INSIGHT NINGBO Monday April 5,2021
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A07 INSIGHT NINGBO Monday April 5,2021 Exhibition at Ningbo Museum Shines the Spotlight on Cultural Relics from Silk Road Countries Over thousands of years of his- Gandhara. Visitors can get a closer tory, civilizations of Eurasia have look at the Greek- style hair decora- shone like stars along the ancient tion of Maitreya bodhisattva and the Silk Road. As well as spanning a solid bulging muscles of Atlas, a Ti- wide range of regions and time peri- tan condemned to hold up the celes- ods, the exhibit also showcases a tial heavens for eternity in Greek my- large variety of cultural relics, such thology. Gandhara Buddhist art as ancient Greek pottery, Roman and shows the essence of cultural integra- Persian glassware, silver and gold tion along the Silk Road.” Xu Qin in- plated ware, Buddhist carvings from troduced. Gandhara, gold and silver coins According to Xu Qin, Ningbo, found along the Silk Road, tapestries as an important node of the Maritime from Central Asia and Buddhist stat- Silk Road, has been an open city ues from India. since ancient times. Ningbo Museum The red- painted earthenware has been dedicated to launching exhi- wine jugs in the form of a bull ’ s head bitions themed on the “Silk Road” from the 4th century BC in southern over the past several years, not only Italy, made their way east through the to restore and disseminate the history A red-painted earthenware wine jug in the form of a bull’s head Silk Road to the Tang Dynasty (618- of the origin areas, but also to ex- 907 AD), where they emerged as the plore and demonstrate the contempo- An exhibition featuring nearly get a glimpse of the painter’ s life quintessential artefact of the Chinese rary value of the Belt and Road Initia- 200 cultural relics from various civili- spent on the Silk Road expedition and aristocracy in pursuit of exoticism. tive. It is a call for different nations zations along the ancient Silk Road his genuine passion for Dunhuang The most exquisite objects in and cultures to foster mutual under- kicked off on April 1 and will lasted and civilizations along the ancient the exhibition are glassware, and standing and inclusive development. until May 28. Silk Road,” said Xu Qin, curator of gold and silver ware. These luxury Jointly held by Ningbo Museum The relics on display are from the exhibition at Ningbo Museum. goods were circulated as merchan- and Japan ’ s Hirayama Ikuo Silk the personal collection of the late Jap- The exhibition hosts a total of dise along the Silk Road in the 1st Road Museum, the exhibition runs anese artist Ikuo Hirayama, who 192 pieces, whose places of origin century BC and were then introduced from April 1 to May 28, free to the spent 40 years researching and explor- range from the Mediterranean, Meso- to China and other countries in East public. Citizens can book online via ing the Silk Road. Also, on display are potamia and Iran in West Asia, Af- Asia. the WeChat Official Account of Ning- several of Mr. Hirayama’ s paintings ghanistan in Central Asia, to Pakistan “This haul of Buddhist carvings bo Museum or its official website. in Dunhuang, Gansu. “Visitors can and India in South Asia. is from the ancient civilization of By Shi Daiwei.