Museums are a condensation of history and civilization, a bridge between the past, present and future. Today is the International Museum Day on May 18, and we have gathered a list of books on the theme of archaeology and museums from the books published by Chung Hwa Book Company according to the common exhibition themes.
History of Archaeology
China from the Perspective of Archaeology
National Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences, 978-7-101-15681-298.00 yuan
This book is a popular book that comprehensively summarizes the archaeological achievements of the past century and shows the glory of Chinese civilization. The book is divided into two parts: the pluralistic integration and the inheritance of historical materials. Jointly created by the National Office of Philosophy and Social Science Work invited by many well-known archaeological experts and famous scholars, it concisely and illustrated the archaeological hotspots such as Sanxingdui, Jinsha, Liangzhu Ancient City, and the Tomb of the Marquis of Haiding, as well as the content and value of unearthed documents such as oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, Tsinghua Jane, Sleeping Tiger Land Han Jane, Dunhuang Han Jane, etc., which comprehensively reflects the pattern of pluralism and integration of Chinese civilization, the long-standing concept and brilliant achievements, and demonstrates the significant contribution of Chinese civilization to world civilization.
Chronicles of Chinese Archaeology, edited by Wang Shimin, 978-7-101-16284-4
$118.00
This book systematically reviews the development and achievements of Chinese archaeology in the past 100 years, as well as the general situation of epigraphy before the birth of modern archaeology, and divides Chinese archaeology into seven stages: the predecessor epigraphy period, the gestation period, the birth period, the initial development period, the comprehensive development period, the continuous development period, and the new development period.
Bronze
"Discovering Sanxingdui" by Duan Yu 978-7-101-15377-485.00 yuan
After sleeping for 3,000 years, he woke up and shocked the world. At the turn of the summer and autumn of 1986, two sacrificial pits were found in succession at the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, and thousands of bronzes, gold, jade, ivory and a large number of seashells were unearthed in the pits, including bronze statues, a large number of bronze human heads, human faces, bronze sacred trees, animal faces, golden rods, bronze human heads covered with gold masks and other rare treasures, which shocked the world. Sanxingdui is one of the most important archaeological discoveries of mankind in the 20th century, how to decipher the civilization code through cultural relics? "Discovering Sanxingdui" starts from the unearthed cultural relics in Sanxingdui to explore the evolution of the ancient Shu Kingdom in Sanxingdui and its significance in the world.
A Review of Chinese Bronze
Written by Chen Mengjia
Translated by Wang Rui, Cao Jingjing, Tian Tian and Sun Yingying
978-7-101-12392-0
$158.00
This book is an important work by Mr. Chen Mengjia on Chinese bronzes, which provides a comprehensive and in-depth discussion of many aspects of Chinese bronze research, including research methods and brief history, geographical distribution and cultural background, bronze terminology and classification, shape and ornamentation, forgery and casting, inscriptions, and dating of Chinese bronzes. According to the only English manuscript in the collection of the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, it was translated into Chinese by Wang Rui and four others, and the translation was reviewed by Mr. Zhang Changshou and Mr. Wang Shimin. Ten years of translation, more than 10 proofreadings, fine polishing, and high-quality presentation. In addition, some of the texts and the bronze objects mentioned in the text are accompanied by pictures and numbers of "Yin Zhou Jinwen Collection" and "Collection of Chinese Bronzes in the United States" for easy understanding and reference.
Silk
"Changsha Mawangdui Han Tomb Silk Collection"
Qiu Xigui Editor-in-Chief
Compiled by Hunan Provincial Museum and Fudan University Research Center for Unearthed Documents and Ancient Characters
978-7-101-10168-3
9900.00 yuan
This book is edited by Mr. Qiu Xigui and compiled by a team of experts, and for the first time, the complete publication of the Mawangdui Han Tomb Silk Plate is published. There are more than 50 kinds of simple silk documents produced by Mawangdui, which are written in seal script, official script and grass between the seals, and the contents involve many fields such as politics, economy, philosophy, history, astronomy, geography, medicine, military, sports, literature, and art from the Warring States period to the early Western Han Dynasty. The book is divided into seven volumes, the first and second volumes are the collated plates, the third to sixth volumes are the explanatory notes, and the seventh volume is the original plates.
Stone carvings
The Story of Han Painting: Memories Engraved in Stone
Zhang Daoyi
978-7-101-14226-6
$88.00
The portraits of the Han Dynasty are deep and majestic, rich in content, and widely drawn, and are regarded as an encyclopedia of Han Dynasty society. This book selects more than 600 pictures of portrait stones of the Han Dynasty, dividing the different pictures into three categories: characters and secular, myths and legends, auspicious and amusement, and interpreting the social customs of the Han Dynasty before 1800 years through the interpretation of sources, images, plots, texts, etc. Experiencing the social life of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty up close, you will deeply understand that it was the Han Dynasty that laid the cornerstone of Chinese civilization for more than 400 years, and understand why we are called Han people.
