Yanshi Shangcheng Museum

The Shangcheng museum is located in Yanshi City, 30 kilometers east of Luoyang City, Henan Province. It is a historical museum with a simulated palace No.1 in Erlitou of Xia and Shang Dynasties and a "si'a Chongwu" style antique building complex. Yanshi Shangcheng museum was built on the ancient city site of Shang Dynasty (16th century AD). Shangcheng site is the earliest, largest and best preserved ancient city site in China. The Museum covers an area of 16000 square meters and a building area of 3100 square meters. It was started in 1985 and opened in April 1987. The main building of Yanshi Shangcheng museum is a "si'a Chongwu" style antique palace complex. The hall is in the middle, the corridor and veranda are connected, the green brick and tile are simple and elegant, and the courtyard is green pine and cypress, elegant and pleasant. Xia, Shang, Zhou, Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin and Northern Wei dynasties successively established their capitals here, with rich cultural relics. The exhibition hall of historical relics in the museum displays the cultural relics and treasures unearthed from the capitals of the other five dynasties, which are elegant and unique with their own characteristics of the times. The basic exhibition of the museum is the Civilization Exhibition of the capital of Xia, Shang and Wang. The contents of the exhibition are the archaeological achievements over the years of the two earliest imperial capital sites in China recognized by the archaeological circles, namely, the Xiadu Chongyi (Erlitou site in Yanshi) and the Shangdu Xibo (Shangcheng site in Yanshi). The cultural relics on display include bronzes, jades, stone tools, pottery, ivory, etc., which reflect the political, economic, military, cultural and artistic level of the capital of Xia and Shang Dynasties from time to time, and provide valuable information for the study of the beginning of ancient Chinese civilization, the rise of cities and the development of cities.

Yanshi Shangcheng Museum

The Shangcheng Museum in Yanshi is a special Museum of Chinese history. Located in the southwest of Yanshi City, Luoyang City, Henan Province. It was built in October 1985 and opened in April 1987. The main building of the museum is a "four Arab heavy house" style antique palace complex. The hall is in the middle, the corridors are connected, and the green bricks and tiles are green. Simple and elegant, the courtyard of pines and cypresses, prosperous, antique, pleasant scenery. The Museum covers an area of about 16000 square meters, with a construction area of 3100 square meters and an exhibition room area of 1100 square meters. The construction started in October 1985 and was completed in April 1987

Development history

Yanshi Shangcheng museum is the only historical museum in China that focuses on the study, display and publicity of Xia and Shang Dynasties. The museum is located in the southwest corner of Yanshi City, 100 meters east of Yanshi Shangcheng site. The museum is an antique palace complex with the hall in the middle and the corridor connected. It was completed in 1987 and officially opened to the public. It covers an area of 16000 square meters, a construction area of 5500 square meters, an exhibition room area of 2500 square meters, an exhibition line length of 470 meters, and a collection of more than 20000 cultural relics (sets). With a scientific management system, rich display contents, novel display forms, perfect service facilities and beautiful appreciation environment, the museum can be called "the Pearl of western Henan and the treasure house of China".

The main exhibition in the museum is the "Civilization Exhibition of Xia and Shang capitals", which mainly displays the cultural relics unearthed from the two earliest capital sites in China, namely, Xiadu Chongyi (Erlitou cultural site in Yanshi) and Shangdu Xibo (Shangcheng site in Yanshi) over the years, so as to make people understand the nature, scale, city, cultural features of these two capitals, as well as their influence on Chinese history and ancient culture In order to further promote the Chinese civilization, we should have a better understanding of the history of the capital, the history of the development of the ancient capital and the history of Chinese culture.

The museum has nearly ten thousand cultural relics, mainly including bronze, jade, ivory, bone, gold and silver, lacquer, pottery, etc. In addition, we have collected nearly 1000 pieces of stele statues, stone epitaphs and Turquoise micro carvings, including stone portraits of the Western Han Dynasty, steles of emperor Shangfu in Gan Mausoleum of the Han Dynasty, stone coupons for buying land by Shi Tingli and his father in the second year of the founding of the people's Republic of China, steles of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty, and niches for statues.

There are a large number of ritual vessels and living utensils unearthed from Erlitou site and Yanshi Shangcheng site, such as: provincial reticulated bronze tripod, milk nail bronze Baron, bronze cup, bronze weapon, large seven hole jade knife, jade Yue, jade Zhang, jade boat and characteristic pottery tripod. Pottery vessels, pottery vessels and other daily utensils, as well as Taotie pattern Bronze Zun, dragon pattern bronze vessel, bronze Ge, bronze vessel, copper wok, as well as jade, ivory and pottery unearthed from Yanshi shopping mall. The palace model of the second generation of Xia and Shang Dynasties is restored in the museum, which is equipped with drawing boards, photos and text descriptions. The museum also holds temporary exhibitions such as "treasures of past dynasties", "three colors of Tang Dynasty", "Buddhist art" and "Chinese currency of past dynasties".

