Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

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A piece of lacquerware unearthed from the Mawangdui tombs in Changsha, Hunan province. There are also 1,430 bamboo and silk manuscripts items, including silk books and paintings, wooden tablets and bamboo slips, the museum said. Hunan Museum also signed cooperation agreements with six institutions and universities to better use technology in promoting the culture of Mawangdui. Mao Weiming, governor of Hunan, said that among the discoveries were the world's oldest existing astronomical work, the world's earliest military map, the earliest silk fabric combining printing and painting, and the lightest, thinnest plain unlined gauze garment in the world. Currently, more than 4,000 scholars and experts are studying the Mawangdui Han Tombs, and the cumulative number of visitors exceeds 100 million, with average annual visits of over 4 million in recent years, he said at the opening ceremony of the forum.

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Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

A replica of a scroll unearthed at Mawangdui. Li Qun, head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, said the tombs demonstrate the achievements of the Han Dynasty in economics, philosophy, culture, art, medicine, and science and technology. It is important to continue research, focusing primarily on areas such as bamboo and silk manuscripts, philosophy, art and traditional Chinese medicine, to …

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

A lacquerware vase excavated from the tombs. CHINA DAILY Yu Yanjiao, director and researcher at Hunan Museum's Mawangdui Han Tombs and Collection Research Exhibition Center, said the quantity of unearthed artifacts from the tombs is massive, with a broad interdisciplinary scope. There are still many unsolved mysteries despite 50 years of excavation, requiring extensive research by scholars through multidisciplinary collaboration …

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

A replica of a scroll unearthed at Mawangdui. Li Qun, head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, said the tombs demonstrate the achievements of the Han Dynasty in economics, philosophy, culture, art, medicine, and science and technology. It is important to continue research, focusing primarily on areas such as bamboo and silk manuscripts, philosophy, art and traditional Chinese medicine, to …

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily  

A lacquerware vase excavated from the tombs. CHINA DAILY Yu Yanjiao, director and researcher at Hunan Museum's Mawangdui Han Tombs and Collection Research Exhibition Center, said the quantity of unearthed artifacts from the tombs is massive, with a broad interdisciplinary scope. There are still many unsolved mysteries despite 50 years of excavation, requiring extensive research by scholars through multidisciplinary collaboration …

Hunan's Mawangdui Tombs provide massive bounty of artifacts
4 months, 1 week ago

Hunan's Mawangdui Tombs provide massive bounty of artifacts

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The Mawangdui Han Tombs in Hunan province have produced 26,937 artifacts after decades of excavation efforts, according to China Central Television, citing the Hunan Museum. The unearthed artifacts include Lady Xin Zhui's corpse, lacquerware, textiles, and bamboo and silk manuscripts. Yu Yanjiao, director and researcher at the Hunan Museum's Mawangdui Han Tombs and Collection Research Exhibition Center, said the quantity …

Hunan's Mawangdui Tombs provide massive bounty of artifacts
4 months, 1 week ago

Hunan's Mawangdui Tombs provide massive bounty of artifacts

China Daily  

The Mawangdui Han Tombs in Hunan province have produced 26,937 artifacts after decades of excavation efforts, according to China Central Television, citing the Hunan Museum. The unearthed artifacts include Lady Xin Zhui's corpse, lacquerware, textiles, and bamboo and silk manuscripts. Yu Yanjiao, director and researcher at the Hunan Museum's Mawangdui Han Tombs and Collection Research Exhibition Center, said the quantity …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

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Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily  

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

Chinese museum opens up digital database of 2,000-year-old tombs
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese museum opens up digital database of 2,000-year-old tombs

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This photo taken on Jan 8, 2024 shows a scene at the launch ceremony in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province. The Hunan Museum made the digital database on the world-famous Mawangdui Tombs available to colleges and companies on Monday, becoming the latest Chinese museum aiming to turn archaeological finds into popular cultural brands. The museum in Central China's Hunan Province …

Chinese museum opens up digital database of 2,000-year-old tombs
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese museum opens up digital database of 2,000-year-old tombs

China Daily  

This photo taken on Jan 8, 2024 shows a scene at the launch ceremony in Changsha, Central China's Hunan Province. The Hunan Museum made the digital database on the world-famous Mawangdui Tombs available to colleges and companies on Monday, becoming the latest Chinese museum aiming to turn archaeological finds into popular cultural brands. The museum in Central China's Hunan Province …

Discoveries enhancing our story
1 year, 1 month ago

Discoveries enhancing our story

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Scenes from the program show Zhang Chunlong, a researcher at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introducing a wooden strip unearthed from Liye ancient city in Longshan county, Hunan province. The new season focuses on 12 types of cultural relics at the peak of their popularity like jiandu, or wooden and bamboo strips with texts inscribed on …

Discoveries enhancing our story
1 year, 1 month ago

Discoveries enhancing our story

China Daily  

Scenes from the program show Zhang Chunlong, a researcher at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introducing a wooden strip unearthed from Liye ancient city in Longshan county, Hunan province. The new season focuses on 12 types of cultural relics at the peak of their popularity like jiandu, or wooden and bamboo strips with texts inscribed on …

Discoveries enhancing our story
1 year, 1 month ago

Discoveries enhancing our story

China Daily  

Scenes from the program show Zhang Chunlong, a researcher at the Hunan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, introducing a wooden strip unearthed from Liye ancient city in Longshan county, Hunan province. The new season focuses on 12 types of cultural relics at the peak of their popularity like jiandu, or wooden and bamboo strips with texts inscribed on …

Exhibition displays key bronzeware discoveries
1 year, 4 months ago

Exhibition displays key bronzeware discoveries

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A large bronzeware exhibition is being held at Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province. The Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province, has been holding Southwest China's largest bronzeware exhibition ahead of the start of the FISU World University Games on Friday. Southwest China, which has been inhabited by many ethnic groups since ancient times, has rich nonferrous metal …

New embroidery patterns identified in ancient tomb
2 years, 7 months ago

New embroidery patterns identified in ancient tomb

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The longevity silk unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province. New embroidery patterns have been identified during recent research on the silk fabrics unearthed from a 2,100-year-old tomb, notable for being the final resting place of a perfectly preserved female corpse, the provincial museum of Hunan in Central China has said. Mawangdui, a small …

New embroidery patterns identified in ancient tomb
2 years, 7 months ago

New embroidery patterns identified in ancient tomb

China Daily  

The longevity silk unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha, capital of Central China's Hunan province. New embroidery patterns have been identified during recent research on the silk fabrics unearthed from a 2,100-year-old tomb, notable for being the final resting place of a perfectly preserved female corpse, the provincial museum of Hunan in Central China has said. Mawangdui, a small …

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