Exhibition for Foreign and Interflow

Exhibition for Foreign and Interflow

We would like to introduce cultural circles both at home and abroad to our exhibitions in order to cooperate and interflow with museums all over the world . On the other hand , we would like to introduce visitors both at home and abroad to a long history and rich heritage of ancient cultural central district of China .

Soul of Clay----the Cream of Henan Pottery and Porcelain

Choosing the cream of pottery and porcelain with excellent artistic quality and important scientific value for display so as to reveal the spiritual and artistic world of our forefathers living on the Central Plain of China.

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Pottery duck

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Tri-colored camel and groom

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Painted male figurine

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Fencai dou

1. Rolling Clay into Utensils

The earliest group of pottery unearthed in Henan was produced as early as 8000 years ago. From the primitive society to the period of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, pottery and porcelain had fulfilled their fundamental functions as utensils for preserving, containing, drinking, cooking, religion and art.

Major exhibits:

Pottery ding with nipple-shaped patterns

Peiligang culture

Unearthed from Peiligang, Xinzheng

Colored pottery twin-ewer

Yangshao culture

Unearthed from Dahecun, Zhengzhou

Primitive porcelain zun, wine vessel

Shang Dynasty Unearthed from Zhengzhou

Pottery duck

Warring States period

Unearthed from Sanmenxia

2. The Grand style of the Han and Tang Dynasties

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, while consummating the pragmatic functions of pottery and porcelain, people began to put emphasis on portraying scenes of life. They produced vivid art works of manors, servants, officials, warriors, poultry and livestock etc. When they died, these works of art would be buried into their tombs so that they could fulfill their long-cherished wishes in the nether world. The burial objects displayed here represent the features of the grand style of the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties.

Major exhibits:

Six-storeyed pottery joint building

Han Dynasty Unearthed from Jiaozuo

Green-glazed pottery figurines playing Liu-bo game

Han Dynasty Unearthed from Jiyuan

Tri-colored camel and groom

Tang Dynasty Unearthed from Luoyang

Tri-colored duck-shaped pot

Tang Dynasty Unearthed from Xin'an

3. Secularism and Rationalism

During the Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, ceramic wares on the one hand followed the style of simple popular culture; on the other hand, influenced by the idealist philosophy of that time, tried hard to express the intrinsic charm of the utensils themselves. In Henan, the Jun ware kiln, Ru ware kiln and Guan ware kiln led the porcelain industry in China at that time. Kilns in such places as Hebi, Dengfeng, Mixian and Lushan, each possessing distinguishing features of its own, promoted the pottery and porcelain industry of China to a new high.

Major exhibits:

Goose-necked vase with floral designs, official Ru ware

Song Dynasty Unearthed from Baofeng

White porcelain Meiping with black floral designs

Song Dynasty Unearthed from Zhenping

Painted male figurine

Jin dynasty Unearthed from Jiaozuo

4. Colorful World

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, new achievements were made in the arts and crafts of porcelain-making. Underglaze blue, wucai, doucai, fencai and other color porcelain wares were brightly gorgeous. Porcelain wares of this period are rich in expression, either as articles used for offering birthday congratulations, praying for blessings and other events, or as art works in the form of flowers and plants etc. They possess great ornamental value.

Major exhibits:

Big dish with twining lotus leaves in underglaze blue

Ming Dynasty Collected

Fencai dou (food vessel with lid) with a design of clouds and bats

Qing Dynasty Collected

THE CENTRAL PLAIN OF CHINA

----The exhibition of ancient social life

The central plain of China is not only political, economic and cultural center of eastern society, its fashion spread widely and became essential foundation of Chinese culture. Therefore, gaining control of central plain meant gaining the control of China in ancient.

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Satin dragon robe

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White porcelain pot

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Pottery four-storey building

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White pottery ox cart

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Stele of Tian Yanhe

1. First covering skin and keeping warm then seeking fashion

The original use of dress is covering skin and keeping warm, when dress possessed essential function, it evolved manifold style from view of ritual and aesthtics. In this part, we choose pottery figurine, pendent jade and gold and silver ornament etc in order to reveal ancient dress culture of central plain of China.

