Eason Zhang

Eason Zhang Sinophile and museumgoer

044建极中原。公元前1600年，汤起兵灭夏，建立商朝。殷商存在的500多年间主要在河南境内建都，目前在郑州、偃师、安阳等地都发现了具有王都规模的遗址。商人敬鬼祀神，开始使用成体系的文字、铸造大量的青铜器，将中国的青铜文明推向了高峰。 #一...
09/01/2025

044建极中原。公元前1600年，汤起兵灭夏，建立商朝。殷商存在的500多年间主要在河南境内建都，目前在郑州、偃师、安阳等地都发现了具有王都规模的遗址。商人敬鬼祀神，开始使用成体系的文字、铸造大量的青铜器，将中国的青铜文明推向了高峰。 #一天一件国宝

-- In 1600 BC, Tang (汤) overthrew the last ruler of the Xia dynasty and founded the Shang that existed for more than 500 years. The capital of Shang was moved several times, but all the capitals were settled in present-day Henan province. Capital sites of Shang have been discovered in , and . Shang people worshipped ancestors and offered sacrifices to deities. They developed a script system and produced numerous bronze wares, giving rise to a pinnacle of the Chinese Bronze Age.

043夏·嵌绿松石兽面纹铜牌饰，这是中国最早的“金镶玉”艺术品。“金镶玉”在中国传统文化中有“金玉良缘”的美好寓意，为2008年北京夏季奥运会奖牌设计提供了灵感。 #一天一件国宝--Turquoise-inlaid Bronze Plaqu...
08/01/2025

043夏·嵌绿松石兽面纹铜牌饰，这是中国最早的“金镶玉”艺术品。“金镶玉”在中国传统文化中有“金玉良缘”的美好寓意，为2008年北京夏季奥运会奖牌设计提供了灵感。 #一天一件国宝

--Turquoise-inlaid Bronze Plaques with Beast Mask Design.
They were China's earliest “metal artworks with jade inlay.” For the first time, jade was used for the Beijing Olympic medals in 2008. 🥇🥈🥉The medals were designed with inspiration coming from "bi", China's disc-shaped jade object. 💡The medals symbolize nobility and virtue and are the embodiment of traditional Chinese values of ethics and honor, emitting a strong Chinese flavor.

042夏·二里头绿松石龙形器，巨头卷尾，龙身曲伏有致，配有铜铃，内有玉石铃舌。它的出土证明了早在夏代，先民们就把龙作为图腾来崇拜。🐉 #一天一件国宝-- Turquoise-inlaid Dragon was unearthed at ...
07/01/2025

042夏·二里头绿松石龙形器，巨头卷尾，龙身曲伏有致，配有铜铃，内有玉石铃舌。它的出土证明了早在夏代，先民们就把龙作为图腾来崇拜。🐉 #一天一件国宝

-- Turquoise-inlaid Dragon was unearthed at (二里头) at the heartland of China's central plain areas. The giant dragon has a curly tail and a curved body, equipped with a bronze bell and a jade clapper. Its excavation proves that as early as the Xia era, the legendary first dynasty in later Chinese historiography, the people already worshiped dragon as a totem. 🐲 Discover Henan

039夏·青铜爵。中国的青铜时代对应的是夏商周时期。二里头遗址出土来不少以陶范铸造的青铜器，出土的礼器表明以青铜器为核心的礼制逐渐成形，二里头文化也常被视为中国青铜时代的开端。 #一天一件国宝-- During the developmen...
06/01/2025

039夏·青铜爵。中国的青铜时代对应的是夏商周时期。二里头遗址出土来不少以陶范铸造的青铜器，出土的礼器表明以青铜器为核心的礼制逐渐成形，二里头文化也常被视为中国青铜时代的开端。 #一天一件国宝

-- During the development stage of Chinese civilization, bronze metallurgy underwent signifiant change, marking the beginning of the Chinese Bronze Age. The bronze objects found at , predominantly wine vessels like Bronze Jue cast in clay piece-moulds, demonstrate the formation of a bronzes-centered ritual system that was to be further practiced in later Shang and Zhou dynasties.

038夏·二里头文化集中分布在豫西和晋南地区，广泛吸收周边文化因素，呈现出向四方强势辐射的态势，奠定早起中国国家形态的雏形，成为中华文明总进程的核心和引领者。 #一天一件国宝-- The Erlitou culture was concen...
05/01/2025

038夏·二里头文化集中分布在豫西和晋南地区，广泛吸收周边文化因素，呈现出向四方强势辐射的态势，奠定早起中国国家形态的雏形，成为中华文明总进程的核心和引领者。 #一天一件国宝

-- The Erlitou culture was concentrated in western province and southern province, assimilating elements from neighboring cultures while exerting strong influence on surrounding areas. The Erlitou culture gave rise to the formative period of early China and served as a principal leader in the early evolution of . Discover Henan Explore Shanxi

037大型都邑偃师二里头遗址被考古学家认为是是夏少康中兴后所都。遗址揭露了一个规划有序、布局严谨、功能齐备、等级分明、礼乐初成的王朝，标志着东亚地区广域王权国家的诞生。 #夏都 #二里头--The large city site at ...
04/01/2025

037大型都邑偃师二里头遗址被考古学家认为是是夏少康中兴后所都。遗址揭露了一个规划有序、布局严谨、功能齐备、等级分明、礼乐初成的王朝，标志着东亚地区广域王权国家的诞生。 #夏都 #二里头

--The large city site at in the central Chinese province of Henan has been identified as the capital of Xia dynasty after Shao Kang Restoration. The archeology of the Erlitou site reveals an early political center with sophisticated urban planning, diverse functional specialization, a well-developed social hierarchy, and an emerging music-ritual institutions, all indicting the emergence of the first Bronze Age state in
East Asia.

