Today,wewillgotovisitHubeiProvincialMuseum.Onthewaytothemuseum,I'dliketoshowapresenttoexpressmywarmestwelcometoyou.Youmaywonderwhatthepresentis.Wellletmeintroduceittoyou.Themusicyouaregoingtolistentoistheverygift.Now,pleaseenjoythemusic.
HaveyoueverlistenedtothemusicAndwhatmusicalinstrumentisusedtoplaythebeautifulmelodyThat'stheserialbells,awonderintheworld.Indeedawonderintheworld.Everyyeartouristsfromallovertheworldcontinuouslycometovisitthemandappreciatetheprogramsplayedbyit.Eachyeartheyreturnwithunforgettablememory.
Thebuildingwithredwallandgreentiersbeforeusistheverymuseum,HubeiProvincialMuseum.Constructedin1953,themuseumisthecenterforcollecting,studying,preservinganddisplayinghistoricalandculturalrelicsinHubei.Morethan700,000ancientrelicsarestoredupinit.Thereisacollectionof100,000booksonhistory,archaeology,artetc.Theserelicsprovidepreciousmaterialdataforstudyingthedevelopmentofhistory,culture,art,scienceandtechnologyinancientChina.
SituatedinthemiddlereachoftheYangtzeRiver,Hubeihasalonghistoryandrichland.Asearlyas2,000,000yearsago,ourancestorslivedandworkedhereandgraduallytheybegantocreatetheirowncivilization.TherelicsunearthedfromZenghouyiTombaregoodproofstothecivilization.Therelicsdisplayedinthemuseumaremostfromthetomb.Serialbellsarethemostpreciousandgreatestofthemall.
Areyoufamiliarwiththehistoryoftheserialbells
Itissaidthatitistheoldestmusicalinstrumentkeptintheworld.Yousee,ourancestorsalreadyknewhowtousemusictoenrichtheirlivessolongago.
Luckilyindeed,ourarchaeologistsdiscovereditbyaccidentandthusdisplayedthemarvelousancientcivilizationofChuStateinfrontus.
In1978,asoldierdiscoveredalargetombwhenbuildinghishouse.Itwasreallyagreatsurprisetodiscoveritatthattime.Afterwards,archaeologistsexcavatedtheseserialbellsonthesamespot.ThiswasappraisedtobethetombofZenghouyi.Itwas220squaremeters,20metrosdeep,consistingof4tombs.Themaincoffinwasmadeupofhugeinternalandexternalcoffins.Themaninitdiedattheageof45.Thoseburiedalivewiththedeadwereallfemale,agedfrom13to25.Theywerein21coffins.
Besidestheserialbells,morethan7,000otherhistoricalculturalrelicshavebeenunearthed,suchasbronzeware,ancientmusicalinstrument,weapons,goldenware,jadeware,paintedware,woodenware,andbambooware.Mostofthemareuniquearttreasureandtheyweredeliberatelymade.
Whatisespeciallyworthmentioningistheancientmusicalinstrument,suchasserialbells,stonechimes,drums,25-stringedpluckedzither,andbambooflute.Theyaretotally8types,including124pieces.Theentiremusicalinstrumentisplacedperfectlyamongthebronzeserialbells.Theymakethetomblooklikeanancientconcerthall.