Tangcheng Site Museum

The Tangcheng Site Museum was established in 1979 as a specialized museum dedicated to the protection of the Tangcheng Site in Yangzhou, the collection and preservation of Tang Dynasty cultural relics, and the study of the history and culture of Yangzhou during the Tang Dynasty. The museum is located in the southwest corner of the Tang Yacheng Site, on the former site of Emperor Yang of Sui's palace. It houses more than 300 pieces of various cultural relics unearthed in Yangzhou from the Tang Dynasty, including ceramics, bronzes, and gold and silver wares. Representative stone carvings include octagonal stone pillars inscribed with inscriptions by Du You, the Tang Dynasty Huainan Jiedushi, and Ruan Yuan, a Qing Dynasty Grand Scholar; the Tang Sanzhe Stele, inscribed with paintings by Wu Daozi, poems by Li Bai, and calligraphy by Yan Zhenqing, three famous artists of the Tang Dynasty; a Buddhist stone carving Jingchuang unearthed from the Tang Huizhao Temple, with all eight sides engraved with the "Buddha Top Zunsheng Dharani Sutra Preface," as well as some stone statues; ceramic cultural relics, which bring together ceramics from various kilns in the Tang Dynasty, including Yue ware celadon, Xing ware white porcelain, Tang Sancai, Changsha kiln, Mise porcelain, monochrome glaze, and two-color glaze, especially Tang blue and white porcelain unearthed in Yangzhou. The varieties include cups, plates, bowls, dishes, pots, Meng, cans, etc. Among the bronze collections, Tang Dynasty bronze mirrors are the most prominent, including seahorse grape mirrors, moon palace flying dragon mirrors, and flower and bird mirrors. The collection of wooden objects includes Tang dugout canoes, coffins of Lu Derou from the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, and various furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The academic research results of Tangcheng in Yangzhou are outstanding. In 1984, with the discovery of the South Gate Site of Tang Luocheng, the long-standing problem of the southern boundary of Tang Luocheng was solved. In 1986, the archaeological research of the Tangcheng Site in Yangzhou was listed as a national key research project, and its achievements won the National Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in 1993, the Nomination Award for the National Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries in 1995, and the National Top Ten Archaeological Discoveries during the "Eighth Five-Year Plan" period. In addition, the museum focuses on the historical and cultural research of Jianzhen, Cui Zhiyuan and other foreign exchanges in Yangzhou during the Tang Dynasty. Cui Zhiyuan, a friendly envoy from Silla. Cui Zhiyuan was from Silla (now South Korea). He came to Tang Dynasty to study at the age of 12, and was admitted as a Jinshi in Tang Binggong at the age of 18, and served as an official in the Tang Dynasty. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, he came to Yangzhou and served in Huainan, and was awarded the positions of Secretary, Dutong Patrol Officer, and Official Post Patrol Officer. He was diligent in government affairs, participated in military affairs and the construction of Tangcheng, and wrote a large number of official documents and forms, and wrote "Huang Chao Shu" which was widely recited in the world. There are twenty volumes of "Guiyuan Writing Collection". In 884, he left Yangzhou and returned to his country. After returning to China, he actively spread Han culture and was known as the "Ancestor of Eastern Literature". The exhibition introduces his achievements in Yangzhou with detailed historical materials, pictures and cultural relics, and praises this friendly envoy from Silla.