Major exhibits:

Bone needle

Peiligang Culture Period

Unearthed in Jiahu, Wuyang

Jade pendent

Westen Zhou Dynasty

Unearthed in Sanmenxia

Bronze kneeling person-shaped lamp

Warring States Period

Unearthed in Sanmenxia

Tomb brick with noble woman traveling design

Southern Dynasties

Unearthed in DengZhou

Tri-color nonmilitary official figurine

Tang Dynasty

Unearthed in Luoyang

Blue satin dragon robe decorated with raised gold design

Qing Dynasty collected

2.Food for living Drinking for entertainment

Diet is human being's essential means for living. From the period of eating birds and animals raw to the period of food served in bronze ding-tripods and music played with bronze bells, people constantly introduced culture into diet In this part, we display cultural relics about drinking, cooking and food in order to reveal fashion of diet of central plain.

Major exhibits:

Pottery Ding-tripod with nipple design

Peiligang Period Unearthed in Xinzheng

Bronze You-jar

Shang Dynasty Unearthed in Luoshan

A group of Ding

Spring and Autumn Period Unearthed in Xinzheng

Pottery cooking stove

Han Dynasty Unearthed in jiyuan

Green glaze pottery windmill

Han Dynasty Unearthed in Jiyuan

White porcelain pot with head in shape of elephant's head

Sui Dynasty unearthed in Anyang

Fencai cups

Qing Dynasty Collection

3. Building house with wood Living and working in peace and contentment

At least 8000 years ago, forebears lived in central plain went out of caves, they built houses with wood and began to live in settled life. Thatched house and brick building mirror not only advances of architectural technology but also development of architectural culture .In this part, we choose structural members and structural models in order to reveal development of ancient forebears'housing conditions of central plain.

Major exhibits:

Bronze structural member

Shang Dynasty Unearthed in Zhengzhou

Painted pottery six-storey building

Han Dynasty

Unearthed in Jiaozuo

Pottery four-storey building

Eastern Han Dynasty Unearthed in Shanxian

Painted pottery house

Sui Dynasty Unearthed in Luoyang

Painted pottery courtyard

Ming Dynasty Unearthed in Jiaxian

4. Connvenient Traffic

Without culture exchange, history development is unimagable. The development of transport facilities provided convenient for interchange of information and material and people's contacts in day life. The people lived in the Central Plain began to ride horse and ride in carriage instead of walking. The Silk Road connecting Asia and Europe was set up in the Tang dynasty and its eastern tip was Luoyang

Major exhibits:

Bronze horse mask in shape of human face

Western Zhou

Unearthed in Pingdingshan

Bronze part for shaft of choriat inlaid with gold

Western Zhou Dynasty

Unearthed in Pingdingshan

Tomb brick with chariot followed by riders design

Han Dynasty Unearthed in Mixian

Tri-color camel carried bag and groom

Tang Dynasty Unearthed in Luoyang

White pottery ox cart

Tang Dynasty Unearthed in Gongyi

5. Probing Divinity Comforting Spirit

It is unremitting pursuit of people lived in central plain to probe the true meaning of spiritual world in past thousands years. They professed belief in ghosts and gods, introduced Buddhist and observed nature. They expressed feeling and understanding of spirit in artistic form. Henan is center of origin and fusion of ancient culture and thought of China. In this part, we choose artistic and religious relics to reflect the historical fact.

Major exhibits:

Bone di(instrument)

Peiligan Culture Period Unearthed in Muyang

Red pottery drum

Yangshao Culture Period Unearthed in Linru

Oracle bone with inscription

Shang Dynasty Unearthed in Anyang

Pottery pot with double birds and monster design

Han Dynasty Unearthed in Xingyan

Statued stele of Tianyanhe

Southern Wei Dynasty Unearthed in Qixian

Tri-color pagoda

Song Dynasty Unearthed in Mixian

The Splendid Dynasties: Bronze Age China

———The Bronzes Exhibition of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan Provinces

Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan is the political, military and cultural central area of Bronze Age China, where many dynasties were built and the rich cultural relics were discovered. There are the important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Especially, the bronzes of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties excavated present the splendid cultural achievement of this period. In the exhibition we select the bronze treasures excavated at three provinces in recent years to display the distinctive artistic styles of the different dynasties and cultural exchange and development of the different areas, according to valuable inscriptions, elaborate designs, various categories and exquisite casting techniques of the bronzes. It will make a strong impression on the visitors.

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"Ri yi" Gong Unearthed at Shaanxi

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Bronze rectangular jar Unearthed at Shanxi

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Bronze rcctangular jar with dragon-chaped handle Unearthed at Henan

Exhibits Contents

The bronzes of the Western Zhou Dynasty excavated in Shaanxi Province.

The bronzes excavated from the tombs of Marquis Jin, Tianma and Qucun villages, Shanxi Province.

The bronzes of the Yin ruins and the local states of the Sang Dynasty and the local states of the Western and Eastern Dynasties excavated in Henan Province.

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