Take care of our little jade horse" "Huang Yuma, I miss you very much in Qufu" "Half a year on a business trip, it's time to go home and see" ......On the days when Huang Yuma was not at the Confucius Museum, many tourists and netizens shouted one after another. After a long absence, with the Tsinghua University Art Museum's special exhibition "Rites and Fortunes of the East: The Essence of Ancient Civilization in Shandong" came to a successful conclusion, many cultural relics of the Confucius Museum have returned. Among them, the Warring States Topaz Horse, a cultural relic loved and missed by citizens and tourists, returned to the "Life of Confucius" exhibition hall on the second floor of the Confucius Museum on March 1.
As a "conspicuous bag" in cultural relics and a dense "horse" in the museum, contrary to its "domineering" name, the topaz horse is petite and round, and it is very "contrasting and cute". It has both eyes in front of it, its ears are upright, its ponytail is curled and bunned, its front legs are erect, its hind legs are slightly bent, and its head is held high on a square seat, and the details are very delicately depicted. Looking closely, the corners of the topaz horse's mouth seem to rise slightly, as if smiling back to every tourist who comes to visit.
As a star cultural relic, the topaz horse not only attracts tourists from all over the world to visit the Confucius Museum in person, but also goes out for exhibitions and has a full itinerary. A few days ago, the special exhibition "Rites of the East: The Essence of Ancient Civilization in Shandong" held by the Tsinghua University Art Museum was launched on October 18, 2023. The exhibition brings together fine cultural relics from 50 museums in Shandong Province, and a total of 80 fine cultural relics from the Confucius Museum are exhibited. The Warring States Huangyu horse was also among them, and embarked on a journey to Tsinghua University for a "business trip to study". During the exhibition of Tsinghua Art Fair, Huang Yuma, together with other cultural relics, stood on his "job", which was full of popularity and countless "fans", attracting many tourists to stop and appreciate.
Not only that, the Confucius Museum's cultural and creative ice cream with the theme of "Warring States Topaz Horse" has also received unanimous praise from tourists, and sales are booming.
Topaz Horse Ice Cream comes in two flavors, one is chocolate and the other is ginkgo. Ginkgo ice cream has a unique taste, mellow taste, and is quite creative in research and development. There is a ginkgo tree planted in the Song Dynasty in the poetry hall of the Confucius Temple in Qufu, and until now, it can produce golden ginkgo fruits every year, and these fruits are made into a famous modern Confucian dish - Shili ginkgo. According to the idea of this dish, the flavor of ginkgo biloba is integrated into the "Topaz Horse Ice Cream", which is intended to let visitors to the museum learn poetry and etiquette.
After visiting the exhibition hall and viewing the cultural relics, tourists can also take home cultural and creative products with Huangyu horse cultural elements. Topaz Horse Ice Cream is eaten in the mouth and melted in the heart, and the memories with Topaz Horse will always be remembered in my mind.
Warring States Topaz Horse
This is a round carved topaz horse from the Warring States period, unearthed in the No. 3 tomb of the ruins of the ancient city of Lu, with a history of about 2,000 years.
The jade horse stands on a square seat with its head held high, on all fours. Under the concise shape, the maker depicts the details of the horse's eyes, mouth, nose, ears and mane and tail with the technique of Yin line engraving and bas-relief, the face is warm blue-yellow, and the tan spots are borrowed from the chest, buttocks, tail and other parts, and the color and texture of the fur are presented with a pretty color process.
*: Jining Evening News.