Hosted by the National Museum of China and the Hunan Museum, co-organized by the Sanxingdui Museum, the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and 10 other cultural institutions, the Exhibition of Chinese Ancient Bronzeware, which is an original new-year exhibition of the Chinese civilization series, opened at the Hunan Museum on December 30, 2021.
The exhibition is divided into four sections, namely “Age of The Kings”, “Major Undertakings of the Country”, “Out of Imperial Courts”, and “Afterglow of Bronze Age”, focusing on the development of bronzeware in ancient China and displaying bronze ritual vessels and articles for daily use from different eras. The exhibition includes more than 280 pieces (sets) of rare bronzeware, which are the carriers of ancient material culture and spiritual culture. From them, we can get a glimpse of the refined grace of bronzeware in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and its inheritance and changes during the period ranging from the Han dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The organizers devoted this exhibition to explaining the indispensable role of bronzeware in the governance of kings, state affairs, life of the noble families and cultural heritage, highlighting the importance of the bronzeware to the traditional Chinese culture, so as to recall the origin of the Chinese culture and awaken the memory of the ancient ritual and music culture in the Chinese nation.
The exhibition will be on display until May 18, 2022.
Source: the Hunan Museum