National Day holiday is coming
Have you put museums on your travel bucket list?
Year-old duck, Warring States version of “optimist”
“Cute Dog Patron Saint” and other cultural relics
Become a “traffic responsible”
Get to know some cute national treasures together
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Buried for 500 years
Counterattack once and become a “top class”
How trendy can a 500-year-old ceramic duck be?
Royal kiln museum in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi
This treasure of the town hall——Mingchenghuasu three-color duck-shaped aromatherapy
Gaining the love of countless tourists
The duck is covered in yellow, green, purple and other plain glazes
Head and neck held high, wings and belly drawn back
The body is divided into upper and lower parts
The upper half is used as a lid and the lower half holds spices.
點燃香料
The faint aroma will slowly overflow from the duck’s mouth
It is an ancient “trendy toy” that combines aesthetics and practicality.
But this delicate instrument
But he was “eliminated” that year
△Jingdezhen Internet celebrity “Sui Sui Duck” is waiting for you at the original site of the Royal Kiln Factory. Click on the image to learn more
The Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln in the Ming Dynasty was specially used to produce porcelain for the court.
Finished products undergo rigorous screening
The object is slightly skewed, the glaze color is uneven, and the signature is defective
will be broken into pieces and buried
This “aromatherapy duck” is one of the losers
It has been buried underground for more than five hundred years.
1980s
Cultural relics restorers recovered from massive ceramic fragments
Dozens of fragments were selected and put together for restoration.
Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum
Name it “Sui Sui Duck”
Meaning peace every year
Today, based on it as a prototype derived
Dolls, canvas bags, note pads and other cultural and creative products
It has also become a popular souvenir for tourists.
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Who can say no to something beyond 2200 years?
“Trendy Pony” in the Warring States Period
Confucius Museum in Qufu, Shandong
An iconic “grin” cultural relic becomes popular online
它就是Warring States Round Carved Yellow Jade Horse
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This pony has been sleeping under the loess for more than 2,200 years
Height is only 5.7 cm, length is about 5.8 cm, weight is about 50 grams
Can be easily held in the palm of your hand
Jade is yellow with a hint of green, warm and transparent
Horse body decorated with natural tan freckles
It was given to it by the long years
Unique “paste” and memory
△A smile can control traffic density. Click on the image to learn more
Warring States craftsmen used concise and exquisite incised lines to outline the horse’s mouth
The corners of the mouth naturally rise
Create a silly smile
Solemn and simple vessel shape
With a smart and playful expression
Let it stand out among all the ancient cultural relics
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Open the lid and get a prize!
The “Cute Dog Patron Saint” who travels through time and space
Visit Gansu Provincial Museum
Three-dog button-covered pottery square tripod靜靜佇立
The three puppies on the lid of the tripod look lively.
The ears stand upright like antennas
Eyes wide open and alert
It can be called a “prehistoric emoticon package”
Dog-shaped button dating back approximately 3,900 years
Adopt one-time firing process
The natural transition between the paint layer and the pottery body
The texture of the puppy’s hair is clearly discernible
What’s even more amazing is its ingenuity
The edge of the tripod lid and the dog’s feet form a clever snap
Lift the dog ears to steadily lift the lid of the cauldron
This may be the first time in human history
The earliest “open the lid and win a prize” design
Netizens also gave the three puppies interesting nicknames
“The Three Fang Ding Brothers”
Also photoshopped into “working dog”, “eating dog” and “academic dog”
Interpretation of prehistoric “daily workplace”
Ancient cultural relics glow with youthful vitality in secondary creations
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Available for a limited time only! 11 years later
This national treasure was finally put together
“It feels like I’ve traveled back in time.
Immerse yourself in that era”
This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day
Suzhou Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary
National first-class cultural relics, cultural relics prohibited from export and exhibition
——Northern Song Dynasty Pearl Relic Tower原件
Completed all-component assembly after 11 years
On display for a limited time
The total height of the building is 122.6 cm
The main body is nanmu
Comprehensive wood carving, jade carving, beading, gold and silver joinery and other multiple crafts
Decorated with gold, silver, pearls, agate and crystal
Previously subject to protection conditions
Long-term dismantled components of Baozhuang are on display
Only part of its components can be seen at a time
Netizens nicknamed it “Pinhao Building”
Full debut this holiday
Let the audience have a full view of it
The “top-notch” cultural relics in the museum are already in place
The ingenuity, aesthetics and taste of craftsmen from thousands of years ago
Still able to impress us
“National Day” holiday
Why not go into the museum
Go on a two-way journey through time and space
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