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China has thousands of years of maritime tradition and maritime civilization, which is an important part of China's excellent traditional culture. The China Maritime Museum's "The Sea Is There - Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Maritime Relics" shows the thousand-year sailing process of the mainland, tells us the story of Chinese navigation, and spreads the sound of Chinese navigation.
Watch the exhibition in the clouds, discover the fine cultural relics of ancient Chinese navigation, and the sea is right in front of your eyes!
Exhibition overview
The Shanghai China Maritime Museum, together with 25 cultural and cultural institutions in 10 provinces and cities along the coast of China, launched the original large-scale cultural relics exhibition "The Sea is There: The Great Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Maritime Cultural Relics", which tells the long-standing and profound Chinese maritime civilization and reveals the exchanges and mutual learning of civilizations that occur through navigation.
The exhibition displays a total of 162 pieces/sets of fine maritime cultural relics, which are divided into six units: "Connecting the Ocean", "Exotic Treasures", "Maritime History Snapshots", "Maritime Trade Stories", "Boats of Faith" and "East-West Mutual Learning", which tell the stories of ancient Chinese navigation from different angles such as navigation technology, exotic objects, character events, overseas trade, religious beliefs and customs, and cultural mutual learning.
The exhibition won the 18th "National Museum Top Ten Exhibition Promotion" winner award and the 2020 Shanghai Museum Exhibition Exhibition Promotion.
Exhibition Highlights
Highlight 1: Ten provinces join forces, covering the widest coverage in history
A total of 25 cultural and cultural institutions from ten provinces and cities along the coast of China participated in the exhibition, showing China's diversified maritime culture with the most distinctive nautical cultural relics from all over the world. Such a wide coverage is the first time in a domestic nautical theme exhibition.
Highlight two: 100 fine works, nautical cultural relics and heavy weapons gathered
The exhibition brings together the heavyweight collections of major museums, including many cultural relics of the treasure level of the town museum, which is not only of great significance in the history of navigation, but also an artistic treasure with "appearance".
Highlight 3: Nine shipwrecks, recreating the thousand-year-old memory of The Silk
The exhibition specially sets up a shipwreck theme display area, bringing together nine well-known shipwreck cultural relics such as "Nanhai I", "Wanli" and "Nan'ao No. 1", taking the audience through time and space and dreaming back to the Maritime Silk Road.
Watch point four: five major events, explore the path of the sages
The exhibition also focuses on five key events in the history of navigation, such as Zheng He's voyage to the West, the fight against the Wokou, and the sealing of the Ryukyu Islands, recalling the exploration and achievements of Chinese ancestors in navigation after the maturity of navigation technology.
Watch point five: Four religions, listen to the gospel of the sea
The cross-sea exchange of religions and cultures is also an important part of maritime history, and this theme has not been explained much in previous nautical exhibitions. This exhibition will feature numerous "heavy objects" related to religion, telling the story of navigation and faith.
Watch point six: The dualistic world, across differences to converge
Civilization progresses through exchange. The exhibition also selects dozens of cultural relics that concentrate Western elements in one, which is a clear evidence of the cross-regional differences between Chinese and Western cultures in the Great Navigation Era, mutual learning and mutual learning.
Blockbuster exhibits
Western Han Dynasty garlic pattern silver box Collection of the Museum of the King of South Vietnam
This silver box was excavated in 1983 from the tomb of Zhao Xiao, king of Nanyue in Guangzhou, and is located in the main coffin foot box of the main coffin chamber tomb. The lid of the silver box is flattened and spherical, and the lid and body of the box are hammered to make a staggered garlic-shaped pattern in opposite directions, with two rows in each circle, each row of 26 pieces, compact and delicate arrangement. The upper and lower edges of the lid and the body are also decorated with a tassel-like band with a very thin gilded surface, 3 small silver convex mortises welded on the lid, and a gilded copper ring foot attached to the bottom. There are also inscriptions such as "one pound, four two..." on the entire utensils.
