he admitted that she was a female general, he firmly denied that she was a part-time "high priest".
Through the accumulation of professional reserves over the years, Yu Chengchan determined that the term "priest" was purely an import from ancient Egypt and had nothing to do with Chinese history. And the princess and concubine at the same time as the woman, he believes that her status and power are not worse than that of the woman, "The woman is in charge of agriculture and has also fought in wars, and like the woman, she is Wu Ding's right-hand man." Which of them is better, maybe it's anyone. ”
The exhibition of artifacts was transformed into an exhibition of figures
According to the oracle bone literature about "Zi", Yu Chenglong began his immersive fugue again, "I dreamed of him several times, and every time I burst into tears. ”
Yu Chenglong said that the "son" should be the filial piety recorded in the later historical books, and he was already regent before Wu Ding Weixu, as if he was the "leading brother" among many princes.
"Compared with the iron blood of his father Wu Ding, the 'son' is a humble gentleman who is benevolent, righteous, courteous, wise and faithful." Yu Jackie Chan even deduced the external characteristics and character connotation of "Zi": sunny and handsome, straightforward and calm, and sometimes, there will be a poet's faint melancholy.
It can be seen that when talking about "son", Yu Jackie Chan is particularly emotional, and his eyes are bright. At this moment, it is difficult for the reporter to tell whether he wants to introduce the little prince or himself.
Walking into the special exhibition hall of "Who is the Son" on the 3rd floor of the Yinxu Museum, the exhibits, utensils, and oracle bones parallel to the line of sight are shrouded in gray and cyan tones, which can make the mood of visitors fall silent suddenly. The light above his head diffuses through the aura of the Plexiglass oracle bone ornament, as if a cone of sunlight pierces the clouds of time, and lightly hits the suspended historical chime, sounding an ethereal sound.
This is Jackie Chan's smug "Oriental White" and "Flowing Water and Falling Flowers".
Yu Chenglong, who has rich experience in curating national cultural museums, has highlighted the character elements in his works for the first time, transforming the artifact exhibition into a figure exhibition. In this way, instead of piling up heavy artifacts to narrate history, historical figures who have been given new life can interact directly with the viewers.
Yu Jackie Chan's exhibition design - flowing water and falling flowers
"Oriental White" and "Flowing Water and Falling Flowers"
"'Oriental White' is the moment when night transitions from night to day, and the four colors of black, white, gray and blue are slightly flooded. It not only means the eve of the arrival of civilization, but also conforms to the melancholy character of the little prince, and can also bring quiet psychological hints to tourists. On the basis of the "Oriental White" tone, Yu Jackie Chan added gold embellishments, "Gold is the true color of bronze, and it also represents the noble status of the little prince." ”
The oracle bone tags arranged in the air are rendered by the lights into strings of powder blue, like a stream flowing in the air, which Jackie Chan called "flowing water and falling flowers". The reason for this design is to seize the limited space and create a beautiful ethereal grace, echoing the chic and honest character traits of the little prince, and making the character's personality more plump and approachable.
Yu Jackie Chan is working on the installation of the exhibition at the National Museum of China
Yu Chenglong said, "Looking at my exhibition, you can't just look at the flowers, you have to be careful." I just want to awaken the audience to think in multiple dimensions and levels. ”
After the curation of the exhibition was basically completed, Yu Jackie Chan wrote the "Foreword" for the exhibition hall of "Who is the Son", which took only two hours to complete, and his flying literary brilliance can also be seen, excerpt -
"'Zi' is the honorific title of the divination inquiring record of the oracle bone deed inscription in the east of Yinxu Garden, and its doubts include sacrifices, military affairs, field hunting, gongna, feasts, weather and schooling, music and dance, archery, royal horses, diseases and many other fields, which can be described as the life record of 'Zi', rich and vivid, frames are picturesque; 'Zi' devoutly served the Shang King Wuding and the 'Women's Good', and at the same time won the care of the Shang King Wuding and the 'Women's Good', and fought together to revitalize the distance; 'Zi' enrolled in school, carried literature and martial arts, practiced archery, practiced music and dance, hunted in the field, bowed and arrowed, all this scene, both real and illusory, staggered flashbacks, the life of the prince of the Shang Dynasty is real and vivid. ”
"The little prince" shouted
Yu Jackie Chan claims to be the "half chief designer" of the new Yinxu Museum, and even "the door handle of the museum was designed by me." This is the style of Peking University and the style of the National Museum. ”
This aesthetic style runs through the details of Jackie Chan's work and life. He positioned his background attribute as a "student", and never forgot that he was a "student of Peking University", a concept with a strong humanistic atmosphere, which has been fresh and vibrant for a long time.