036 典章初成—夏。随着“满天星斗”的龙山时代落下帷幕，华夏文明逐渐由多元的古国时期进入一体的王朝时期。👑大禹(Yu)建立了中国历史上第一个世袭制王朝夏(Xia)，将天下分为“九州”。自此，家天下的时代到来。 #一天一件国宝— With ...
03/01/2025

036 典章初成—夏。随着“满天星斗”的龙山时代落下帷幕，华夏文明逐渐由多元的古国时期进入一体的王朝时期。👑大禹(Yu)建立了中国历史上第一个世袭制王朝夏(Xia)，将天下分为“九州”。自此，家天下的时代到来。 #一天一件国宝

— With the end of era featured with cultural landscape of “stars all over the sky,” the Chinese civilization has gradually entered into the epoch of unified dynasty from that of multiple peer polities. Yu established Xia, the earliest hereditary dynasty in China. Since then, the era of one family dominating the nation has arrived.

034 鼎铸文明——夏商周。这是中国奴隶社会形成、发展并走向鼎盛的历史时期，也是民族风格、价值取向和文化格局形成时期。距今3800年前后，中原大地形成了更为成熟的文明形态，文化影响辐射四方。-- Say HELLO to XIA, SHAN...
02/01/2025

034 鼎铸文明——夏商周。这是中国奴隶社会形成、发展并走向鼎盛的历史时期，也是民族风格、价值取向和文化格局形成时期。距今3800年前后，中原大地形成了更为成熟的文明形态，文化影响辐射四方。

-- Say HELLO to XIA, SHANG, and ZHOU eras! Those three dynasties are a historical period of the formation, development and prosperity of Chinese slavery society, as well as the formation of the national style, value and cultural pattern of . Around 3.8k years ago, central China formed a more mature form of civilization, with cultural influence radiating in all directions.

033-2 中国的新石器时代，风起江河，古国纷涌。东方既白，万邦林立。随着陶器扩张和玉礼器传播，神舟大地上各地文明化进程异彩纷呈，在“裂变”与“碰撞”间回答“何以中国”。Here are China’s major prehistoric ...
31/12/2024

033-2 中国的新石器时代，风起江河，古国纷涌。东方既白，万邦林立。随着陶器扩张和玉礼器传播，神舟大地上各地文明化进程异彩纷呈，在“裂变”与“碰撞”间回答“何以中国”。

Here are China’s major prehistoric cultural areas and related super settlements and large-scale sites. The cultural convergence of these areas in the Neolithic Age provides the driving force for the emergence of civilization in the East. That’s China before China.

31/12/2024

033-1 中华文明起源的“重瓣花朵”格局🌺：中国新石器时代文化被学界形容为一个巨大的重瓣花朵。中原文化区是花心，周围的甘青、山东、燕辽、长江中游和江浙文化区是第一层花瓣，再外围的文化区是第二层花瓣。三重结构组成的花朵，每部分之间都紧紧相连、不能分离，具有文化上高度的向心力与凝聚力。这一理论是中国史前考古学研究的重要成果，揭示了中华文明绵延至今的密码。 #何以中国 #中华文明探源

LAST DAY OF 2024 -- About 7000-5000 years ago a series of archaeological sites with emerging signs of civilization scattered over vast areas ranging from the Yellow river to the Yangtze river, from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau to the central plains. The cultural landscape during the Neolithic period cannot be better explained by the metaphor of “a flower with petals.”🌺

032 石峁·神人对虎纹石雕 #一天一件国宝-- Relif with tigers and a human face, Simao Culture (4300-3800 B.C.).
30/12/2024

032 石峁·神人对虎纹石雕 #一天一件国宝
-- Relif with tigers and a human face, Simao Culture (4300-3800 B.C.).

031石峁遗址是新石器时代晚期东亚地区最大规模城址，以其恢弘的石砌城垣为特征。有学者认为城垣石雕是从其他高等级建筑拆卸而来，个别纹饰与石家河和二里头文化遗迹所见类似，其中或有跨区域联系。石峁遗址的规模和装饰展示了统治者动员能力和人们复杂信仰...
30/12/2024

031石峁遗址是新石器时代晚期东亚地区最大规模城址，以其恢弘的石砌城垣为特征。有学者认为城垣石雕是从其他高等级建筑拆卸而来，个别纹饰与石家河和二里头文化遗迹所见类似，其中或有跨区域联系。石峁遗址的规模和装饰展示了统治者动员能力和人们复杂信仰体系，体现出中华文明形成阶段的特征。 #一天一件国宝

The site, located in Province, was the largest known city site in East Asia about 6000 years ago. Characterized by its grand stone structures, the , often identified as the palace center, were carved with low reliefs. Some scholars suggest that the carved stones were removed from other buildings and that some of the motifs are similar to those of the and cultures. The stone city at Shimao reflects the capability of rulers to mobilize the population, and the decoration of the complex reflects the ideology of the people. Mobilization and a spiritual life are both features of the formative stage of .

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