It can be proved from the garlic head-shaped pattern, the hammer-style manufacturing method, and the silver content of the body that this silver box should be an overseas imported product, originating from the Persian region. After coming to China, the craftsmen added inscriptions, convex mortises on the lid and the bottom circle foot according to the characteristics of the Han Dynasty silverware. At the time of excavation, there was also half a box of black pills in the box, which may also be imported. This silver box is an important physical evidence of Guangzhou as the earliest port of China's overseas trade and the birthplace of the Maritime Silk Road.
Western Han Dynasty String Pattern Glass Collection of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Museum
Glass, known in ancient times as "Bi Liu", "Miao Lin Lang Jie", "Po Li", "Medicinal Jade", "Ou Yu", etc., was a bulk of goods imported from overseas in the Han Dynasty, which had an important impact on the ancient glass manufacturing technology of the mainland. This glass is finely polished after compression molding, semi-transparent light blue, after more than 2,000 years of crystal clear, very complete preservation, extremely rare. Mouth, curved abdomen, adduction from the waist down, small flat bottom, abdomen decorated with three strings. The chemical composition of the glass is close to that of the potassium glass of Arikamedu in India, so some studies believe that this glass was imported from India to China.
Southern Dynasty gilded bronze Buddha statue in the collection of Guangzhou Museum
Buddhism was introduced to China by land and sea. By sea, Buddhism most likely spread from the southern tip of India to the southeast coast of China via Lam Đại (present-day south-central Vietnam) and Funan (present-day Cambodian Pusai). Guangzhou is one of the first places in China to bathe in the light of the Buddha on the sea. Because Dharma, the originator of Zen Buddhism during the Southern Dynasty, sailed from India to Guangzhou, and it is known as the "First Land of the West". This Buddha statue stands on the throne of the lotus flower, one finger to the sky, one finger to the ground, eyes slightly closed, open face peaceful. Buddhism was widely spread during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Buddhist statues were evidence of the prosperity of Buddhism at that time.
Northern Song Dynasty Changgan Temple Gilded Lotus Baozi Silver Incense Burner Nanjing Museum - Nanjing Museum Collection
Silver, gilded, the overall shape is a horizontal lotus, flowers, leaves, fruits and stems are readily available, for the typical Song Dynasty handheld incense burner, should be dedicated to the incense Buddha, the number of surviving is very small. The incense burner is supported by a downward lotus leaf, a lotus flower is the furnace, a stem is raised under the furnace, a statue of the Buddha is on the top, the hands show the meditation seal, and there is a backlight, and the knot sits on the lotus seat. There are also two buds with buds to be released, one lotus-shaped treasure, and several branches are knotted into a bunch, which becomes the long handle of the incense burner, and the end of the handle is attached to a treasure, which is specially used to hold spices.
Song Jinxiang as Guangdong Provincial Museum Collection
The first gold vessel from the wreck of the "Nanhai I" shipwreck was made of four strands of eight gold threads twisted together, like a twist. Led by a long grape strip with a hook, the middle is raised and decorated with a glittering pattern, and the other end is 4 ring buckles into a tail that can be used to adjust the elastication. The gold necklace is of the Arabic style, and similar objects have not been unearthed in the country, and may have been the object of foreign traders on board.
Yuan · blue and white flower pattern eight-edged pot Collection of China (Hainan) South China Sea Museum
Blue and white porcelain developed to the peak in the Yuan Dynasty, with the most brilliant achievements of Yuan Qinghua produced in Jingdezhen. Most of the yuanqinghua are large in shape and full of ornamentation, and are famous at home and abroad for their rich glaze color and exquisite craftsmanship, and they were mainly exported porcelain to West Asia and the Arab world at that time.
The tire color of this device is white and yellow, the texture is delicate, and the glaze color is slightly dull due to long-term immersion in seawater. The mouth of the pot and the part of the stream are covered with marine cement. The whole body is painted with blue and white ornaments, with a dense layout, rich layers, rigorous composition, and clear primary and secondary. The neck is decorated with banana leaf patterns, and the abdomen is decorated with folded branches and floral patterns, which adopt the form of horizontal band distribution, and are separated by auxiliary ornaments such as curly grass and back grains between the theme ornaments, which are complex but not chaotic and orderly. Its shape may imitate the metalwork style of West and Central Asia.