Introduction to Ancient Chinese Stone Carvings (Revised Edition)
Written by Zhao Chao
978-7-101-13931-0
128.00 yuan
From the perspective of archaeological relics research, this book introduces the types and evolution of ancient Chinese stone carvings, the survival and discovery of ancient stone carvings, the research of stone carvings in the past dynasties, and the common styles of stone inscriptions. This is an updated edition, which has more than doubled the content on the basis of the first edition, and added more than 200 new plates, which are matched with the text, making the book more readable and intuitive.
Collection of Ancient Inscription Art Museum of Yuyang District
Li Hao, editor-in-chief
Yuyang District Committee of Yulin City of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Chinese Culture Research Center of Northwest University
978-7-101-16416-9
$980.00
This book includes 167 epitaphs from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, mainly in the Middle Sui and Tang Dynasties, most of which are published for the first time. Geographically, it is mainly concentrated in Guanzhong and northern Shaanxi, and the content can be roughly divided into two groups: one is the epitaph of scholars, such as Li Baiyao, Gao Chongwen, Gao Chenggong, etc., among which there are many new records of major historical events, which can supplement the gap of historical transmission and investigate the changes of the Sui and Tang scholars, etc., which have extremely high literary and historical value; First, the epitaphs and tower inscriptions of ethnic minorities and foreign people in the Western Regions, such as the epitaph of Princess Tuyuhun of the Tang Dynasty, the epitaph of the Hui nobles, and the very rare bilingual tower inscriptions of the Sogdians, can be used to examine the "history of different races and the text of different directions", so as to carry out multi-perspective research on Sino-Western transportation, ethnology, and the Silk Road in the Tang Dynasty. There are many fine works in the epitaph, including Li Yangbing, Huang Fuyue, Dong Jingren, Zhang Chuzhao and many other famous masters, which have the value of calligraphy art history. In this compilation and publication, all the rubbings were published, and the epitaphs and covers of each party were explained and punctuated for readers' reference and use.
Religion
Buddha in Dunhuang
Written by Duan Wenjie
978-7-101-13039-3
$66.00
This book is a collection of Mr. Duan Wenjie's academic essays on Dunhuang Buddhist art, and the main content is about the development history of Dunhuang murals and sculpture art. While sorting out the history of the development of art, the history of the development of Buddhism is also sorted out. The book is equipped with 32 copies of Mr. Duan Wenjie's Dunhuang murals, showing us the outstanding artistic attainments of Mr. Duan Wenjie as a Dunhuang scholar.
"Learn Buddhism in One Book"
Zhang Peifeng
978-7-101-07645-5
56.00 yuan
This book comprehensively and systematically introduces the basic knowledge of Buddhism in simple language, such as the life of Shakyamuni, the "Three Jewels" of Buddhism, Dharma and Sangha, Theravada Buddhism to Mahayana Buddhism, the story of Bunsen, and the sinicization of Buddhism.
Weapons
Manuscript of the History of Chinese Weapons
Written by Zhou Wei
978-7-101-12416-3
$39.00
This book is the first pioneering work on the mainland to systematically study the history of ancient weapons, and it is a huge work that has been sealed for half a century. The author, Mr. Zhou Wei, has spent 30 years of hard work collecting documents and historical materials, observing the actual weapons, systematically studying the development of ancient Chinese weapons, the evolution of the shape and the production process, and collecting hundreds of pictures of the actual weapons, which is an irreplaceable classic in the field of ancient material culture research.
History of Chinese Swords
Written by Gong Jian
978-7-101-14949-4
$88.00
The evolution process of Chinese swords, which corroborates with the history of integration and development among various ethnic groups in China, is a comprehensive embodiment of Chinese science and technology, military, art and skills in the past dynasties. In this book, according to different historical records, the author makes a detailed description and explanation of the representative swords of each period, and repeatedly compares them with the unearthed objects and collections of previous dynasties, outlining the development of Chinese swords spanning more than 2,000 years, and taking you into the vast Chinese arsenal with rich and exquisite pictures to feel the unique charm.
Painting and calligraphy
History of Chinese Calligraphy (Expanded Edition)
Zhu Tianshu
978-7-101-14655-4
$42.00
This book provides a bird's-eye view of the historical origins, stylistic evolution, and stylistic changes of Chinese calligraphy. The author absorbs the latest academic research results, explains some phenomena in the history of Chinese calligraphy with his personal understanding of the history of calligraphy, focuses on introducing important calligraphy works, calligraphers, fashions and artistic schools in the history of calligraphy, and summarizes the internal context of the development of calligraphy art. The appendix is an overview of the literature of the past dynasties and 30 basic bibliographies of Chinese calligraphy, which is convenient for readers to search for and further understand the art of Chinese calligraphy. The book is full of pictures and texts, and has many new ideas, and has been praised by the famous scholar Bian Xiaoxuan as "the latest masterpiece of concise book history".
