Shaoxing Yue Culture Museum

Shaoxing Yue Culture Museum

Shaoxing is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China. It has a history of about 9000 years of human activities, 4000 years of written records and 2500 years of construction history. It has bred extremely rich cultural relics resources and is known as the "museum without walls". On March 6, 2007, Shaoxing Museum of history of Yue State, Shaoxing Museum of history of wine and Shaoxing Museum of history of textile were launched, which fully interpreted Shaoxing's long historical context and displayed Shaoxing's profound cultural heritage.

Development history

Shaoxing Yue Culture Museum is located at the intersection of Lu Xun road and Zhongxing Road, connecting Shenyuan in the East and Lu Xun's hometown in the West. It is a wonderful cultural flower in the center of the city. It is also a private museum with the largest scale, the most complete variety and the best collection of Yue cultural relics at home and abroad, attracting tourists from all over the world. The exhibition area is 3800 square meters, which is divided into four series: Celadon of Yue Kiln, bronze mirror of Kuaiji, ancient Yue weapons, gold, silver and jade. Yue Kiln celadon is a collection of representative works from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty. It is of exquisite quality. The authentic secret color tribute porcelain is a well-known treasure of the country. Kuaiji bronze mirror is famous at home and abroad with exquisite workmanship. Ancient Yue weapons are unique in ancient Yue and are popular all over the world. On the fourth floor of the exhibition hall, there is a "national quintessence hall", which is an important exhibition area of the museum. The treasures on display include the treasures of the founding emperor of Yue State Yunchang and the king of Wu. The "sword of the king" and the "terracotta warriors and horses of Tang Yue Kiln" are all unique products at home and abroad, which can be called national treasures.

architectural composition

The Museum of Yue history systematically introduces the most distinctive history and culture of Yue through nearly 1000 pieces of Yue cultural relics from ancient times to the Western Han Dynasty, including the most distinctive Yue bronzes, jades, primitive celadon and impression pottery. Yue Culture Museum has three floors, with a total area of 6800 square meters. The exhibition hall is more than 4000 square meters. It is composed of three special galleries, namely Yue History Museum, Shaoxing wine history museum and textile history museum, and a temporary exhibition hall. There are hundreds of cultural relics, including stone plows and axes of the stone age, copper swords and dove sticks of the Warring States period, and a large number of Yue Kiln celadon. The museum reproduces the splendid civilization of Shaoxing's Yue history, presents the long history of Shaoxing wine, a traditional industry, and highlights the unique charm of Shaoxing's leading textile industry. The museum has novel architecture and unique design. Under the premise of respecting the physical exhibits, Shaoxing Yue Culture Museum integrates modern scientific and technological means, such as virtual phantom imaging, ring screen film, dynamic film and television, to further improve the art of display and appreciation.

Shaoxing County is a large cultural relic county with rich cultural relic resources. The establishment of Yue culture museum plays a very important role in protecting local cultural relic resources and promoting Yue culture. It is reported that the establishment of the Yue Culture Museum has received the concern and support of people with lofty ideals from all walks of life. They have donated money and materials to contribute their part.

Collection

The Warring States period clay black pottery chime Ming ware. A total of 19 pieces, the same shape and size. The largest one is 34 cm in height and the smallest one is 13.3 cm in height. The clay gray pottery is covered with black pottery, most of which have been peeled off.

In the spring and Autumn period, the head of the bronze Jiuzhang was 26.7 cm, and its upsetting length was 30.6 cm. In ancient times, the staff of dove was a thing of respect for the elderly and a symbol of power and status. The staff consists of three parts: the head, the body and the head. The head of the staff is a dove with a short beak and tail. It spreads its wings to fly, and its whole body is decorated with feather patterns. It is a kneeling figure with hair on the head to the forehead and ears, a bun on the back of the head, a hairpin across the head, and geometric patterns and cicada patterns on the body. It truly reproduces the custom of "breaking hair and tattooing" of ancient Yue people. The head and head of the stick are hollow and used to fix the wooden stick.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, the celadon plastic stacking pot of Yue Kiln is composed of two parts. In the upper part, there are two layers of sculptures for the palace que, figures and birds; in the lower part, there is a Guishou Guifu stele on the front, which is engraved with the inscription "Kuaiji, chushining, for funeral, it is suitable for descendants, for officials to move high, and there is no limit". Among the palaces and palaces around them, there are many kinds of figurines of Hu people, either playing Qin, playing Sheng, beating drums, or talking and singing. The lower part is the can body, and the patterns of riding and shooting and animals are stacked around the abdominal wall. Green glaze is applied outside, the glaze surface is even and smooth.

The cover of the original porcelain pot of the Warring States period has been lost, with the mouth of the son and mother and three half ring ears on the shoulder. The shoulder and abdomen are decorated with cloud pattern and wide band for three weeks. Green yellow glaze is applied outside. It is first discovered in Shaoxing.

Address: Yueguo Culture Museum, 398 Mingzhu Road, Keqiao District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China postcode: 312030

Longitude: 120.58751629448

Latitude: 29.99141277311

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