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【MKsports】Culture Beat: Han Dynasty stone reliefs on display

Source:mk time:2024-12-23 10:22:31

Photo: Courtesy of Art Museum of West Taihu Lake

Photo: Courtesy of Art Museum of West Taihu Lake

An ongoing exhibition about Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220) stone reliefs at the Art Museum of West Taihu Lake in Changzhou,MKsports East China's Jiangsu Province, has been a major draw during the Mid-Autumn Festival holidays.      

The stone reliefs are unique artistic works from the Western and Eastern Han periods and were created to decorate tomb chambers, ancestral halls, mausoleum gates, stone coffins and cliff grottoes. 

This exhibition brings together nearly 200 precious collections from about 20 cultural institutions and university research units across China. It collects the latest research achievements in Han Dynasty stone reliefs, featuring new archaeological discoveries from various regions, archaeological sketches, outstanding publications and literature.