Shencheng has added a new cultural landmark! With the opening of the first special exhibition "Star China: Sanxingdui Jinsha Ancient Shu Civilization Exhibition" and the trial opening of the first permanent exhibition hall "Ancient Chinese Bronze Museum", the East Hall of the Shanghai Museum, which has been under construction for more than six years, was opened on February 2, kicking off the prelude to the "opening trilogy" throughout the year. Located at 1952 Century Avenue in Pudong New Area, this major cultural facility in Shanghai will form a cultural agglomeration effect with the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, the East Branch of the Shanghai Library, and the Oriental Art Center.
As the first special exhibition of the East Pavilion of the Shanghai Expo, the "Star of China: Sanxingdui Jinsha Ancient Shu Civilization Exhibition" focuses on the ancient civilization center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which has been "sleeping for thousands of years and waking up to shock the world", comprehensively revealing to the public the appearance, connotation, characteristics and ins and outs of the ancient Shu civilization, presenting the pluralistic integration and five outstanding characteristics of the development of Chinese civilization. "The Yangtze River has created a thousand-year-old cultural context from Bashan Shushui to Jiangnan Water Town, which is a representative symbol of the Chinese nation and the cradle of the origin, formation and development of Chinese civilization. Chu Xiaobo, director of the Shanghai Museum, revealed that in order to complete the preparations for the exhibition before the Spring Festival, the staff of the museum carefully planned and went all out to borrow exhibitions from 28 cultural and archaeological institutions in 11 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, and gathered 363 cultural relics. These cultural relics traveled over mountains and mountains to Shanghai, covering more than 16,000 kilometers.
This is the largest and highest standard exhibition lineup of archaeological relics unearthed from the ancient Shu civilization outside Sichuan Province so far, and it is also the third exhibition of the "Why China" cultural relics archaeological series, bringing together the latest archaeological discoveries and the latest cultural relics restoration results. For example, the bronze mask unearthed from the No. 3 pit of the Sanxingdui site is the largest and well-preserved large bronze mask known to have been excavated at the site. The bronze statue of the high crown standing hair unearthed in the No. 3 pit, the bronze kneeling statue with long hair unearthed in the No. 4 pit, and the bronze statue with vertical draped hair, the bronze statue with pointed hat, the bronze standing man, and the big divine beast unearthed from the No. 8 pit have not appeared in the previous excavations of the Sanxingdui site. The ten sections of jade cong unearthed at the Jinsha site are typical artifacts of the Liangzhu culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and they have not left Sichuan since they were unearthed. This visit to Shanghai is also the first time that he has returned to his hometown after leaving his homeland for thousands of years. In addition to presenting important archaeological achievements in the space of about 2,000 square meters in two special exhibition halls, this exhibition also launched the "Encounter Sanxingdui 12K Digital Art Exhibition", which takes people to "return" to the archaeological site, immerse themselves in the mysterious world of Sanxingdui, and show the details of cultural relics that are difficult to be discovered by the naked eye.
The first permanent exhibition hall of the Shanghai Expo East Pavilion, the "Ancient Chinese Bronze Hall", has also been opened to the public on a trial basis from today. The whole exhibition selects more than 500 exhibits, reflecting the 3,600 years from the late summer of the 18th century BC to the middle of the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century, the process of the appearance, development and evolution of ancient Chinese bronzes. According to Ma Jinhong, a research librarian of the Bronze Research Department of the Shanghai Museum, the "Ancient Chinese Bronze Museum" was first exhibited in 1973, which was its sixth exhibition and reconstruction, extending the timeline on the original system and including bronzes after the Qin Dynasty; The interior of the plate has also been adjusted, for example, the renewal period of bronzes was originally displayed according to the type of utensils, to attract the advancement of the latest academic research, and now it is refined into Central Plains culture, Chu culture, Wuyue culture, Bashu culture, and grassland culture units. Most of the exhibits in the original exhibition continue to be exhibited, such as the treasure of the town hall, Da Keding, Xizun, Zizhong ginger plate, etc., and nearly 100 new exhibits have been added, including turquoise plaques and single-winged bells in the late Xia period, armor pots with early bronze inscriptions, Shang Yingfangsheng of the Warring States period, Xinmang's Tonglu weights and measures, Zhao Heng rod and edict plate, Dasheng chime of the Northern Song Dynasty, and water spray fish washing in the Ming Dynasty. It is reported that the first phase of open space only accounts for about 25% of the exhibition space of the East Hall, in order to ensure the safety of personnel and the visiting experience, the maximum number of visitors per open day is 8,000 people, and reservations need to be made through the Shanghai Museum's WeChat***.
Author: Li Ting.
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