Seven highlights from the new Jilin provincial museum

Updated: 2016-09-29
By: Wang Zhen(ejilin.gov.cn)

After a 9-year-long construction period, the new Jilin provincial museum will finally open its doors to the public on Sept 30, the day before China's National Day Holiday.

Seven highlights from the new Jilin provincial museum

Here are seven must-see things inside the new museum:

1. Oldest human fossil in the museum — Homo sapiens tooth

Seven highlights from the new Jilin provincial museum

A fossilized tooth casts a new light on human evolution and migration, especially the development of our genus in later periods of the Stone Age. It points to Northeast China as one of the living places of our evolutionary lineage.

The tooth was unearthed in a cave near Shimen village of Antu county under the administration of Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in 1964.

2. Treasure of the museum — Han Dynasty belt hook

Seven highlights from the new Jilin provincial museum

The most eye-catching antique in the museum is a bronze belt hook, a relic of a nobleman from the Buyeo kingdom (around the 2nd century BC to 494 AD).

The hook, a popular decoration many upper-class people in the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) wore, was bestowed by the Han emperor to the Buyeo nobleman, indicating a close political relations between two states back then.

The hook is beautifully made, with an eagle head on top and a deity animal embracing a fish as the body, set with eleven red and green precious stones.

It is called the treasure of the museum and was discovered in Yushu county in 1968.

3. Best jade-ware of the Han and Wei dynasties — White jade ear cup

Seven highlights from the new Jilin provincial museum

This white jade ear cup is the greatest piece of its kind from the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) or Wei Dynasty (220 to 265 AD), and was brought to the kingdom of Goguryeo (37 BC to 668 AD).

Relatively big in size, the jade vessel is smooth and unadorned, yet it glitters and is translucent thanks to the fine material.

It was used for holding wine or food during the Han dynasty, and was exclusively for elites, upper-class people.

The white jade ear cup was found in a granary of Ji'an city, one of the ruins of the kingdom of Goguryeo.

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