Chongqing systematically displays 895 pieces (sets) of cultural relics unearthed from the Three Gorges_Guangming.com

China News Service, Chongqing, April 22 (Reporter Zhong Yi) Jade swords from the Warring States Period, bronze seals of “Barbarian City Chief” from the Han Dynasty, bronze lanterns with feathers to ward off evil spirits from the Han Dynasty, money tree holders from the Eastern Han Dynasty to ward off evil spirits… On the 22nd, from Chongqing The “Exquisite Craftsmanship Reveals Huaguang – Exhibition on the Protection and Utilization of Cultural Relics Unearthed from the Three Gorges” jointly organized by the China Three Gorges Museum and the Chongqing Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology opened at the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing.

On April 22, “Exquisite craftsmanship restores Huaguang – Protection and utilization of cultural relics unearthed from the Three Gorges Exhibition” opened at the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing. The picture shows pottery unearthed from the Three Gorges Reservoir area in Chongqing.Photo by China News Service reporter Zhong Yi

The exhibition covers an area of ​​about 1,200 square meters and displays 895 pieces (sets) of cultural relics unearthed from various districts and counties in the Three Gorges region, including 198 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics, including 15 pieces (sets) of first-class cultural relics, which is the total number of cultural relics exhibited in Chongqing in recent years. The largest number of precious cultural relics ever.

According to reports, the exhibition takes the Three Gorges cultural relics protection project as the background, and uses the protection and restoration results of cultural relics unearthed in the Three Gorges Reservoir area as the display object. Through the three parts of “Three Gorges Cultural Relics Archeology”, “Skilled Craftsmen Repairing Cultural Relics” and “Effective Utilization and Bringing It to Life”, the exhibition combines the cultural relics with New discoveries, new achievements, and new technologies in the field of protection will be introduced to the audience on the restoration and preventive protection methods of cultural relics, and the important value of Three Gorges culture and the concept of protection and utilization will be explained.

On April 22, the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing set up a metal restoration laboratory in the exhibition hall, and conservation workers began restoration work.Photo by China News Service reporter Zhong Yi

The reporter saw at the scene that in order to demonstrate the ingenuity of cultural relic restoration workers and the application of the latest scientific and technological achievements in cultural relic protection, a metal restoration laboratory and a ceramic restoration laboratory were specially set up in the exhibition hall. Not only can the restoration work of cultural relics be displayed in real time, but the audience can also Experience it yourself and become a “cultural relic restorer”.

The exhibition also uses multiple means such as multimedia interpretation and information visualization to explain the results of cultural relics protection and utilization. For example, in December 2023, a large round lacquer plate unearthed from the “Guankou Western Han Dynasty Tomb No. 1” in Wulong District, Chongqing was placed in a water-filled display case. The supporting “lacquer wood protection visual monitoring platform” can read in detail the atmospheric environment, Save real-time data on environment, turbidity changes, etc.

On April 22, the large round lacquer plate unearthed from the “Guankou Western Han Dynasty Tomb No. 1” was placed in a water-filled display case.Photo by China News Service reporter Zhong Yi

Zhao Xiongwei, curator of the exhibition and deputy director of the Cultural Relics Protection and Archeology Department of the China Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing, said that because the lacquer disks had been buried in water for more than two thousand years, a large amount of wood components were lost and the cell wall structure was destroyed, making it impossible to maintain the original properties of the wood. In order to resist curling and cracking during drying, it is necessary to maintain the original state of the unearthed cultural relics and inhibit the occurrence of deterioration. Therefore, they should be preserved and displayed in a saturated state to prepare for deep cleaning for later dehydration and shaping. (over)

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