"Famous Masters Talk about Chinese Calligraphy Masterpieces" and "Literature and History Knowledge" Editorial Department 978-7-101-11515-470.00 yuan
Founded in 1981, the journal "Literature and Historical Knowledge" has been widely praised in the industry with the purpose of "big experts write small articles". This book is a book compiled by the editorial department of "Cultural and Historical Knowledge", which selects the articles on calligraphy by famous masters published in "Cultural and Historical Knowledge" over the years, such as Shen Yinmo, Fei Xinme, Qi Gong, Liu Tao, Ouyang Zhongshi and other well-known calligraphers, tells the origin of calligraphy, the characteristics of calligraphy, the practice process of calligraphy and professional knowledge, and is accompanied by a wealth of calligraphy calligraphy pictures, leading readers to appreciate the representative works in the history of Chinese calligraphy and explore the stories behind the works. Through these works and narrations, readers can understand the unique artistic character of Chinese calligraphy and feel the charm of Chinese cultural classics.
Understanding Chinese Painting with a Chart
Wang Zhijun and Zhang Minghui edited by Chen Hu Watchmaking
978-7-101-12930-4
$55.00
This book selects representative painting illustrations, adopts concise language, takes into account the reading of texts and pictures, and combines and connects paintings of the same, similar or related themes of different dynasties. From the perspective of visual modeling and cultural psychology, the work is comprehensively or described in detail, and strives to interpret and analyze the internal causes and core values of the work.
Painting and Calligraphy by the Boat
Lu Beirong
978-7-101-15256-2
$68.00
This book focuses on introducing the historical allusions and mental histories behind the paintings. "Painting and calligraphy boat" refers to the elegant phenomenon of traditional Chinese scribes who create and appreciate on a boat, and the author uses this as a metaphor to sketch out stories from the mountains of books and paintings, during which we can see the artist's thoughts, the meaning of the works, the changes in allusions, the fate of collectors, and even the development and change of "collection" itself in the long history.
Material life
Ancient Chinese Material Culture
Written by Sun Ji
978-7-101-09981-2
$108.00
Mr. Sun Ji is the chief research librarian of the National Museum of China, and has a profound knowledge in the research and identification of cultural relics, and enjoys a high reputation in the field of cultural relics and archaeology. The book "Material Culture in Ancient China" covers ten aspects of ancient China's agriculture and diet, wine, tea, sugar, tobacco, textiles and clothing, and basically and comprehensively presents the material civilization of ancient China. This book has everyone's background, the writing is clear, and the content is simple, accurate and systematic. Hundreds of line drawings in the book are all hand-drawn by Mr. Sun Ji, with vivid pictures and strong explanation. Such a masterpiece has been welcomed by all walks of life after its publication, and has become another milestone work in the field of material research, winning many heavyweight awards such as the 2014 China Good Book and the 10th Wenjin Book Award.
The Color of Luxury: A Study of the Gold and Silver Ware of the Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasty (3 volumes)
Yang Zhishui by
The gold and silver jewelry made, worn and collected by the ancients is not only the unity of wealth and art, but also a vane that cannot be ignored in life fashion because of its display. The author, Yang Zhishui, studied under Mr. Sun Ji and studied famous things. The purpose of this series of books is to reveal the evolution of a vessel and an object in the history of social life and the design intentions contained in it through the tracing of the roots of ancient jewelry, utensils and other objects, and finally reflect the true appearance of ancient life and customs.
Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Costumes
Edited by Sun Chenyang and Zhang Ke
978-7-101-10338-0
$98.00
The dictionary according to the pre-Qin, Qin and Han dynasties, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang dynasties, two Song Dynasty, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing eight time period entry entries, combing the development of ancient Chinese clothing, each section first introduces the characteristics of clothing in this era and the status in the development of ancient Chinese clothing, and then includes entries. Entries include dresses, dresses, jewelry, accessories, etc., and some words are illustrated with appropriate line drawings.
"Jin Xi Zeng Stacked - The Beauty of Ancient Makeup" by Deng Lili 978-7-101-16450-3128.00 yuan
The love of beauty is the same in ancient and modern times. The ancients used all kinds of makeup utensils for taking care of the appearance, storing, trimming eyebrows and haircuts, adjusting fat and applying makeup, and moisturizing the body, which are not only daily things that accompany day and night, but also beautiful works of art. From makeup boxes, mirrors, powder boxes, oil boxes, combs to eyebrow pencils, inkstones, tweezers, finger picks, and sachets, a dazzling array of toiletry utensils is a window to open the living world of the ancients, allowing us to get a glimpse of the creation concepts and aesthetic fashions of different eras, and appreciate the oriental life aesthetics that have been passed down from ancient to modern times.
What other books are like "paper museums", welcome to share with us in the comment area~
(Co-ordinator: Yibei; Editor: Siqi)