Why China Defends National Treasures! 827 Cultural Relics Unearthed from 20 Years of Treasure Protection by Villagers in Baoji, Shaanxi | China | Guardianship
"Looking at China, come to Baoji." Up and down for 5000 years, where did the name "China" come from? In 1963, the bronze vessel "He Zun" was unearthed in Jiacun Town, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province. The inscription contains the word "China", which is the earliest known record of the word "China" appearing.
Bronze ware "He Zun"
Bronze is one of the three signs of human beings entering the civilized society, and it is as famous as words and cities. As the birthplace of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Baoji once gave birth to the peak period of Chinese bronze civilization and occupied a lofty position in the Chinese nation and the ancient civilization of the world.
Baoji villagers living in the source of Zhou Li, advocating Li and moral, stood up to protect the unearthed bronze treasures and reported to the government in time, so that these ancient historical relics can be preserved in the country.
On July 11, the national media "Understanding China from Cultural Relics" went to Baoji Bronze Museum to trace its roots in Shaanxi. According to the records of Baoji Bronze Museum, since 2003, Baoji villagers have unearthed 827 pieces of 633 cultural relics and 150 kilograms of coins, including 259 pieces of bronzes, 17 pieces of jade and 551 pieces of other cultural relics and 357.
In recent years, Baoji Farmers' Merit List for Protecting Treasures
What are the characteristics of the bronzes unearthed in Baoji? Zhai Huiping, deputy director of the Baoji Bronze Museum, told reporters that a large number of bronzes unearthed in Baoji originated from cellars, accounting for 78% of the country's bronze unearthed from cellars.
Baoji due to the unearthed bronzes early, quantity, category complete, inscription content important was dubbed the "hometown of bronzes" reputation.
Zhai Huiping said that writing is the first-hand information to record history. Due to the long history and the lack of classics and documents, the inscriptions on the bronzes let us see the original face of history in physical form. Most of the cellar bronze wares are temple heavy wares used by the family families living in Baoji, and most of them have long inscriptions, which concentrate the important history of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
It is reported that the Baoji Bronze Museum is located in the Chinese Stone Drum Garden, Binhe South Road, Baoji City. It is currently the country's largest national first-class museum focusing on the collection, research and display of bronze culture. There are more than 480,000 pieces/groups of cultural relics in the hospital, from the Stone Age to the modern era. The cultural relics are numerous, complete in variety, and of great value, especially the Shang and Zhou bronzes.
