Han Dynasty Pottery Collection, Sichuan Museum

The Han Dynasty was a glorious era in the history of China. In the centralized state of the feudal society, the economic development and the expansion of the territory, the art of pottery in the Han Dynasty is the artistic wonder that has grown on the fertile soil of this era.

The Han Dynasty pottery art represented by the portrait stone, the portrait brick and the pottery art was the product of the “thick burial” custom at that time, and it has a strong national color and the characteristics of the times. In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, the wind of thick burial prevailed, creating conditions for the mass production of portrait stone and portrait brick.

The development of the Sichuan Basin was earlier. After the Qin Dynasty unified the Bayu, the advanced culture and production technology of the Central Plains were rapidly spread. The production level of agriculture and handicrafts in the Han Dynasty in Sichuan was greatly improved. Weng Xingxue also made the culture of the land rapidly developed. The stable and rich Sichuan nature has become an important area for the popular art of pottery. From the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, it flourished in the Eastern Han Dynasty and at the latest in the early Han Dynasty. Not only is it huge in number and variety, but its portrait style is very local.

The prevalence of Taoist immortal thoughts in the Eastern Han Dynasty had a tremendous impact on the funeral art of the Han Dynasty. People believed that “the soul does not die” and “ascends to heaven after death.” There is no shadow of the death of life in the art of pottery in the Han Dynasty, but it is full of praise and longing for life, love and pursuit of life, and the work is filled with vigorous vitality. It vividly and vividly shows all aspects of social life at that time, reaching a very high level in both shaping skills and carving techniques. It not only has a special important position in the study of social life, spiritual beliefs and moral concepts in the Han Dynasty, but also wrote a splendid chapter in the history of Chinese art.

Sichuan Museum
The Sichuan Museum was founded in 1941 and has a history of more than 70 years. There are more than 320,000 pieces of cultural relics in the museum, including more than 50,000 pieces of precious cultural relics. In 2009, the new museum of Sichuan Museum was completed. Covering an area of ​​more than 88 acres, the new museum is located in the Huanhuaxi Historical and Cultural Scenic Area in Chengdu. It is the largest comprehensive museum in the Southwest and plays an important role in the national public museum.

The Sichuan Museum currently has 14 exhibition halls with a total area of ​​12,000 square meters, including 10 permanent exhibitions including calligraphy and painting, ceramics, bronzes, ethnic cultural relics, arts and crafts, Tibetan Buddhism, Wanfo Temple stone carvings, Zhang Daqian calligraphy and paintings, and Han Dynasty pottery art. 4 temporary exhibition halls for holding various temporary exhibitions. The new pavilion also has an academic lecture hall that can accommodate more than 200 people for various large-scale conferences and academic lectures.

The Sichuan Museum has more than 260,000 pieces of cultural relics in its collection, including more than 50,000 precious cultural relics. The Sichuan Museum has more than 30 full-time and part-time researchers. It has researched and published academic works such as the “Sichuan Museum’s “Gesar” Thangka Study”, “Sichuan Unearthed Buddhist Studies in the Southern Dynasties”, “Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy Collections”. In 2011, the “Sichuan Museum’s Rehabilitation Capacity Improvement” project was established by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage as one of the two pilot projects in the country. In October 2012, it was rated as a national first-class museum.

In 2009, the new museum of Sichuan Museum was completed in Chengdu Huanhuaxi Historical and Cultural Scenic Area. The new hall covers an area of ​​more than 88 acres, with an investment of more than 300 million yuan, a total area of ​​12,000 square meters, the main building is 32026 square meters, the scale is four times the original museum, the number of exhibition halls is 14 and the exhibition hall area is about 12635 square meters, including There are 10 permanent exhibitions such as calligraphy and painting, ceramics, bronzes, ethnic relics, arts and crafts, Tibetan Buddhism, Wanfo Temple stone carvings, Zhang Daqian calligraphy and painting, Han Dynasty ceramic stone art, and 4 temporary exhibition halls for various temporary exhibitions. The new pavilion also has an academic lecture hall that can accommodate more than 200 people for various large-scale conferences and academic lectures.

The main building adopts the traditional Chinese architectural elements of “door, church, gallery” to form a spatial sequence. The main building organizes various functions around the “T” shaped atrium. The underground floor is the garage and equipment room, and the bottom floor is the cultural relics warehouse and repair room. The second floor is the exhibition area, which is directly accessed from the outdoor large platform. The exhibition is divided into three floors. The first floor is the Sichuan Han Dynasty ceramic stone art exhibition and the multi-function hall conference reception room; the second floor is the Bayu bronze exhibition hall, ceramic boutique exhibition hall, calligraphy and painting hall, Zhang Daqian works exhibition; the third floor is Tibetan Buddhist Relics Museum, Wanfo Temple Stone Carving Hall, Sichuan National Cultural Relics Exhibition, Arts and Crafts Museum, Centennial Sichuan Pavilion.

The west side of the main building is an office area with a training center, scientific research office and information center. The southeast side is connected to the main building with an empty commercial corridor, with shops and tea shops.