Han Yangling Museum

40 odd years of excavation shows that the Yangling Mausoleum is mainly composed of the Emperor and Empress’ graveyards, southern and northern burial pits, ritual building, the satellite graveyard and criminal’s graveyard, and ancient mausoleum town. To the west of them, lie the emperor and empress’ tomb, northern and southern burial pits and the remains of ancestral construction. The emperor’s tomb is surrounded by 81 burial pits radiating from the centeral mound. A 110-meter wide Sacred Road, flanked by 8000 odd satellite tombs of ancient high officials, leads directly to the ancient mausoleum town. This scene is similar to ancient morning court held by the emperor. Objects unearthed from the 200 odd burial pits include armored Warrior figures with weapon, elegant palace maids with Han costume, countless animals with vivid expressions. The HYLM is considered to represent the ancient burial custom, “ to attend to the dead as if to attend to the living”. HYLM is the most intact royal mausoleum of Han Dynasty ever discovered. It is the most important tangible document in the research of burial customs and civilization of the Han Dynasty.

"Craftsman spirit" is a kind of professional spirit. It is the embodiment of professional ethics, professional ability and professional quality. It is also a kind of professional value orientation and behavior performance of practitioners. "Craftsman spirit" embodies dedication, lean, focus and innovation. The fine works of ancient art displayed in the museum exhibition hall show us the craftsman spirit of great powers in details!

Gilding can be traced back to the Xia and Shang Dynasties. It is a traditional metal decoration technology created by the ancient working people in the production and labor.

Gilding technology began in the Warring States period and became popular after the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and Han Dynasty. The process of gilding is as follows: the gold powder is heated and completely fused with mercury, and the fused solution is cooled sufficiently to turn into gold mud; the gold mud is evenly coated on the surface of the utensils; the mercury is evaporated by baking at a suitable temperature.

The gold mud can be applied to the surface of utensils several times as needed to make the gold powder adhere more firmly. The gold-plated film made in this way is thick, bright red and yellow, and the coating is firm and corrosion-resistant. It can maintain gorgeous luster for a long time.

The following relics, which are still golden after thousands of years, are not the evidences of ancient craftsmen's "striving for perfection and perfection"?

These glittering tiger head ornaments were unearthed in the thief's cave in No. 16 outer hiding pit on the east side of the imperial mausoleum. They are gilded on the surface and copper on the inside. There are traces of ivory sticks in the small holes behind the ornaments, which may be decorations on wooden objects.