Zhenjiang Museum

Zhenjiang museum was founded in 1958, and its present building was completed in 1890, covering an area of more than 70 mu. It is located at the foot of Yuntai Mountain in the west, the vast Yangtze River in the north, and xijindu ancient street in the East. It is one of the earliest British consulates built along the Chinese coast, with five buildings in total. The architectural style is East Indian. She is surrounded by mountains and rivers. She is well arranged. Although she has experienced a hundred years of wind and rain, her style remains the same. This modern architectural remains with important historical, scientific and artistic values, unique style and well preserved, is rare in China, so it was announced as a national key protection unit by the State Council on November 26, 1996.

There are five basic exhibitions in Zhenjiang Museum, namely, Bronze Ware Exhibition of Wu culture unearthed in Zhenjiang, ceramic ware exhibition of past dynasties, ancient gold and silver ware exhibition, ancient craft exhibition and calligraphy and painting exhibition of Jingjiang painting school. The treasures of the town hall are the bronze Phoenix shaped statue in the bronze exhibition hall and the silver gilded tortoise in the gold and silver exhibition hall.

Zhenjiang Museum

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Zhenjiang Museum generally refers to Zhenjiang Museum

Zhenjiang museum was founded in 1958, and its present building was completed in 1890, covering an area of more than 70 mu. It is located at the foot of Yuntai Mountain in the west, the vast Yangtze River in the north, and xijindu ancient street in the East. It is one of the earliest British consulates built along the Chinese coast, with five buildings in total. The architectural style is East Indian. She is surrounded by mountains and rivers. She is well arranged. Although she has experienced a hundred years of wind and rain, her style remains the same. This modern architectural remains with important historical, scientific and artistic values, unique style and well preserved, is rare in China, so it was announced as a national key protection unit by the State Council on November 26, 1996.

Collection

Zhenjiang museum is a comprehensive museum of local history and art. It was founded in 1958. The site of the museum is the former British Consulate, covering an area of 11700 square meters. Five East Indian style buildings are built on the mountain. In 1995, a cultural relics storehouse of 1780 square meters was built, covering an area of 5456 square meters. In 1996, it was approved by the State Council and announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In this art palace, there are more than 30000 cultural relics from the stone age to the Ming and Qing Dynasties and 100000 ancient books. Among them, there are one Chinese treasure level cultural relic, more than 70 national first-class cultural relics and more than 300 second-class cultural relics. The collection features bronze wares of the Western Zhou Dynasty, celadon wares of the Six Dynasties, gold and silver wares of the Tang, song, yuan and Ming Dynasties, and calligraphy and painting of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. These treasures are shining with the wisdom and civilization of the Chinese nation, showing the historical development of the ancient city of Zhenjiang.

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With the concern and support of the Zhenjiang municipal Party committee, the municipal government and all walks of life, the construction of the new exhibition hall of Zhenjiang museum was listed as one of the 16 practical things that the government did for the people in 2002. The construction of the new exhibition hall started on December 31, 2002, and was completed and opened to the outside world by the end of 2004. The new exhibition hall, with an area of 5300 square meters and a building area of 5158 square meters, backs Yuntai mountain. After the completion of the new exhibition hall, the floor area of the whole hall will be expanded to 20000 square meters, and the building area will also be expanded to 10600 square meters. With the construction of the new exhibition hall, the five buildings in the old area will be restored according to the original appearance of the British Consulate, and the whole area will be reconstructed according to the British garden style, so as to build Zhenjiang Museum into a first-class Garden Museum and a charming cultural tourist attraction in China.

After the completion of the new exhibition hall, the display conditions of cultural relics in Zhenjiang museum have been fundamentally improved. The advanced security alarm system and fire alarm system fully guarantee the safety of cultural relics exhibition. The central air conditioning system plays a good role in the protection of cultural relics. There are five basic exhibitions on display in the exhibition hall, namely, Bronze Ware Exhibition of Wu culture unearthed in Zhenjiang, ceramic ware exhibition of the past dynasties, ancient gold and silver ware exhibition of the collection, ancient craft exhibition of the collection, and calligraphy and painting exhibition of Jingjiang painting school.

There are 27 staff in Zhenjiang Museum, including 21 people with college degree or above, accounting for 78% of the total number of people in the museum; there are 7 people with senior professional title, 4 people with intermediate professional title, 12 people with primary professional title, accounting for 85% of the total number of people with professional title, and receiving more than 100000 visitors annually. The library has made outstanding achievements in scientific research. "Remote Sensing Archaeology Research on platform shaped ruins and Mound Tombs of Shang and Zhou dynasties in Zhenjiang area" won the third prize of science and technology progress of the State Administration of cultural relics; "comprehensive research on bronzes of Wu state" won the second prize of science and technology progress of the State Administration of cultural relics and the first prize of science and technology progress of the Provincial Department of culture. Urban archaeology work has been praised by the State Administration of cultural relics for many times. From 2001 to 2003, he participated in the "Three Gorges archaeology conference" three times for Zhenjiang This historical and cultural city has improved its popularity and reputation. At the same time, the social education work is also rich and colorful, with an annual average of 15 temporary exhibitions of various types, which has achieved good social benefits.

