【Focus】Maqiao Culture Exhibition Hall Opened to th...

上海闵行 · 公众号 · 上海 · 2019-04-21 07:59

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The background wall at the entrance is decorated with the pattern of a shell and sand embankment, taking visitors back to the Maqiao Town thousands of years ago.

Long History Dated Back to Thousands of Years Ago

Treasures are the deposits of ancient times. This exhibition wall: the Marrow of Tradition, helps visitors understand the origin of Shanghai ancient culture.

Majiabang Culture: 7,000~6,000 years ago

Songze Culture: 6,000~5,300 years ago

Liangzhu Culture: 5,300~4,300 years ago

Qianshanyang Culture: 4,300~4,100 years ago

Guangfulin Culture: 4,100~3,900 years ago

Maqiao Culture: 3,900~3,200 years ago

Maqiao Culture is an ancient culture with local features of Minhang. It is an important part of the chronology of Minhang and the history of Shanghai. Maqiao Culture is named after the Maqiao Relics, an archaeological site discovered in 1959. Archaeologists began to excavate the Maqiao Relics since 1960. After making several times of excavation in the 1960s, 1990s and the 21st century, archaeologists excavated more than 1,000 cultural relics, including pottery utensils, stoneware, bone objects and bronze production tools. The area of excavation site also expands from 5,000 square meters to more than 100,000 square meters.

On this grey wall, visitors can see numbers with different sizes. What’s the meaning of these mysterious passwords? They are the chronicle of events for Maqiao Ancient Cultural Relics. For example, Shanghai Cultural Relics Preservation Committee named Maqiao Ancient Cultural Relics as a “Protection Site of Ancient Culture Relics in Shanghai” on December 7, 1977. The State Council named Maqiao Ancient Culture Relics as a “Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit of China” on March 5, 2013. Here, you can find all great events related to this culture relics.