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Lifeshanghai CHINA DAILY | HONG KONG EDITION Friday, June 25, 2021 | 17 LIFE SHANGHAI The cauldrons of history Two ancient Ding treasures, saved from turmoil, are reunited for a major exhibition, Zhang Kun reports in Shanghai. mong 21 bronze vessels on show at The Perpetual If you go Prosperity: Special Exhi- bition of Donated Ding to theA Shanghai Museum, the two larg- The Perpetual Prosperity: est and most celebrated cauldrons Special Exhibition of Donated used to belong to one family. Ding to the Shanghai Museum The exhibition, which started on June 19-July 18 June 19 and will run for a month, features bronze Ding, a food vessel An Everlasting Spring: The Art widely used in sacrificial ceremo- of Painting and Calligraphy in nies in ancient China. Dating back Shanghai to between the 13th century BC and June 22-Sept 21 the Warring States Period (475-221 9 am-5 pm, Tuesday-Sunday. BC), these 21 exhibits represent the Museum viewing reservations are evolution of bronze culture in required to be made on WeChat. ancient China, including its rise to Shanghai Museum, 201 Renmin prominence and the various turning Avenue, Huangpu district, points in development of styles and Shanghai. 021-6372-3500. formation. The Shanghai Museum had selected these 21 vessels from its col- lection of ancient Chinese bronze, ed around the two bronze caul- one of the best in the world, for this drons. exhibition. The exhibition is one of “The two brothers have met the events organized by the muse- again. Not one thing about them has um to commemorate the centennial changed. How wonderful is this!” of the Communist Party of China. said Pan in the Suzhou dialect. The “All of them were donated by phi- centenarian passed away peacefully lanthropists, collectors and con- in Suzhou in 2007. noisseurs,” says Yang Zhigang, At the opening ceremony of The director of the museum. Perpetual Prosperity exhibition on “We hope to take the opportunity June 19, Pan Yuyi, grandson of Pan to commend the donors, and honor Dayu, again compared the two caul- their selfless contribution to the drons to brothers. Party and the nation, their passion “They went through fear and tur- and dedication in collecting moil together during the war, and antiques, and their courage and started new lives in museums,” Pan strength in guarding these trea- Yuyi says. sured pieces.” “My grandmother had so much Since its establishment in 1952, comfort 17 years ago seeing the tri- the Shanghai Museum has pods visited by thousands of peo- received generous donations from ple every day. She said she found all over the world. Yang says 23.6 the best home for the bronze percent of the museum’s trea- brothers — the warmest and safest sured pieces came from public home.” donations. Maogong Ding, one of the three Ma Jinhong, deputy head of the most treasured bronze Ding of bronze department at the museum, China, can be seen at the exhibi- says the generosity of donors has tion in the form of a collage as it played an irreplaceable role in the currently resides in Taiwan’s Pal- museum’s establishment of a bronze ace Museum, having left the main- civilization collection. land together with Kuomintang Ding is a bronze vessel unique to forces in 1948. China. It is a cauldron usually sup- The Shanghai Museum has also ported by three legs, or sometimes introduced a new merchandise four or more. These objects were Clockwise from top: Dayu Ding (right) and Dake Ding are major attractions of The Perpetual Prosperity: Special Exhibition of Donated Ding series to complement the exhibi- used to store meat for sacrificial cer- to the Shanghai Museum; the museum has desserts and beverages decorated with their images; other cauldrons on show at the Shanghai tion. Aside from silk scarves and emonies and were often considered event. PHOTOS BY GAO ERQIANG / CHINA DAILY bags bearing the images of Dake symbols of supreme power and Ding or its inscribed patterns, the national authority. museum has also added Ding Cauldrons with inscriptions are themed macarons, coffee, cock- especially valuable because of the tails and ice creams to its cafe historical information in the menu. inscribed text. Three cauldron tri- Another exhibition now on at the pods with inscriptions are believed museum is An Everlasting Spring: to be the most treasured Ding pieces The Art of Painting and Calligraphy in China. They are Dayu, which is in Shanghai. Consisting of 146 pie- now part of the National Museum’s ces of artwork created in the past collection in Beijing; Dake in Shang- 1,000 years, the exhibition marks hai Museum; and Maogong, or the the first academic study on the cor- Duke Mao Tripod, in the Palace relation between art and the city of