As a wonderful work of Chinese sculpture art, stone carving has a long history in China. The second phase project of Yanshi Shangcheng Museum, the stone carving art gallery, has an exhibition area of 1500 square meters. There are 200 stone carvings unearthed in Yanshi area over the years, including steles, statues, wengzhong and epitaphs. Among them, there are many famous calligraphy steles, font steles and historical materials steles, such as "shitingli father's land purchase certificate" in Eastern Han Dynasty and "Feizhi" in Taoism The stone tablet, the Xiping stone Scripture (fragment) by Cai Yong, the tombstone of XunYue in the Western Jin Dynasty, the statue tablet of Zhai xingzu in the fourth year of Zhengguang in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the epitaph of Guo Xuji written by Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty show the brilliant achievements of Chinese Literature, history, art, science, politics and life in thousands of years.

On December 5, 2016, the National Tourism Administration announced that the 3A scenic spot of Yanshi Shangcheng museum was downgraded.

architectural composition

Yanshi Shangcheng museum is a special historical museum. The main building is a "si'a Chongwu" style antique palace complex, the hall is in the middle, the corridor and veranda are connected, and the green bricks and tiles are green. Simple and elegant, the courtyard of pines and cypresses, prosperous, antique, pleasant scenery. The Museum covers an area of about 16000 square meters, with a construction area of 3100 square meters and an exhibition room area of 1100 square meters. The construction started in October 1985 and was completed in April 1987. It mainly displays the first slavery country of the Chinese civilization, the capital of the Xia Dynasty, the "ruins" of Yanshi, and the essence of cultural relics excavated in the past years. Among them, the early bronzes, large-scale jades and ivory unearthed from Erlitou site represent the earliest bronze culture of the Chinese nation so far. A large number of bronzes, jades and bone artifacts unearthed from the "shixianggou shopping mall" in Yanshi represent the early Shang culture of the Chinese nation.

The exhibition hall of "Xia Shang Wang Du Civilization Exhibition" covers an area of 1100 square meters. The selection of cultural relics in the display is based on "the capital of Xia" and "the capital of Xia"“ Based on the historical and archaeological research, especially the research results of Xia, Shang and Zhou dynastic engineering, from the perspectives of agriculture, handicraft industry, culture and art, trade, urban construction and other fields, and supplemented by appropriate signboards, concise and clear text introduction, archaeological knowledge, and mobilization of sound, light and image, the paper takes "Xibo" as the unit It can reflect the political, economic, cultural, military, life and other social conditions of Xia and Shang Dynasties comprehensively, systematically and truthfully. Chen Zhanzhong's bronze ritual, jade, pottery and stone tools, weapons, bone and horn implements, micro carving ornaments, palace models, city profile models, building component relics and so on, not only has high historical and scientific research value, but also most of them are national treasures of exquisite workmanship, which fully demonstrates the profound historical and cultural heritage of the ancient capital. The East and West exhibition rooms are temporary exhibitions. Based on the rich collection of cultural relics and rich archaeological research results of Yanshi, the ancient capital of the seven dynasties, we selected excellent cultural relics to present to the audience, and witnessed the glorious course and great achievements of Yanshi's modernization from the aspect of cultural relics and archaeology. At the same time, we should grasp the pulse of the times and hold large-scale exhibitions of great practical significance, so as to arouse people's enthusiasm for building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.

Exhibition hall display

Basic Display

The basic exhibition is the Civilization Exhibition of the capital of Xia and Shang Dynasties. The contents of the exhibition are the archaeological achievements over the years of the two earliest imperial capital sites in China recognized by the archaeological circles, namely, the Xiadu Chongyi (Erlitou site in Yanshi) and the Shangdu Xibo (Shangcheng site in Yanshi).

The cultural relics and treasures of Yanshi Shangcheng Museum, such as bronzes, jades, stone tools, pottery and ivory, reflect the political, economic, military, cultural and artistic level of the capital of Xia and Shang Dynasties from time to time, and provide valuable information for the study of the beginning of ancient Chinese civilization, the rise of cities and the development of cities. Based on the relics unearthed from the two metropolises, the exhibition vividly reflects the urban style, the establishment of royal power, the division of classes, and the development of production, living standards, writing and culture. Based on archaeological research and historical knowledge, especially the research results of "Xia Shang Zhou dating project" in China, supplemented by appropriate title and concise text description, this paper correctly prompts the information reflected by relics, and comprehensively introduces the historical connotation of "Xia Du Zhen" and "Shang Du Xi Bo".

Stone exhibition hall

Every exhibit in the stone tool exhibition hall "Civilization Exhibition of the capital of Xia and Shang Dynasties" tells us an extraordinary experience. The numerous stone daggers and large-scale jade Yue unearthed from Erlitou site are the weapons and instruments of honor used by the first military officers and soldiers to defend the country in Chinese history, and they are the symbol of royal power. The palace model of Erlitou No.1 on display in the section of the capital of Xia is a successful attempt to reproduce "the first palace of China"

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