Sanxingdui is the site of the pre-Qin period with the largest scale, the longest duration and the richest unearthed cultural relics in southwest China, and every archaeological discovery has attracted the attention of countless experts, scholars and the public. The bronze longitudinal mask with protruding eyes and huge ears, the bronze Dali statue with a height of more than two meters, the bronze sacred tree with a height of nearly two meters, and the golden mask ......It has witnessed the splendid ancient Shu civilization.
This autumn, the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) will present a special exhibition titled "Gazing at Sanxingdui: New Archaeological Discoveries in Sichuan", featuring 120 precious artefacts dating back to 2,600 to 4,500 years of bronze, jade, gold and pottery excavated from sites such as Sanxingdui, Jinsha and Baodun in the Chengdu Plain. Among them, 23 are national first-class cultural relics, and 55 are the latest unearthed in recent years, which is the first large-scale exhibition of Sanxingdui's new archaeological discoveries in Sichuan, triggering a boom in exhibitions. The new book "Gazing at Sanxingdui: New Archaeological Discoveries in Sichuan", edited by the Hong Kong Palace Museum, is the first academic exhibition catalogue to introduce the latest discoveries in Sanxingdui in detail and systematically.
On December 23rd, Wang Shengyu, Assistant Researcher of the Hong Kong Palace Museum and Curator of the "Gazing at Sanxingdui" Exhibition, Chu Xin, Deputy Director of the Exhibition Department of the Shanghai Museum, Xu Feihong, Head of the Sanxingdui No. 3 Pit Excavation, Dr. Cao Yechen, an expert in Shang and Zhou archaeology and bronze research, and The Paper Shanghai Review of Books Executive Editor-in-Chief Zheng Shiliang visited Xujiahui College to talk about the curatorial concept of the Sanxingdui exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, interpret the key exhibits, share the creation of new books, and lead readers through 3,000 years of time, into the depths of history, and get a glimpse of the mysteries of ancient Shu civilization.
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"Gazing at Sanxingdui: New Archaeological Discoveries in Sichuan" new book sharing meeting
Event information
Time: 14:30 on December 23 (Saturday).
Location: Lecture hall on the third floor of Xujiahui Academy (No. 158 Caoxi North Road).
How to participate: Scan the *** below to register.
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Wang Shengyu. Assistant researcher at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, curator of the exhibition "Gazing at Sanxingdui".
Chu Xin. Deputy Research Librarian of Shanghai Museum, Deputy Director of the Exhibition Department, and Translator of "Turning Jade into Vessels".
Xu Feihong. Assistant professor of Shanghai University, person in charge of the excavation of Sanxingdui No. 3 pit.
Cao Yechen. Assistant Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Duke Kunshan University and Assistant Professor of Global Practice at Duke University.
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Zheng Shiliang. Executive Editor-in-Chief of The Paper Shanghai Review of Books.
Wonderful new book
OneHong Kong Palace Museum
Cooperate with a number of Shudi cultural and museum institutions
120 pieces of Sanxingdui, Jinsha precious cultural relics
55 pieces have been newly unearthed since 2020
Most of them are published for the first time
This book is the first academic exhibition catalogue that introduces Sanxingdui's latest discoveries in detail and systematically. The book includes 100 pieces of Sanxingdui unearthed cultural relics, 20 pieces of Jinsha and Baodun unearthed cultural relics, nearly half of which are not only the latest discoveries since 2020, but also many of them are published for the first time.
As a continuation and supplement to the exhibition, the catalogue is curated and edited by the team of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, with research materials provided by a number of cultural and museum institutions in Sichuan Province, and articles written by renowned scholars in the field of archaeology and research in Sanxingdui.
IILed by professional scholars at home and abroad
4 monographs and 86 commentaries
Multi-dimensional data presentation
Six new pits were discovered in 2019
The first catalogue of the excellent academic exhibition
In this book, archaeologist Jiao Tianlong, principal researcher of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, situates the Sanxingdui site within the larger framework of the world's bronze civilization, reconstructing the intricate regional civilizational exchanges and the historical motivations behind them. Wang Shengyu, an assistant researcher at the Hong Kong Palace Museum, combined her previous research on the integration of gold artifacts into early Chinese material culture, perusing the relatively small but important gold artifacts in Sanxingdui and Jinsha sites.
Lei Yu, a researcher at the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Archaeology and the leader of the archaeological excavation team at the Sanxingdui site, deeply interpreted the archaeological process of Sanxingdui from the last century to the present, focusing on the six sacrificial pits discovered in 2019 and the new knowledge of the ancient Shu civilization. Xu Jie, director of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, who has devoted himself to the research, archaeology and exhibition of Sanxingdui for decades, put forward new insights into the bronze art and casting technology of the Sanxingdui civilization.
ThreeHigh quality art paper 5 color printing
Restore the color of cultural relics
A more wonderful visual feast of Sanxingdui cultural relics
In order to more perfectly restore the exquisiteness and shock of Sanxingdui cultural relics, the catalogue uses rare five-color printing. After many experiments and proofing, the cover, text and ring lining of the book are made of special art paper imported from Italy, France and Japan, and have gone to the printing factory many times to adjust and look at the samples to ensure that the best presentation of the best design effect is achieved.
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"Seowon Yue Reading |【 Book Club Lounge 】It is a new brand of reading promotion activities launched by Xujiahui Academy of Xuhui District Library, giving full play to the leading role of the main position of public culture and a new landmark of regional cultural and tourism resources, and jointly organizing new book release activities with head publishing institutions, mainstream ** and new** platforms, and physical bookstores in the Book Alliance, inviting authors, translators, publishing editors or book reviewers to enter Xujiahui Academy, so as to build a platform for readers to grab "fresh" and have zero-distance contact with new books and face-to-face communication with authors. Xujiahui Academy is committed to becoming the first place for new books in public libraries, providing high-quality reading cultural activities for all kinds of people.
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Please take care of the books and exhibits, so that more people can enjoy the fragrance of knowledge.
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Reviewer: Wei Li.
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