The Erlitou Xiadu site museum, which displays the remains of the capital of the middle and late Xia Dynasty, took more than two years to build and officially opened in Luoyang, the ancient capital, on the 19th. It has created the earliest "Forbidden City", the earliest network of urban main roads, the earliest bronze ritual vessels, the earliest greenpine stone workshop and many of the most 3800 year old Chinese ancestors' life scenes. Through the excavation of cultural relics, it will Combined with modern high-tech means to present to the audience.
As a demonstration area for the protection, display and utilization of national heritage sites, the research and Exhibition Center for the formation and development of early China, the exhibition base for the research history and achievements of the Xia Shang Zhou dating project and the exploration project of Chinese civilization, the Xiadu Heritage Museum in Erlitou is jointly built and managed by the Research Institute of archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Luoyang Municipal government, with a construction investment of about 630 million yuan from the 20th Free to the public.
According to reports, in order to fully display the context of Xia culture, more than 2000 cultural relics are displayed in five permanent exhibition halls of Erlitou Xiadu site museum, mainly the unearthed cultural relics of Erlitou site, many precious cultural relics for the first time. The exhibition hall also provides visitors with an in-depth understanding of the historical background of the exhibits and a better experience through cultural relics, plates, reliefs, sand tables, VR experience, interactive games, simulation display, video playback and other exhibition forms. In addition, Erlitou archaeological site park, tourist service center, etc. were basically completed and opened together with Erlitou Xiadu site museum.
The exterior design of Erlitou Xiadu site museum is based on the basic concept of "the earliest source of China", which includes key, Panlong, tongjue, Yuzhang and other elements. Overlooking from the air, the plane shape of the museum roof implies a "key", which symbolizes that Erlitou civilization is a key to opening Chinese civilization; the overall building of the museum is like a circling dragon to reflect Erlitou's unique position in early Chinese research.
The relevant director of Erlitou Xiadu site museum said that with the completion and opening of the museum, the museum will continue to collate and study the cultural relics in the collection, and further cooperate with the Erlitou task force of the Archaeological Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of social sciences to protect and research the site.
In the summer of 1959, the famous archaeologist Mr. Xu Xusheng led a team to investigate the "summer ruins" in western Henan, and found Erlitou site, which started the exploration of Xia culture. Through continuous excavation and research by several generations of archaeologists and textual research by Archaeology and historical philology, Erlitou site is confirmed to be the capital remains of the middle and late Xia Dynasty. In 2019, Erlitou site was discovered for 60 years. On the occasion of the opening and opening of Erlitou Xiadu site museum, the second world ancient capital forum and the international academic seminar commemorating the 60th anniversary of the scientific excavation of Erlitou site were also held at the same time. Experts and scholars from more than 20 countries and China's Hong Kong and Taiwan regions gathered in Luoyang, witnessed the opening of the museum and co participated in the grand meeting to offer suggestions and suggestions for the construction of the ancient capital, And around Erlitou site and related issues to carry out in-depth exchanges and discussions.