Mawangdui Treasures Exhibited at Shanxi Museum

On April 28, 2011, exhibition of “Treasures from Mawangdui Han Tombs”, co-hosted by Hunan Provincial Museum and Shanxi Museum, was held at Shanxi Museum, attracting nearly 1,000 Shanxi audiences on the day of the grand opening.

Liu Xiaobao, vice director of Hunan Provincial Museum, addressed the opening ceremony.

Everlasting remains displayed on the exhibition

Lacquer-ware displayed on the exhibition

A public lecture themed "The Everlasting Remains Unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tombs” was given by Mr. Liu on the opening day.

The excavation of three tombs of Western Han Dynasty (206BC—25AD) in Mawangdui, Changsha city, from 1972 to 1974 is crowned as one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in China and even in the whole world, and it was acclaimed by a famous scholar as “the only archaeological discovery on a par with the Egyptian Tutankhamun Tomb”.

Over 3,000 pieces of priceless cultural relics unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tombs have incessantly enriched people’s knowledge about the history of China, Chu-Han civilization and Hunan culture. In the last decade, travelling exhibition on Mawangdui treasures has been held all around the world and the country. This time, more than 120 pieces/sets of objects elaborately selected by Hunan Provincial Museum made their debut in Shanxi, leading Taiyuan visitors onto a journey of the brilliant cultures of Han Dynasty.

The exhibition will run until July 26.