On January 15th, the “pottery soul color rhyme —— Gansu colored pottery exhibition” jointly hosted by Jiaxing Museum and Gansu Provincial Cultural Relics Store was officially launched in the Heyuan exhibition hall on the third floor. There will also be launched during the exhibition, which will last until March 15.
Pottery is one of the great inventions of mankind. About eight thousand years ago, the ancestors of the Weihe River Basin, represented by Dadi Bay successfully produced the first batch of colored pottery in China. It is also one of the earliest painted pottery in the world. Gansu colored pottery originated from the early Neolithic Age and ended in the late Bronze Age. After more than 5,000 years, it is the longest continuation of the colored pottery in China. Among them, Majiayao culture colored pottery with its beautiful shape, flowers like a brocade pattern, cast the heyday of Gansu colored pottery art.
The exhibition exhibited more than 80 pieces of painted pottery ware, From the “Majiayao culture”, “Qi Qi culture”, “Xindian culture”, “Temple Wa culture”, “Shajing” culture ” five parts about the prosperity of painted pottery culture, There are different types of instruments, Both round and full pottery POTS, pottery POTS, There is also no lack of delicate and small pottery cups and pottery POTS, One of the most distinctive is the elaborate and changeable patterns, Some of these patterns are full of the ancestors’ deep awe for nature, If there are water ripples and vortex lines that express people’s admiration for the river, There are also patterns of gods that express the ancestors’ worship of gods, Some are gorgeous and elegant, A gorgeous pattern, Such as serrated, gourd, gridds, diamond, etc., Exquisite shape with rich decoration, Their wisdom has left us with different styles, colorful art treasures, It also reflects their cognition and experience of beauty in that time.(Jiaxing Museum)