Tracing Chinese History and Exploring Chinese Context -- Approaching the "Four Discoveries of Ancient Chinese Documents at the Beginning of the 20th Century"
2023-02-16
The oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Juyan Han slips, Dunhuang posthumous notes, and cabinet archives of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are the "four major discoveries" of ancient Chinese documents at the beginning of the last century. On February 15, the opening ceremony of the "Four Discoveries of Ancient Chinese Documents at the Beginning of the 20th Century" was held in the National Archives and Records Museum. 249 kinds and 382 pieces of the "Four Discoveries" precious cultural relics collected in various places gathered together for the first time, leading the audience to trace Chinese history and explore Chinese culture. "This exhibition interprets historical materials from a professional perspective, excavates the value of documents, displays cultural relics in innovative forms, tells historical stories, shows the spiritual characteristics of the continuous inheritance and development of the Chinese nation, and highlights the irreplaceable important role of ancient books and documents as an important carrier of history and culture in the inheritance of civilization," said Xiong Yuanming, the curator of the National Library and the curator of the National Archives and Records Museum. On February 15, the opening ceremony of the "Four Discoveries of Ancient Chinese Documents at the Beginning of the 20th Century" was held in the National Archives and Records Museum. Feel the endless Chinese culture, from the earliest mature writing system found in China so far, to the Juyan Han slips, which vividly show the work and life of the border guards and soldiers in the Han Dynasty, from the Dunhuang remains, which has the reputation of "the encyclopedia of China's medieval era", to the largest and most complete archive of the Ming and Qing dynasties in the history of China. In this exhibition, The audience can feel the endless Chinese culture at a close distance. In the "oracle bones at the Yin Ruins", 2174 tortoise shell fragments of the king of Shang who hunted elk and rabbit in the field were recorded. The pictogram of "rabbit" basically shows the shape of the rabbit's front and back legs, small short tail, etc., which is very vivid and vivid; The largest and most numerous oracle bones in the National Library are 5405, 43.5 cm long and 24 cm wide, with 218 characters in total. The content is to offer sacrifices to the Yin Xiangong and the mountain god; Jiagu 5509 recorded the solar eclipse of the Shang Dynasty, which is one of the earliest records of solar eclipse in the world... "Jiagu 2174" of the "Jiagu of the Yin Ruins" topic. On the left is the oracle bone inscription "rabbit". The archives of the Ming and Qing Dynasties are the multi-dimensional records of the social development history of China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The theme of "Archives of the Ming and Qing Dynasties" selects different types of precious archives for centralized display from four aspects, namely, government documents, ancient maps, palace life, and historical books and records. The rare exhibits show the irreplaceable role of archives in witnessing major events, transmitting information, recording life and recording history. It is a major feature of this exhibition to explore the ancient life, describe the ancient life, and explore the ancient sentiment and interest. The special topic of "oracle bones in Yin Ruins" describes in detail the carrier, renovation process, writing method and tools of the oracle bones, and lists the structural rules of the oracle bones, such as hieroglyph, instruction, and understanding, with illustrations and texts; It shows the procedures of oracle bone divination and the complete structure of oracle bone divination in the form of diagrams, and unveils the mystery of oracle bone divination... Juyan Han slips are the slips unearthed from the Juyan beacon site in the Han Dynasty, most of which are the files of the frontier garrison in the Han Dynasty, and a small part of which are books, calendars and personal letters, which truly and vividly show the work and life of the Juyan border guards in the Han Dynasty. Gansu Jiandu Museum has a collection of "The Beacon on the Frontier" (imitation), which is the delay of the invasion of the Huns. According to different circumstances
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