Stone pig grips unearthed from the ancient tombs of Tortoise Hill
“Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of People’s Republic of China (PRC)-Exhibition of Archaeological Achievements of Fuyang over the Years”, sponsored by Hangzhou Garden Cultural Relics Bureau and Fuyang District People’s Government, opened in the exhibition hall of Fuyang Museum on August 11th, and the exhibition will last until October 10th.
Since 1950s and 1960s, with the support and help of Zhejiang Institute of Archaeology and Hangzhou Institute of Archaeology, Fuyang has carried out archaeological excavations on more than 30 projects including Xiaochangshan Ancient Tombs, Hangxinjing Expressway and Wuguishan Ancient Tombs, and unearthed a large number of cultural relics, which filled many gaps in Fuyang’s historical research. Among them, Sizhou Papermaking Workshop Site, a state-level cultural relics protection unit, is the earliest paper-making site discovered in China at present, and the only paper-making site with intact technological relics. It is a direct example and precious example of the invention of papermaking technology and papermaking technology in China. The discovery of Wayaoli site pushed the history of Fuyang to about 6,000 years ago, especially more than 20 cemeteries discovered by archaeology from the late Songze culture to the early Liangzhu culture, which clearly reflected the social organization, production and living conditions of Fuchun River Basin at that time, and was of great significance for understanding and restoring the development process of prehistoric society and early culture in Fuchun River Basin.
Tell history with things and history with physical evidence. This exhibition displays more than 30 important archaeological sites in Fuyang area from 1958 to the present, in chronological order, from the earliest Wayaoli site to the ancient tomb of Taiping Silian Cave, which has a time span of 6000 years. Take the horizontally important excavated sites as the point, and lead everyone to understand the stories behind archaeological discoveries through explanation of boards, physical display and on-site interaction.
The important archaeological discoveries in Fuyang area since the founding of New China were reviewed and selected, including the ancient tombs of Lion Mountain, the site of Sizhou Paper Mill, the ancient tombs along Hangxinjing Expressway and the site of Wayaoli, which were first excavated by Fuyang in 1972. From the more than 2,000 pieces of archaeological discoveries in Fuyang over the years, 217 pieces of representative cultural relics from different periods were selected for your appreciation, and most of them were exhibited to the public for the first time.
“This is a feast of cultural relics that allows history to speak, the collection to speak, and the story of Fuyang.” Xia Fen, member of the Standing Committee of Fuyang District Committee and Minister of Propaganda Department, said in his speech that in recent years, Fuyang cultural heritage protection has developed vigorously and archaeological excavations have yielded fruitful results. This exhibition is a concrete measure to enhance the popularity and influence of Fuyang cultural relics protection, and it is also an important cultural activity to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of People’s Republic of China (PRC). She hopes that the cultural relics workers in the whole region will live up to their mission, be responsible for keeping the land, systematically sort out the traditional cultural resources, constantly dig deep into the precious value of ancient cultures and sites, and explore effective ways to “live” the innovative cultural heritage, so as to truly “make the cultural relics collected in museums, the heritage displayed on vast land, and the characters written in ancient books come alive”. (Reporter Luo Binghao in Fuyang, correspondent Fang Jian)