Lijiashan bronze Museum

Lijiashan bronze Museum has two bronze exhibition halls and a painting and calligraphy exhibition hall, which displays precious cultural relics such as "Niu Hu bronze case" unearthed in the 1970s and made a sensation in the world. It is the first professional bronze museum with complete functions in China. The museum displays many bronzes, gold and jade, which represent the ancient Dian culture. According to their functions and uses, they are divided into production, life, military, dance and decoration.

Lijiashan bronze Museum

Lijiashan bronze museum is located in Jiangchuan County, south of Kunming. It was built and opened in the autumn of 1994. It displays precious cultural relics such as the "ox tiger bronze case" unearthed in the 1970s and made a sensation in the world. It can also undertake the task of repairing, sorting out and copying cultural relics. It is the first bronze museum with complete functions in China. The museum has eight exhibition halls, among which 279 of more than 2000 cultural relics are on display in the bronze exhibition hall,. According to their functions and uses, they are divided into production, life, military, dance and decoration.

Introduction to Museum

The Lijiashan bronze Museum in Yunnan Province has eight exhibition halls, including two bronze exhibition halls and one painting and calligraphy exhibition hall. The exhibition hall mainly displays the works of contemporary Jiangchuan calligraphers and painters as well as the works of some famous people who have visited the museum.

The bronze exhibition hall displays 279 pieces of more than 2000 cultural relics, including bronzes, gold and jade. According to their functions and uses, they are divided into production, life, military, dance and decoration.

Social production

It includes sharp leaf copper hoe, trapezoidal copper hoe, curved blade copper hoe, flat blade copper hoe, strip type copper hoe, hollowed out copper hoe, wide blade copper hoe, curved copper axe, snake head shaped hollowed out copper ware, etc. Among them, the copper hoe and the snake shaped copper ware are very special. They may be agricultural tools used in water. It is the first time that the snake head shaped copper carving was found in Yunnan. In addition to agricultural production, animal husbandry, fishery and hunting also accounted for a large proportion in ancient Dian society. The textile shell container carved the scene of textile activities under the supervision of the ladies, from which we can understand the level of textile technology at that time. Gilding, forging, model casting, inlaying, line engraving, gold inlaying and film pressing show that in addition to the lost wax casting process, different processes and techniques are adopted, and the bronze casting industry is relatively developed. Tongjuji, Taotie sword, animal shaped gold ornaments, revolving gold ornaments, Huiwen mirror, helioscope, Bairu mirror, seashells and so on are important witnesses of the ancient Dian state's external exchanges.

Life

It includes male and female bronze figurines, models of copper houses, copper stoves, copper pots, copper drums, copper cauldrons, Li Niu's shell storage utensils, sacrificial clasps, sacrificial shell storage utensils, and copper dowries, etc., reflecting the housing, clothing, hair styles, and living customs of the ancient Dian people.

Military

It includes copper fork, copper Ge, gilt armor, copper axe, copper Cheng, copper hammer, gold sheath and iron sword, copper peck, copper spear, copper sword, scabbard, hanging man copper spear, copper stick, Ligou Langya stick, etc., from which we can understand the characteristics of military equipment, weapon production and combat mode of ancient Dian state. The appearance of iron weapons shows that the productivity level of ancient Dian state has been greatly improved and the production technology is quite developed.

Music and dance

Including chime bells, gilded bronze drums, bronze drums, squatting frog bronze drums, drum shaped shell storage, etc. A set of chime bells, 6 in size, can make different sounds. It is specially used for grand celebrations and is often accompanied by bronze drums. A large number of bronze drums are painted with dance scenes, including solo dance, four person dance and group dance. Bronze drum was a common percussion instrument at that time. The gilded bronze drum, squatting frog bronze drum and drum shaped shell storage device, which were transformed from the bronze drum, lost their original function and significance and were endowed with new connotation.

Decoration

Including gold belt and copper buckle, animal edge (monkey edge, chicken edge, snake edge) rectangular buckle, animal pattern (two tigers eat cattle, two tigers eat deer, four tigers eat cattle, tiger and leopard eat sheep, tiger and leopard eat cattle, tiger and leopard eat deer, upright leopard, upright bear, etc.) buckle, copper bracelet, golden scabbard, golden plutonium, gold necklace, gold hair ornament, cup-shaped gold ornament, gold flower, gold trigger finger, jade earring, agate buckle, peacock stone bead tube Horse ornament, staff head copper ornament, etc. Most of these ornaments were worn by nobles at that time, including headdress, headdress, eardress, waist ornament, arm ornament and leg ornament. A wide range of production materials, including bronze, jade, agate, malachite, turquoise and so on. Some of them are accessories on clothes or utensils. There were a considerable number of cavalry in the ancient Dian war, so the decoration of horses was also valued, including horse title, bridle, buckle, horse bell and danglu.

Exhibitions and collections

Hand shaped bronze dagger

The cultural relic of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 8 A.D.) is 26.2 cm long and 9 cm wide. It was unearthed from tomb 51 of Lijiashan, Jiangchuan, Yunnan Province. The hand shaped dagger may be used as a guard of honor. It is like a hand holding the power of life and death. With ingenious design and peculiar shape, the utensils combine decorative effect with practical function. They are rare in Chinese bronzes and show the rich imagination of Dian people. They are artistic treasures of Dian culture.

Stone marrow ball

The cultural relic of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 A.D.) is 6.1 cm long and 2.2-2.3 cm in diameter. It was unearthed from tomb 69, Lijiashan, Jiangchuan, Yunnan. The white pattern on the surface of the stone bead is not natural, but chemical corrosion and artificial processing. This kind of flower etching technology first appeared in West Asia and South Asia, which may be introduced through the ancient "Shu Shendu road", indicating that ancient Yunnan was far influenced by foreign culture.

Wide brimmed Jade Bracelet

The cultural relic of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 8 A.D.) has an outer diameter of 20.6 cm, an inner diameter of 6.7 cm and a lip height of 1.2 cm. It was unearthed from tomb 47, Lijiashan, Jiangchuan, Yunnan. This jade bracelet is the largest one with wide edges unearthed from the tombs of ancient Dian culture. The wide edge jade bracelet is a kind of arm ornament unique to Yunnan. Most of the jade bracelets come from the arms of the tomb owners. The people who wear the jade bracelet include knights, dancers and the upper class figures of Yunnan.

Bronze chime bells

The cultural relic of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 8 A.D.) is 40.6-50.2 cm high and 16.8-20.4 cm wide. It was unearthed from tomb 51 of Lijiashan, Jiangchuan, Yunnan. A set of 6 bronze chime clocks, depending on their size, are oblate and cylindrical in shape. The body of the chime is decorated with spiral patterns, and the bell mouth is oval. There is only one set of chime bells in Lijiashan cemetery, which indicates that the owner of the tomb has a very high identity and may be the "King" or "Marquis" of the ancient Dian state.

Copper fish stick headdress

The cultural relic of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 8 A.D.), 26 cm high and 22.3 cm long, was unearthed from tomb 51, Lijiashan, Jiangchuan, Yunnan. In large tombs, the head of the copper fish staff is placed in pairs in the long handled weapons such as spear, spear and stick, and in the guard of honor. The production is very exquisite, so it should be a special guard of honor.

Address: Xingyun Road, Jiangchuan County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 102.746517

Latitude: 24.292034

Tel: 0877-2067406

Tour time: 2 hours

Traffic information: take the minibus from Kunming east station to Jiangchuan County, then walk to the county

Ticket information: ticket: 10 yuan

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