Museum in Taiwan. Shanghai. Dayu and Dake are stars of the Among the exhibits are paintings ongoing exhibition at the Shanghai by renowned masters active in Museum. Shanghai and nearby regions, art- Dayu Ding dates back to the mid- works that reflect the local culture 11th century BC. It is 101.9 centime- and lifestyle, as well as those depict- ters tall, has a diameter of 77.8 From left: Dake Ding, from the late 10th century BC, is one of the most treasured Ding pieces in China; a leg of Dake Ding featuring carved ing important figures and historical centimeters, and weighs 153.5 kilo- patterns; Dayu Ding, another treasured tripod dating back to the mid-11th century BC; inscriptions inside Dayu Ding. PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY events in the city, according to Ling grams. Dake Ding was made in the Lizhong, head of the painting and late 10th century BC and is 93.1 cm calligraphy department at the high, has a diameter of 75.6 cm and Pan’s only heir was his adopted underneath her living room with wrote to the cultural administra- The two cauldrons were the most Shanghai Museum. weighs more than 200 kg. grandson Pan Chengjing who died the help of two loyal servants. tion of East China in 1951, prominent exhibits at the Shanghai The majority of the artworks are Both were unearthed in Shaanxi young. So Ding Suzhen, wife of Pan Though the Japanese repeatedly announcing the family’s decision Museum when it opened in 1952. on exhibition at the Shanghai province in the late 1800s and were Chengjing, took it upon herself to raided the Pan house for the famous to donate the two treasured bronze Dayu was moved to Beijing in 1959 Museum for the first time, and acquired by Pan Zuyin, a high-rank- safeguard the family treasures. To collection, they never found it. cauldrons to the country. for the opening of the new National some have come from other muse- ing official, scholar and antique col- solidify her sense of purpose, Ding In 1944, Pan Dayu moved the It took an entire day for the two Museum of History. ums and institutions in the city like lector. changed her name to Pan Dayu, a bronze artifacts to a small room and bronze cauldrons to be transported To mark Pan Dayu’s 100th birth- the Shanghai Library and the After Pan passed away, his name taken from one of the bronze hid them behind used furniture and by train from Suzhou to Shanghai. day in 2004, the museum held a Shanghai Academy of Painting and antique collection of more than 600 cauldrons, Dayu Ding. ragged clothes. At the railway station, they were lift- special exhibition in her honor and Calligraphy. bronze objects were shipped from When Japanese planes were Shortly after Shanghai was liber- ed onto a big cart and pulled by Dayu Ding was returned to the Beijing to his ancestral home in bombing Suzhou in 1937, Ding hid ated and the People’s Republic of hand to the antiques administration museum. With her son and daugh- Contact the writer at Suzhou, Jiangsu province. the bronze treasures in a space China was established in 1949, she office. ter supporting her, Pan Dayu walk- [email protected] Event showcases incredible Sanxingdui artifacts By XING YI in Shanghai province. However, they were unearthed at the Jinsha Ruins visitors. More than 15,000 national relics. But due to [email protected] only recognized as significant site in downtown Chengdu. people visited the museum on country regulations, three discoveries in the 1980s when The Sichuan government the first day of the Tomb key artifacts — a bronze On display at Shanghai’s thousands more artifacts announced in 2017 that it had Sweeping Day holiday, almost face mask, a golden sun Fengxian Museum are 130 were unearthed from two sac- applied for UNESCO World four times more than the bird and a 1.72-meter-high, artifacts from the Sanxingdui rificial pits. Artifacts include Cultural Heritage status for number in 2019. 180-kilogram bronze statue and Jinsha Ruins archaeologi- numerous bronzeware items the two sites. “This is the largest exhibi- — are prohibited from cal sites, showcasing the pros- and a golden mask, all of The most recent excava- tion of Sanxingdui ever dis- being exhibited at muse- perous ancient culture and which provide valuable tion of six new pits in Sanx- played in Shanghai,” says ums other than their origi- civilization from 3,000 years insights into the ancient Shu ingdui was shown in a live Zhang Xuesong, director of nal museums. Zhang says ago. The artifacts will be culture in the region. television broadcast in Fengxian Museum. “The 130 those on show in Shanghai exhibited at the museum until More discoveries have since March, attracting another artifacts were chosen to are replicas.
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