How many stove eyes did the ancients use for cooking? How "ox" is it to own an oxcart in the Northern Dynasties? Nowadays, it is popular to "Hanfu out of the street", what kind of clothing ...... does Hanfu refer to in history?Take a look at the Zhengzhou Elephant Ceramics Museum's "Fireworks in the World - Ancient Chinese Clothing, Food, Housing and Transportation" exhibition, and these questions can be answered.
On February 8th, on the occasion of the arrival of the New Year of the Dragon, Zhengzhou Elephant Ceramics Museum launched the "Fireworks in the World - Clothing, Food, Housing and Transportation in Ancient Ceramics" exhibition, exhibiting more than 100 pieces of ceramics from the Shang, Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, from the eight aspects of clothing, food, housing, transportation, labor, wine, tea and entertainment, taking the audience to feel the daily life of the ancients "fireworks in the world", tasting the excellent Chinese culture contained in it, and expressing the expectation and blessing of a better life of abundant food and clothing on the occasion of the arrival of the New Year.
With a height of 26 cm and a diameter of 20 cm, the pottery bottle adopts a Boshan furnace-shaped lid, decorated with a molded pattern, and the two ends of the abdomen are convex strings, and the animal image is lifelike. As soon as it approached, Xing Haoxuan, a student from the Central Plains Pilot Experimental School, explained to us in detail this Han Dynasty green glaze three-legged Boshan bottle, like him There are not a few small commentators at the scene, as long as someone is interested in cultural relics, the little commentator will greet enthusiastically, and tell the past and present life of this cultural relics in detail, which also adds a lot of vitality and interest to this exhibition.
Clothing, food, housing, transportation and entertainment: Immerse yourself in ancient life.
Among the "clothing" exhibits in the "Fireworks in the World" exhibition, the male figurines of the Standing Objects painted with gray pottery in the Warring States Period, the female figurines with the gray pottery painted in the Western Han Dynasty, and the male figurines painted with gray pottery in the Northern Dynasty can all see the characteristics of the times such as different styles and lengths. The gray pottery painted male figurines of the Northern Dynasty also have the "wearing hood" model, and the Sui white glazed boots, Tang Sancai civil official figurines, and Tang painted long skirt maids are even more innovative.
From Ru Mao drinking blood to cooking cooked food, from soup and wine to delicacies, Shang Dynasty gray pottery, Spring and Autumn gray pottery painted Gui, Warring States gray pottery with ears and three hooves foot ding, etc., not only pottery stove, but also green glaze pottery mill, green glaze stove, etc., and what is unexpected is that there are two stove eyes in the Western Han Dynasty, and the yellow glazed meat rack and brown glazed granary reflect the social outlook of material abundance and people's abundance at that time.
Food and clothing are like this, the "dwelling" is to experience the precipitation of dynasties, courtyard buildings, two courtyards, symmetrical central axis, front hall and back room, there is a shadow wall ...... in front of the doorThe "dwelling" exhibits include the Western Han Dynasty green glazed money pattern slope roof row buildings, yellow glazed buildings, Sui yellow glazed toilets, Tang Dynasty green glazed tiles, Northern Song Dynasty black glaze towers, etc., showing the luxury of "mansions" at that time.
Among the exhibits in the "line" category, the Western Han Dynasty horseback warriors, the brown glazed ox carts of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the gray pottery kneeling camels of the Northern Dynasties, and the Tang Huang glazed horseback riding female figurines vividly reflect the popular means of transportation. From primitive witchcraft song and dance to frolic, from the "Book of Songs" to Confucius's "stepping on the green", from the Han Dynasty "Hundred Opera" to modern cross talk and sketches, they are all spiritual pleasures that cannot be ignored in life. The "entertainment" exhibits on display this time are 7 sets of Tang Dynasty blue glaze painted music and dance figurines, or blowing, or dancing, showing the ancient lively and fragrant feast scenes, all of which reflect the colorful entertainment life in ancient times.
In the development of clothing, food, housing and transportation in ancient China for thousands of years, exquisite utensils, more and more mature skills and strict systems have been produced, and a series of philosophical concepts, political wisdom and scientific ideas have been born that have influenced the development process of Chinese civilization. He Fei, director of the Zhengzhou Elephant Ceramics Museum, said that the exhibition of "Fireworks in the World - Clothing, Food, Housing and Transportation in Ancient Ceramics" is to truly reflect the daily life of the ancient working people from the perspective of ceramics, so as to express the cultural connotation of clothing, food, housing and transportation in ancient China, so that the beauty and culture they contain become the power to nourish people's souls.