Yuan Hindu Demon Stone Component Collection of Quanzhou Overseas Transportation History Museum
In March 1992, eleven ancient Hindu stone carvings were excavated from the altar of Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple, of which the animal-shaped stone was carved with six sides, which were carved from diaphragmite rock. The beast has a horn on its head, its ears are towering, its teeth are exposed, and the gas from its mouth forms a symmetrical pattern of feathers on its chest, with a heart-shaped carving hanging in the middle. The lower pedestal is engraved with a sword-shaped pendant. This demonic stone component is widely used in South Hindu temples, and South Indians believe that this is the image of "good demons", they spit out long tongues, roll into bad things, and play a role in warding off evil spirits.
Ming Qinghua Elephant Shoufang Foot Army holds the collection of Guangdong Provincial Museum
Originating from India, the "military hold" was first used by monks to drink and clean their hands when they traveled, and gradually evolved into Buddhist ritual instruments. With the prevalence of Buddhism in Southeast Asian countries, the demand for military holdings has increased, and some export porcelain kilns on the mainland have produced military handicrafts for export.
Among the military holdings found in the wreck of the "Wanli", animal-type military holdings accounted for a minority and were more precious. This blue-and-white elephant has a round lip, a mouth, a square abdomen, a flat bottom, and the whole is elephant-like. One side of the shoulder is decorated with a double thin hole flow of the elephant's head, and the two sides of the elephant's head are painted with blue and white ears and eyebrows, and a flat strip is attached to the stream. The edge of the mouth is painted with a blue and white ruyi cloud pattern, and the long neck is painted with banana leaf patterns. The square abdomen is an elephant body, the back of the elephant is painted with blue and white brocade cover cloth, and the head and tail are decorated with bells and ornaments. Blue and white hair color blue gray, white glaze color is dark blue, carcass is thick, the form is thick and special, with better ornamentality.
Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty sealed the edict of the Ryukyu King in the collection of the Lushun Museum
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the island nation of Ryukyu, located in the southeastern Pacific Ocean of China, was a vassal state of China. Whenever the new king of Ryukyu was established, he would send a delegation to China to "ask for canonization", and the imperial court would send envoys with edicts and go to Ryukyu by canonization boat to complete the canonization. In the more than 500 years from the establishment of vassal relations in the fifth year of Ming Hongwu (1372) to the annexation of Ryukyu to Japan in the fifth year of Qing Guangxu (1879), the Ming and Qing dynasties sent a total of 23 envoys.
The edict is written on yellow paper on the edge of the dragon script and has a total of 44 lines. According to the edict, after the death of King Shangning of Ryukyu, his son Shangfeng asked for the canonization, and the Chongzhen Emperor sent Du Sance and Yang Shu as envoys in 1629, and went to Ryukyu with crowns and other rewards, and Feng Shangfeng was made the king of Zhongshan in the Ryukyu kingdom. At the end, he signed "August 16, 20020", and Zhu Wenfang sealed the "Treasure of Guangyun", and attached a list of items to be rewarded to the Ryukyu King and his princess. This edict is the last canonized document of the Ming Dynasty, and it is of great historical value for understanding the history of the Ming Dynasty's canonization of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the relationship between the two countries.
Qing Guangcai Pantage Bowl Collection of Guangzhou Museum
The word "Punch Bowl", transliterated from the English punch bowl, is a european utensil used to make cider, and later also used as an ornament, known in China as "Punch Bowl" or "Punch Bowl". In the 18th and 20th centuries, with the increasing popularity of private banquets in the upper class of Europe, Europeans ordered large bowls from Jingdezhen and Guangzhou.
This Punch bowl is huge in shape, drawing a total of 206 characters, the bowl heart, the inner wall, the bowl edge, the outer wall, the window respectively present different scenes and character stories, the ornamentation is intricate and tight, the colors are gorgeous and full, the characters are vivid and vivid, showing a lively and festive life scene.