The mysterious Jade Pig Dragon, as a typical representative artifact of the Hongshan culture 5,000 years ago, is well-known. This morning, the Ao Han Hongshan Cultural Relics Exhibition in the temporary exhibition hall of the Taizhou Museum was officially opened to the public. At the doorstep, Taizhou citizens can see national first-class cultural relics such as jade pig dragon and jade hoop shaped ware, as well as other 110 pieces (sets) of pottery, stone tools and other precious cultural relics.
Yesterday morning, the reporter walked into the temporary exhibition hall on the first floor of the City Museum, and the entire exhibition has been basically arranged, leaving the lighting and other finishing work. In the display case, there are different shapes of jade, pottery, stone and other cultural relics, the style is simple and exquisite.
The most attractive thing for reporters is the jasper jade pig dragon placed in the glass display case. It has a beast head, two erect ears, round eye protrusion, short mouth, mouth and nose protrusion, round nostrils, frontal horn protrusion. The middle large hole pipe drill, pierced on both sides, polished but still has the rotation marks of the keyhole, and a piece of the inner core of the pipe drill remains.
“Ao Han local excavations have excavated various shapes of jade pig dragons, some topaz carvings, some white jade carvings, different head carvings, this time only one of them is exhibited, belonging to the national first-class cultural relics.” Zhang Zheng, deputy director of the Taizhou Museum, said.
Another jade hoop-shaped vessel, also a national first-class cultural relic, is like a bottomless cup with a thin wall. As for its use, there have been many opinions in the academic circles, some say that it was used by the ancients to tie their hair, and some say that it is a sacrificial product, and there is still no conclusion.
A variety of exquisite painted pottery is also one of the highlights of this exhibition. The surface of these pottery is painted with various cloud and thunder patterns with pigments, which are very similar to the cloud and thunder patterns that later appeared on various bronzes.
“At the beginning of this year, we discussed with the Ao Hanqi Museum in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, about borrowing the exhibition, so that Taizhou citizens can understand the breadth and depth of Chinese culture at their doorstep.” Zhang Feng said.
The exhibition runs from today until December 10. Interested citizens, do not miss it. Reporter Wang Chao