Last year I saw a very interesting exhibition at the National Museum: the Qin and Han Civilization Exhibition. Well, you read that right, it was last year’s exhibition. When I was watching the exhibition, I took pictures of the exhibits I was most interested in and wanted to use them as material for my notebook. It turned out that this was not a good idea. It took me so long to draw so many pictures intermittently. I can’t overestimate my ability to act. ah!
In the future, I will still have to look at the exhibition seriously, and I will have to take things as they come and record them.
This exquisite wood carving is not part of the Qin and Han Civilization Exhibition. Anyone who has been to the National Expo knows how huge it is, and trying to find an exhibition in it will really take people a few times.
I saw this Bodhisattva while struggling to find my way. The entire hall was filled with various wooden carvings of Bodhisattvas, and this one was the largest and most exquisite.
As for these rolls of paper tape with timeless patterns, I naturally bought them before seeing the exhibition.
The Simu Wu Ding in the history textbook, I saw it in a special bronze exhibition hall. It was a huge one, but now her name is Stepmu Wu Ding, which sounds weird.
Starting from the two terracotta warriors and horses on the right, this is the content of the Qin and Han Civilization Exhibition. The war skirts worn by soldiers in ancient times were still very fashionable and had the look of an A-line skirt.
This gold cake should be out-and-out real gold, definitely not a pottery gold cake.
On the right is the Queen's seal. In movies and TV dramas, I have seen many seals, each of which is as big as a palm. At first glance, I saw this small jade seal, which is not much bigger than a grapevine. I didn’t think it was anything important, but a quick glance revealed that it was actually Empress Lu’s seal! There is nothing more that could be stolen from the Han Dynasty tomb. It is really lucky that this small seal can still be left.
These two seals, one gold and one silver, are also small and exquisite, which really overturned my previous impression of seals.
I don’t think the proportions of the iron sword on the right are right. It should be longer. Fighting with such a long sword is really strenuous.
The portrait brick itself is dusty, and the pattern is very fine if you look closely. However, the description does not say what the brick is used for. I guess it is most likely a mural brick in the tomb, right?
The gilt bronze rhinoceros made me look a little dull when I painted it, that’s because the original was even more dull.
This chef’s pottery figurine looks smiling, he is in a good mood at work!
The one on the right is a small hot pot for sharing. The prototype of Xiabu Xiabu existed in the Western Han Dynasty.
Changxin palace lanterns and smokers are very familiar. They have appeared more or less in various movies and TV dramas with a Han Dynasty background, and they can be regarded as star accessories.
Looking at this statue up close, the impression is quite different. The workmanship is very fine, especially the smoker. The pattern lines are smooth, and it seems that curls of cigarette smoke will steam out from it at any time.
The gold-threaded jade garment is the highlight of this major exhibition. Although the jade pieces on this jade garment are not bright in luster, they look more like stone flakes or plastic pieces. However, these jade pieces have been in the tomb for thousands of years, so it is not easy to preserve them. We cannot be too demanding on the material.
This Nine Orifice Block is even more shocking. The ancient people’s concept is really quite strange.
The money tree is a very tall one, with a patina all over its body. Why is it not a golden money tree but a green money tree?
Horseshoe gold has a more natural color. The yellow and shining real gold is placed in the display cabinet. I wonder what it will be like to pile up more than 100 kilograms of gold objects unearthed from the tomb of Haihunhou.
Although the content I recorded is not even one-tenth of the exhibition, I drew it one stroke at a time. It is definitely not as beautiful as the photos, but it is my own exclusive record.
I’m just too tired to do this, so I’ll just concentrate on watching the exhibition in the future!