The new Yinxu Museum in Anyang, Henan Province officially opened on the 26th, which is the first major national thematic museum to show the Shang civilization in a panoramic way.
The new Yinxu Museum. Xinhua News Agency.
Yinxu is the first capital site of the late Shang Dynasty in the history of China that has been documented and confirmed by archaeological excavations and oracle bone inscriptions. The exhibition hall of the new Yinxu Museum covers an area of about 220,000 square meters, nearly 4,000 sets of bronze, pottery, jade, oracle bones and other cultural relics are on display. The number of cultural relics on display and the complete types of cultural relics on display are the largest in the exhibition of cultural relics of the Shang Dynasty. Among them, more than three-quarters of the precious cultural relics were unveiled for the first time, and a series of new archaeological achievements were displayed for the first time.
Focusing on the theme of "The Great Shang Civilization", the exhibition has 3 basic exhibitions, 4 special exhibitions and 1 special immersive digital exhibition, from multiple perspectives such as the history of the Shang Dynasty, oracle bones, archaeological history, and the world spread of the Shang civilization, explaining the prosperous urban civilization, the perfect ritual and music civilization, the developed bronze civilization, the splendid writing civilization and the superb handicraft technology, etc., presenting the important position and role of the Shang civilization in the development of Chinese civilization and even human civilization.
Oracle bone inscriptions unearthed at the Yinxu site. Xinhua News Agency.
According to reports, the original Yinxu Museum was built in 2005, with an exhibition area of 1,500 square meters. With the continuous enrichment of the archaeological achievements of Yinxu, it is difficult for the original museum to meet the needs of protection and display. In November 2020, the foundation stone of the new Yinxu Museum was laid.
The new Yinxu Museum implements reservation ticket purchase, and the audience can make an online reservation through the "Yinxu Museum" WeChat *** official ** and "Yinxu Scenic Area" WeChat *** online.
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Reporter: Tang Jianhui, Shi Linjing.