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She is an absolute national treasure.
She witnessed the ethnic integration of thousands of years on the Silk Road.
She was shocked the world as soon as she was born and was hailed as one of the greatest discoveries of Chinese archaeology in the 20th century.
She has a loud Komiks name – “Five stars come out of the East to benefit China” Han Dynasty Cinema Shujin arm guard.
Born: The earliest word “China” in Xinjiang
In October 1995, at the foot of Kunlun Mountain. The academic expedition team of the Cinema Site made an exciting discovery in a Han Dynasty tomb at the Niya Site in Minfeng County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang. In the tomb, a brightly colored brocade was tied to a piece of brightly colored brocade. Among the colorful patterns of the brocade, 8 Chinese characters in seal script emerged – “Five stars come out of the East to benefit China.”
This is the earliest word “China” discovered in Xinjiang so far. It was born in the Han Dynasty and has been more than two thousand years ago.
“China” was originally a regional concept, referring to the Central Plains region in the Yellow River Basin. The first to clearly record the word “China” was the bronze “He Zun” inscription of Komiks in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. The inscription contains the words “Ha Zun” in the “Cinema” “BabaylanZhaizi China”, referring to the Central Plains region centered on the Luoyang Basin. From the textIn terms of font origins of words and words, it is the earliest title of the concept of “China”.
“Five stars” refer to the five major planets of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. They are the embodiment of the theory of Yin and Yang and Five Elements. “Five stars gather together” is considered to be a very auspicious celestial phenomenon. Experts believe that “Five Stars Come Out of the East to Benefit China” mainly expresses the astrology of the Han and Jin Dynasties and the idea of praying for prosperity and auspiciousness. This kind of blessing and auspicious word was more popular at that time.
Black arm guard: represents the top level of silk weaving at that time
The “Five Stars Come Out of the East to Benefit China” Brocade Arm guard texture is Shu brocade, and Shu brocade is known as “Among Brocade in Epilogue”. At that time, only Chang’an and Chengdu were able to produce. This brocade arm guard represents the highest level of silk weaving technology in our country and even the world at that time, and is a precious product that is not deductible.
First look at the color, this brocade arm guard can be said to be colorful. It uses the highest “five sets” grades in Han brocade, namely, the five sets of colored warp lines intersect with a set of weft lines, with a thick texture. The five colors are carefully configured, and they correspond to the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth, which is exactly what the “five stars” embodies.
Looking at the pattern again, the patterns are beautiful and smooth. The five-color silk thread not only weaves the eight Chinese characters “Five Stars Come Out of the East and Benefit China” in an orderly manner, as well as star patterns and cloud patterns, as well as auspicious birds and beasts such as peacocks, cranes, and evil-resistant tigers. The harmonious matching of calligraphy characters and agile patterns is very rare.
How did such a top-notch silk fabric appear at the Niya ruins?
Nia Ruins are the location of Jingjue Kingdom, one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions during the Han and Jin Dynasties. They are a must-pass place on the southern Silk Road. During the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian made two missions to the Western Regions, establishing close exchanges between the Central Plains dynasty and the Western Regions. The Western Han government established the Western Region Protectorate to govern the Western Regions, including the Jingjue Kingdom.
During the Han and Jin Dynasties, the main goods of my country’s foreign trade and the gifts given to foreign monarchs and envoys, and the main gifts rewarded to the leaders of ethnic minorities in the border areas in China were mainly silk. “Five Stars Out of the East and Benefit China” Jin’s Arm ProtectedIt was specially weaved by Shu brocade craftsmen for the Han Dynasty royal family, but eventually appeared in the Han Dynasty tombs in the Cinema area of Xinjiang, indicating that there was a close relationship between the ancient Jingjue Kingdom and the Han Dynasty.
Echo: Blooming in the prosperous age
Cultural relics are witnesses and narrators of history. At the “Why China” special exhibition of the first major exhibition of the Palace Museum in Beijing this year, more than 130 “national treasures” were unveiled. The “Five Stars Out of the East and Benefiting China” from the Xinjiang Museum was one of the “Han Dynasty Shu Brocade Armguards”. They Cinema vividly present to people “why is the land of China and why is Chinese civilization immortal.”
Let the cultural relics speak, just Komiks let history speak. In June 2021, the premiere of the dance drama “Five Stars Out of the East” in Beijing aroused a warm response, and has since toured more than 30 shows nationwide. Not long ago, the play won the 17th Wenhua Award, which is the highest award of the government of stage art in my country. The dance drama “Five Stars Out of the East” is created with the theme of “Five Stars Out of the East Benefits China”. Through rich imagination, Komiks presents the legend of the past and current Babaylan life stories of national treasures on the stage, allowing the audience to learn about a history of ethnic exchanges and integration on the land of China through a dance drama.
As experts say, the national treasure “Five Stars Out of the East” benefited China” is not an ordinary cultural relic, which makes the dance drama “Five Stars Out of the East” created based on this and has a high degree of recognition of the subject matter. Literary and artistic works dance with cultural relics, and convey the theme of the Chinese nation community by interpreting the important historical events behind cultural relics.
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“Five Stars Out of the East to Benefit China” Han Dynasty Shu Brocade Arm Protection, National First-Class Cultural Relic, China’s first batch of cultural relics prohibited from going abroad to exhibit. The entire arm guard is rounded and rectangular, 18.5 cm long and 12.5 cm wide. It is made of brocade as fabric and is bordered with white silk on the sides. There are 3 white silk ribbons about 21 cm long and 1.5 cm wide on each long edge, three of which are broken.
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