As a historical tradition, sacrificial rituals have played an important role in the history of China. Through sacrificial rituals, we can understand people's thoughts and emotions, life customs and aesthetic opinions, and also can deeply study religious culture and economic development in certain historical periods. Chu culture, as an important part of Chinese civilization, has rich and special sacrificial rituals customs.

Chu culture is the general name for the material and spiritual culture of the southern vassal state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period, and the Warring States period of China. At that time, the Chu people brought the culture of the Central Plains from the Yellow River basin to the southern Jianghan region, and fused the southern indigenous culture in the Jianghan region, making the Chu culture developed and distinctive.

The sacrificial rituals under the Chu culture contains not only the worship and sacrifice to the ancestors who are believed to be the Yellow Emperor and Zhurong, but also to the gods in nature. In fact, the Chu people worshiped numerous nature gods, but the most prominent ones are summarized in a set of poems from Chu Ci, namely Nine Songs or Jiu Ge, which will be later introduced with details in this exhibition. What's more, the vessels and artifacts used in Chu sacrificial rituals were also very diverse, showing not only the superior handicraft technology of Chu at that time, but also the elaborate sacrificial rites and even the social structure at that time.