Luoyang Museum is one of the first batch of national first-class museums. It is also a local comprehensive history museum in China. Luoyang Museum was founded in 1958 and opened to the public in 2009. It covers an area of 300 mu, with a construction area of 62000 square meters. The shape of the building stands like a square tripod, implying "Dingding Luoyi" and "Dingli Tianxia". So, what are the treasures of Luoyang Museum?
Luoyang Museum collects all kinds of precious cultural relics from prehistory to Ming and Qing Dynasties. The collection is large in quantity, rich in variety, rich in regional characteristics, and occupies a certain position in China's cultural heritage.
Milk nail pattern bronze Baron
The first national treasure is the bronze Baron with milk nail pattern and drinking vessel of Xia Dynasty. Unearthed at Erlitou site in Yanshi City, Henan Province in 1975, it has a long stream, a sharp tail, a flat waist, and three tapered feet. There are two short pin shaped columns at the break. There are two convex lines on one side of the abdomen, and five breast nails are arranged between the two lines. The wall of the vessel is very thin. It has the reputation of "the first Baron in the world".
Stone to ward off evil in Eastern Han Dynasty
The second national treasure is the stone of the Eastern Han Dynasty. With a height of 1.9 meters, a length of 2.9 meters and a weight of 8 tons, it is the largest and most complete of all the stones unearthed in China. This is a stone carving on one side of the Shinto road of Emperor Guangwu's original mausoleum. It is carved with a complete piece of blue stone. It looks like a tiger or a leopard. It has a lion's head, big mouth and sharp teeth. It has two wings. It holds its head high and glares at the ground. Its long tail drags the ground and its horns stand upright. The shape is very strange. It seems that it wants to take off.
Cao Wei white jade cup
The third national treasure is the white jade cup of Cao Wei, which is made of precious Hetian jade. The cup body is polished and smooth. Although there is no decoration, it gives people the feeling of beauty in nature, which is very consistent with the simple social atmosphere strongly recommended by Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei Dynasty. Although the tomb of Cao Wei with exact date was once stolen and disturbed, the jade cup in the corner was fortunately preserved.
Three color black glazed horse in Tang Dynasty
The fourth national treasure is the tricolor black glazed horse of Tang Dynasty. Tang Sancai is a kind of low-temperature and colorful glazed pottery made in Tang Dynasty. In fact, its glaze color is very rich, but black tricolor is the rarest. At present, there are only two black glazed tricolor horses in the collection. One is unearthed in Guanlin, Luoyang, Henan Province, and is now in the National Museum. The other is from Luoyang Museum.
Three story nanmu Pagoda in Qing Dynasty
The fifth national treasure of the Qing Dynasty is the three storey golden nanmu pagoda, which is located in the palace cultural relics exhibition hall of Luoyang Museum. The three storey golden nanmu pagoda is dark brown, about 6 meters high and weighs about 4 tons. It has three eaves on eight sides. There are 304 Buddhist niches around it, each of which is dedicated to a gilded Bodhisattva. In addition to the gilded Bodhisattva, the other parts are made of Phoebe. The whole pagoda has a variety of carving techniques, all of which adopt mortise and tenon technology, and do not need an iron nail. It can be called a treasure in Buddhist art.