“Mysterious Culture of Ancient Shu Kingdom” Will Be on the Exhibition Tour since October

Release Time: 2017-10-24

    Through 6th round of Sino-American strategic and economic talk and the 5th round of sino-American humanity high-level negotiation, China and America reached about 300 cooperation agreements. Among them, Jinsha Site Museum and Sanxingdui Museum together with Huston Museum of Natural Science will hold an exhibition of “Mysterious Ancient Shu Culture” in April of the next year. Yesterday, the reporter learnt from the Jinsha Site Museum that before being exhibited in Huston Museum of Natural Science, “Mysterious Ancient Shu Culture” would be exhibited in Bowers Museum of the US in October this year.

Schedule:  on display in Huston in April of the next year

 (sets) of exquisite relics of ancient Shu culture from Sanxingdui Museum and Jinsha Site Museum. It will be on tour for 11 months in the US. The schedule says that “Mysterious ancient Shu Culture” will be exhibited in Bowers Museum of the US in October this year and in Huston Museum of Natural Science the next April.

    The “goldleaf of Sun Bird” (replication) which reflects the high-level skills of the ancestors of Jinsha and their worship for the sun, the head band showing the majestic power of the king and the small gold masks presenting witchcraft culture will be seen by the Americans. Meanwhile, the exquisite bronze vessels and jadeware will also show the charm of the ancient Shu culture.

Influence: people in the field of arts and museums paid attention

    “The president of Bowers Museum Shi Liuxiuzhi is an ethnic Chinese. She came to Sichuan to visit Sanxingdui Museum and Jinsha Site Museum for several times. She was very interested in ancient Shu culture.” The curator assistant, director of Research Department Wang Fang said that Shi Liu Xiuzhiwent to Tibet 12 times in order to hold this exhibition. When she waited for the plane to Tibet in Chengdu, she would go to visit the two museums. “Bronze big standing figures and the goldleaf of Sun Bird attracted her very much. She dreamed about bringing these treasures to America to be exhibited, letting the Americans enjoy them”

    When the news of the exhibition of “Mysterious ancient Shu culture” spread, people in the field of arts and museums paid attention to the exhibition. Shi Liu Xiuzhi indicated that this exhibition would draw the most attention among those Chinese relics exhibitions in Bowers Museum. This exhibition allowed the Americans come to know about the ancient Shu culture 3,000 to 5,000 years ago directly, which deepened their understanding of Chinese culture.

How the exhibition of “Mysterious Ancient Shu culture” worked out

    Principal of Jinsha Site Museum and Wang Fang introduced how the exhibition worked out

In 2012, Sichuan Province and Bowers Museum signed a contract to hold the exhibition

May 2013, the curator of Bowers Museum and the designer visited Jinsha Site Museum

In September 2013, Andy Icken, the vice mayor of Huston visited Jinsha Site Museum, showing welcome to the exhibition in Huston

In December 2013, the staff of Jinsha Site Museum went to America to visit two museums and decide the place for the exhibition and the design of exhibition.

In June 2014, the design team of design for exhibition of Bowers Museum investigated Jinsha 

In September 2014, the exhibition of “Mysterious Ancient Shu culture” started its journey