This Peking University student requires himself to always maintain a clean and neat mental outlook. Wake up early every day to take a shower and change into different clothes from the day before, mainly in a suit and windbreaker. The tea set is the bone china processed by Tangshan for the United Kingdom, the jade white is transparent, and there is a chime sound. Paper towels, made of natural plant materials, are "the kind that can be eaten".
In order to maintain the "devil's figure", Yu Jackie Chan insisted on boxing training three times a week, "I drive to Anyang Sports School at night, training for two hours each time, and the amount of exercise is very large. Seeing that the reporter was suspicious, he said a little "provocatively", "Don't look at your body and look stronger than me, if you really fight, you can't get close to me." I'm a lightweight boxer, so you're just waiting to be knocked out. ”
Life and work, ancient and modern, academic and artistic, archaeology and pragmatism, artifacts and people, truth and aesthetics, true colors and design, Jackie Chan handles these relationships, seemingly rigorous, but also seems to be at his fingertips, which can always bring the audience an extraordinary sensory impact.
The main color of the exhibition "Who is the Son" - Oriental White
Long before the opening of the new museum, Yu Jackie Chan frequently threw out ideas that are popular with young people through his WeChat video account, such as the "sick note" and "class schedule" of the little prince, the "Great Mars Traceability" on February 2, the "China's Earliest Love Letter" on Valentine's Day, and even the fresh assertion that "Su Dongpo is a Capricorn", which can always attract the audience to cry like a tide, "The stalks I threw are the hottest." ”
On January 12, the large-scale financial media program "Echoes of the Millennium Cultural Context" was broadcast live on the whole network, and the number of views exceeded more than 15.6 million for a while. In the live broadcast of the Yinxu Museum, Yu Jackie Chan, who appeared on stage, talked eloquently about the past and the present, especially wearing a white shirt and a black suit, coupled with a chic model, handsome and compelling, and immediately attracted countless fans, and fans shouted one after another, identifying "Dr. Yu is our little prince of archaeology".
Since then, "The Little Prince" has become synonymous with Jackie Chan, and the lean outfit of white shirt, black suit and black tie has also become his signature logo for formal occasions.
The wind from the tiger and the cloud from the dragon
For the new title of "Little Prince", Yu Jackie Chan also seems to be very popular.
In the few days of the interview in Anyang, the reporter randomly interviewed several new archaeologists and found that this romantic temperament does not seem to be unique to Jackie Chan.
"Archaeologists are always young." Mr. Feng, a young man born in the 90s who was born in an archaeology class, told reporters that archaeologists are actually a very fashionable group. Like the early study of Yinxu, "Dong Zuobin, Li Ji, Guo Moruo, which one of them was not a crazy student with a flamboyant personality." ”
In the face of such a "treasure-type madman" as Jackie Chan, the reporter will certainly not give up the opportunity to learn.
According to the literature and the more popular saying on the Internet, "Zi" is the surname of the merchant.
In the direction of the main entrance of the Yinxu Museum Hall, there is an oracle bone inscription "Zi" hanging high. From the Chinese character "surname" itself, it can also be intuitively inferred that "surname" is the product of a matrilineal clan, the so-called "girl". The eight surnames of ancient times: Ji, Jiang, Ji, Ying, Fei, Fei, Yao, and Pregnancy, also have female characters. Therefore, some scholars believe that the merchant's original surname is "good", and the pronunciation is son. There are also people who believe that the merchants have no surname, and they think that they are the descendants of the god Xuanniao, and since the gods have no surname, there is no need for future generations. As for the origin of the "son", it was later imposed on the merchants by the Zhou people, and the bird egg is the "son", since it is born from the bird's egg, it is called "son".
Whether "Zi" is the surname of the Shang family, Yu Jackie Chan clearly answered "no"
Yu Chenglong believes that "son" is an honorific title for princes, nobles, nobles, and patriarchs, and that the titles of Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi in later generations and businessmen call the little prince "son" are all the same reason. As for whether the businessman has a surname, there are still doubts in the academic community.
"What has not been proven, I will not take it out and say it publicly. Don't take conjecture as a conclusion, otherwise it will be misleading, irresponsible to history, and irresponsible to the masses. After saying this, Yu Chenglong said something to himself again, "My name is Yu Jackie Chan, and the wind is from the tiger and the cloud from the dragon, so my word for Yu Jackie Chan is called 'Ziyun'." ”
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