On the morning of February 19, the reporter learned that the new Yinxu Museum will be officially opened on February 26, when nearly 4,000 sets of bronzes, pottery, jade, oracle bones and other cultural relics will meet the world, of which more than three-quarters of the precious cultural relics are debuted.
According to reports, the foundation stone of the new Yinxu Museum will start in November 2020. The new museum is located on the shore of Huanshui, across the river from the ruins of Yinxu Palace Temple, with a total investment of 10With 600 million yuan, it is the first major national thematic museum to show the Shang civilization in a panoramic way.
Yan Yalin, director of the Department of Archaeology of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, said that in recent years, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage has continued to support the archaeological work of important sites in the Xia and Shang periods such as Erlitou and Yinxu. Taking Yinxu as an example, firstly, a breakthrough has been made in the research of the layout of the capital city, revealing the road system inside the capital and the ruins of the pond in the palace Zongmiao area, and discovering the surrounding ditch and numerous burial tombs and burial pits in the royal tomb area, confirming the earliest known "Zhaoyu" of the royal tomb; Second, the relationship between Yinxu and the surrounding settlements has been further clarified, and the super-large-scale copper casting ruins - Xindian ruins, the ring moat settlement in the middle of the Shang Dynasty - Taojiaying ruins, and the late Shang Dynasty settlements - Shaojiapeng ruins have been found one after another, outlining the magnificent picture of the Shang Dynasty capital city with Yinxu as the core and the surrounding small and medium-sized settlements arching and guarding; The third is the discovery of the first copper, bone-making, and pottery-making workshop area in Huanbei and the confirmation that the first site of Huanbei "Guocheng" is a moat, which greatly promoted the archaeological research in the middle of the Shang Dynasty; Fourth, multidisciplinary cooperation and scientific and technological archaeological research results have been fruitful, and special research in various fields such as animal, plant, metallurgy, environment, ancient DNA analysis, and carbon 14 dating has obtained rich historical information, and new progress has been made in the study of oracle bone inscriptions, so as to have a more scientific understanding of the social life of the Shang Dynasty.
As an important part of the Yinxu National Archaeological Site Park, on the one hand, the new museum will comprehensively display the splendid Shang civilization and its important influence on future generations with high-quality and high-level exhibitions, highlighting the important position of Shang civilization in world history; On the other hand, the new museum will form cluster advantages and cultural relics resource advantages with the Chinese Character Museum, archaeological site park, archaeological workstation, etc., and use digital technology to build a data service center for cultural relics and historical documents unearthed in the Shang Dynasty. At the same time, the functions of scientific research, education and international exchange will be more prominent, and it is expected to become an academic research highland, talent cultivation base and international communication platform focusing on the special research of oracle bone inscription and business civilization. Yan Yalin said.
It is understood that the new Yinxu Museum implements the reservation of tickets for visits, and implements the policy of free and reduced tickets for specific objects in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. Ticket reservation provides individual reservation and group reservation, both of which adopt a real-name system, and can be reserved online through the "Yinxu Museum" WeChat *** official ** and Yinxu Scenic Area ***. From 8 a.m. on February 22, the new building will be open to the public by appointment.
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Editor in charge: Shi Xiwu.