【Commentary】On September 9, the special exhibition "Gaze at Sanxingdui - New Discoveries of Sichuan Archaeology" will be unveiled at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. On September 27, a reporter from China News Agency learned from the Hong Kong Palace Museum that the 9 cultural relics exhibited in this exhibition were unearthed from Sanxingdui, Jinsha and Baodun and other sites, and will be divided into four units to present the art world, urban life, spiritual beliefs, etc. of Sanxingdui, exploring the material culture and spiritual life, artistic attainments and technological achievements of the Chengdu Plain.
【During the same period】Ran Honglin, director of the Sanxingdui Institute of Archaeology, Sichuan Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
It is very comprehensive, basically the Sanxingdui site, some of the all-round characteristics it presents, including ordinary life, and the various aspects presented by the sacrificial activities are reflected in this exhibition. Basically, through this exhibition, we can feel some concepts, creativity and imagination embodied in the Sanxingdui site and the ancient Shu civilization it represents in the sacrificial activities.
【Commentary】It is reported that the exhibition is full of highlights, nearly half of the cultural relics are newly unearthed cultural relics at the Sanxingdui site in recent years, and among the cultural relics on display, there are as many as 23 national first-class cultural relics.
【During the same period】Ran Honglin, director of the Sanxingdui Institute of Archaeology, Sichuan Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
The first is the "bronze mask" recently unearthed in pit three, which is the most complete preserved and largest bronze mask we know of the Sanxingdui site and even the world. Through this "bronze mask", everyone can feel the Sanxingdui site and the ancient Shu civilization, which attaches great importance to the image of the character. The second thing is that you can pay attention to the "tiger head dragon statue" unearthed in pit No. 8, then the image of this dragon can be very intuitively felt, Sanxingdui people their skillful casting technology for copper, because this dragon image is very lifelike.
Ran Honglin, director of the Sanxingdui Institute of Archaeology of the Sichuan Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, said that Hong Kong has maintained close cultural exchanges and cooperation with mainland cities for a long time, and expects Hong Kong citizens and tourists at home and abroad to learn about the splendid ancient Shu civilization through the exhibition, expand the international influence of Chinese culture, and promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
【During the same period】Ran Honglin, director of the Sanxingdui Institute of Archaeology, Sichuan Academy of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
Hong Kong and the mainland, especially Sichuan, have had a lot of connections, and this has been the case since ancient times. Like the jade zhang found in Hong Kong, this jade is actually closely related to the jade zhang presented in Sanxingdui's exhibition. Before and after Hong Kong's return to the motherland, many of our scholars in Sichuan carried out archaeological excavations in Hong Kong. In addition, in recent years, there are many groups like Hong Kong Chinese University and the University of Hong Kong, and student internships like this have been carried out in our Sichuan, especially in the Sanxingdui site, this connection is very close, and we will definitely further strengthen this close connection in the future.
Reporting by Fan Siyi and Liu Xuanting from Hong Kong
Responsible Editor: [Ye Pan]