Zhenjiang museum is an excellent Museum of Jiangsu Province; a patriotism education base named by Jiangsu provincial Party committee and Zhenjiang municipal Party committee; a moral education base named by Jiangsu provincial government and Zhenjiang municipal government; a provincial advanced collective named by the Provincial Personnel Department and cultural department; a civilized unit named by Zhenjiang municipal Party committee and municipal government; an advanced collective named by Zhenjiang Municipal Personnel Bureau and Zhenjiang Municipal Cultural Bureau; and an advanced collective named by Zhenjiang municipal government It is an advanced tourism collective named by the government.

Historical development

After the second Opium War, the Qing government and British imperialism signed the "Tianjin treaty" in 1858, and Zhenjiang was opened as a trading port.

After the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in 1864, the British imperialists began to build consulates on Mount Yuntai.

In 1889, the British patrol beat up Chinese hawkers, which caused great indignation of the people in Zhenjiang, and then burned the British Consulate. The incompetent Qing government compensated 40000 taels of silver for the reconstruction, which was completed in 1890.

In October 1933, the British Consulate in Zhenjiang returned to the hands of the Chinese people, ending the privileges of British imperialism in Zhenjiang.

It has been used as the site of Zhenjiang museum since 1962.

In 1982, it was announced by Jiangsu Provincial People's government as a key cultural relic protection unit of modern historical relics and revolutionary memorial buildings.

In 1996, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit. In recent years, the State Administration of cultural relics and the provincial and municipal governments have repeatedly allocated funds for maintenance.

The former site of the British Consulate in Zhenjiang is not only the historical evidence of the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government and the invasion of China by British imperialism, but also the historical witness of the Chinese people's brave resistance to imperialist aggression and oppression.

Exhibitions and collections

Bronze mandarin duck statue

Dagang, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, is the birthplace of Wu culture. There are aristocratic tombs from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the spring and Autumn period. In September 1982, Zhenjiang Museum excavated a tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty at Mu Zi dun. About 900 pieces of cultural relics were unearthed, including hard pottery with geometric impression, primitive celadon and bronze ware. This tomb provides valuable material for the study of the early culture of Wu state. The bronze mandarin duck shaped statue is one of the best unearthed relics in the tomb.

Yuanyang shaped Zun is a practical wine container. It is 22.2 cm in height and 18.3 cm in diameter. The abdomen is 17 cm deep. The whole body is in the shape of mandarin duck, with a crown on the top of the head and a mouth on the back. It is the same as the common round Zun, with plump body, feet standing side by side and a spiral pillar behind to support the whole body and maintain stability. The whole body is plain. The shape is realistic, reflecting the strong local characteristics. This kind of bird and animal like utensils is a special shape in the bronze wine vessels of Shang and Zhou dynasties. It is said in the book of Liang and biography of Liu Yao that "according to the ancient Zun Yi people, wood is carved for birds and animals, and the top and ridge are chiseled to produce wine." It is believed that this kind of bionic animal and bird image is influenced by wood three-dimensional carving. Early Western Zhou Dynasty.

Bronze double eared cudgel

The bronze double ears are straight mouth, deep abdomen, rolled edge, circled feet, and the heads of the two animals hang down. The lower part of the mouth is decorated with geometric couplet pattern, and the middle part is decorated with butterfly shaped relief head, belly Taotie pattern and ring foot geometric couplet pattern. It is 14 cm in height, 22.2 cm in diameter, 11.5 cm in abdominal depth and weighs 3.15 kg. In the slave society of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, like the tripod, it was also used as a symbol of the nobility. According to the book of rites and archaeological findings, Zhen often appears in an even number, four with five, six with seven, eight with nine. The bronze double eared cudgel was unearthed from the mother and son mound on the Qiaoben ridge in Dagang, Dantu, Jiangsu Province in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The object is well preserved, and the pattern is exquisite and beautiful. It has local and contemporary characteristics. Zhenjiang museum is a national first-class cultural relic.

Bronze Phoenix Statue

It is 34 cm high, 41.1 cm in diameter and 107 cm in circumference, and was unearthed in the cellar of situ commune in Danyang, Jiangsu Province in December 1976. Its mouth is extravagant, its belly is tilted, its feet are encircled, and its whole body is decorated with gorgeous patterns. There are four groups of petal shaped ornaments composed of opposite long tailed birds at the bottom of the mouth. The long tail of the bird is rolled up in the shape of ∽ to sing and dance; the neck is made of two string patterns, with breast nails and sacrificial head as the boundary, and decorated with two pairs of large phoenix patterns. The Phoenix is facing each other, looking at the head and spreading its wings, with bright eyes. The beak is lifted up, the long crown is winding, and it is thrown to the neck. The tail on both sides is rolled up and down to form C, and the bird's claws are made of music Line out. Each of the two birds has a small animal pattern with round head, protruding eyes, four feet and long claws. The front feet flutter forward and the rear feet bend and stretch. One is a long body, the other is a round body, which seems to be different between male and female. It has a tail

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