On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the "Dragon Bureau" of the Dongguan Museum Alliance came to a distant "distinguished guest".
The dragon-shaped jade of the Spring and Autumn Period collected by the Nanyang Cultural Relics Protection Research Institute.
This dragon-shaped jade jue was unearthed in the No. 1 tomb of Tongbai Yuehe in Nanyang, Henan, which is green and white jade, warm and delicate, dense and slightly transparent.
Dragon-shaped jade Jue collection of Nanyang Cultural Relics Protection Research Institute.
The jade jue is flake-shaped, tuancurosaurus-shaped, and the back is light. The jade dragon is oval, with horns, extravagant lines, a long tongue rolled up, and the tail curled opposite the mouth. The body is decorated with five faucets and one simplified faucet.
Recently, this dragon-shaped jade jue is on display in the Dongguan Oyster Gang Site Museum's "Jade See Huaxia - Ancient Jade Boutique Exhibition Unearthed in Nanyang Area".
The exhibition is jointly launched by the Dongguan Oyster Gang Site Museum and the Nanyang Cultural Relics Protection Research Institute, and will be on display from December 28, 2023 to June 18, 2024.
The exhibition exhibits 132 pieces of precious ancient jade of different shapes, such as dragon-shaped jade, dragon-patterned jade, double-phoenix out-of-silhouette jade ring, jade jade, agate ring, and dragon-patterned jade plaque. Among them, there are 2 first-class cultural relics, 25 second-class cultural relics, and 74 first-class cultural relics.
The exhibition features 132 pieces of precious ancient jade.
The exhibition is divided into four units: "Blessing of Things, Beauty and Spirit", "Manifestation of Royal Power, Distinguishing the Order", "Gentleman Bede, Obeying and Admiring", and "Thinking of Eternal Life, Law of Heaven and Earth".
The ancient jade on display brings together the treasures of good work from ancient times, three dynasties to the two Han dynasties, with exquisite ornamentation and vivid shapes, reflecting the living habits and etiquette systems of people at that time, and also showing the development law of Chinese jade culture.
Nanyang ancient jade in the exhibition.
Along with the exhibition, there is also the Dongguan Oyster Gang Site Museum itself
In 2007, the Dongguan Oyster Gang Site Museum was built on the original site of Oyster Gang, which is the first prehistoric site museum in Guangdong Province and one of the few in the country built in the central area of the city. It has the shape of an oyster shell and is the work of a generation of architects, Maubge.
Oyster fun cultural and creative shop.
Since 2023, the Dongguan Oyster Gang Site Museum has designed and launched the IP of "5,000-year-old family" based on the excavated image of the 5,000-year-old Oyster Gang ancients, and opened the city's first "history and culture + trendy toys cultural and creative" cross-border physical store - Oyster Fun Cultural and Creative Store.
5,000-year-old family" IP creative wall painting.
In addition to the cultural and creative store, the Dongguan Oyster Gang Ruins Museum also designed the "5,000-year-old family" IP creative wall painting outside the museum, and set up a number of creative check-in points such as "5,000-year-old professional oysters", "the first village in the Pearl River Delta", "Good luck in Oysters" and "Welcome to Xiaohao" in the museum.
During the Spring Festival holiday, you might as well walk into the exhibition and join this north-south dialogue between Nanyang ancient jade and the ancient people of Oygang.
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Southern + reporter Ma Xinjie Gong Mingyang.
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Author] Ma Xinjie.
*] Southern Press Media Group Nanfang + client.