EVERLASTING LIKE THE HEAVENS：The Cultures and Arts of the Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period10 September 2019 – 17 December 2019

Exhibition VenueExhibition Hall 7\8\14, 4th Floor, Tsinghua University Art Museum

Curatorial AdvisersWen C. Fong(1930-2018) 　Li Xueqin(1933-2019)　Wu Liangyong

Chief DirectorsLuo Wenli　Xiang Botao

Executive Directors　　　　　Du Pengfei　Jia Qiang　Qiang Yue　Sun Zhouyong

CuratorTan Shengguang

Academic SupportD. W. Pankenier　Chen Guying　Dong Shan　Hou Xudong　Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch
Li Song　Liu Guoxiang　Su Rongyu　E. L. Shaughnessy　Jay Xu

Exhibition Coordinators　　Cai Lihua　Li Juan　Dong Li　Su Dan

Curatorial Assistants　Yuan Xu　Gao Dengke　Yang Mengying

Exhibition TeamWang Chenya　Ni Jia　Liu Huijian　Ma Yanyan

Visual DesignWang Peng　Yang Hui

Exhibition DesignWang Guobin　Yu Shenhong　Meng Wubing　Liu Chunyang

Text TranslationShao-lan Hertel　Yin Tongyun

Contributors from Shaanxi Province　　　　　　　　Zhou Kuiying　Qian Jikui　Qi Gaoquan　Li Bing　Li Gang　Zhang Jin　Wang Weili
Hou Ningbin　Pei Jianping　Li Jugang　Zhang Kun　Dong Mei　Pang Yani　Cheng Jun　Liang Yanmin
ShaoXiaolong　He Daxin　Hu Wei　Zhang Mei　Zhai Xiaolan　Yan Cunliang　Hu Xiaoli　Wang Jianlin
Zhang Jiekui　Wang Qinghua　Guo Qunxing　Wang Ruopeng　Chang Wei　Xue Yaojun　Xue Yaojun
Wang Yao　Yang Haibo　Ren Wangang

HostsShaanxi Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration
Tsinghua University

Co-hostsTsinghua University Art Museum
Shaanxi History Museum

Co-organizersShaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum
Xi'an Beilin Museum
Museum of Yangling Mausoleum
Xi'an Cultural Heritage Bureau
Xi'an Museum
Xi'an Banpo Museum
Zhouzhi Cultural Relics Management Institute
Lantian Cultural Relics Management Institute
Xianyang Cultural Heritage & Tourism Bureau
Xianyang Museum
Center for Cultural Relics Protection of Xianyang
Museum of Qianling Mausoleum
Museum of Zhaoling Mausoleum
Museum of Maoling Mausoleum
Chunhua County Cultural Museum
Baoji Cultural Heritage Bureau
Baoji Bronze Ware Museum
Famen Temple Museum
Baoji Zhouyuan Museum
Baoji Chencang Museum
Baoji Weibin Museum
Fengxiang County Museum
Fufeng County Museum
Linyou County Museum
Mei County Museum
Qishan County Museum
Qishan Zhouyuan Museum
Weinan Cultural Heritage Bureau
Pucheng County Museum
Yan'an Cultural Heritage Bureau
Cultural Relics Institute of Yan'an
Yulin Culture & Tourism Bureau
Cultural Relics Protection Institute of Yulin
Shenmu Museum
Suide County Museum
Hanzhong Culture & Tourism Bureau
Hanzhong Museum
Chenggu County Museum
Ankang Culture, Tourism & Broadcasting Bureau
Ankang Museum
Hancheng Cultural Heritage Bureau
Liangdaicun Heritage Site Museum
Huaxie Int'l Fine Art Freight Service Co., Ltd.

AcknowledgementsCapital Museum. China
Beijing Art Museum
Tansuo-Faxian of CCTV-10
Tianyu Culture Group Co., Ltd.
Shanghai Painting and Calligraphy Press

Exhibition Profile

The year 2019 marks the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. As a birthday gift toward the nation, it was jointly conferred by the Shaanxi Bureau of Cultural Relics and Tsinghua University (Art Museum) to undertake the special exhibition "The Cultures and Arts of the Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang," on the basis of top-quality cultural artifacts of the successive Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties (and further historical periods preceding the Tang). Drawing from a classical Han-dynasty auspicious phrase, the exhibition theme was decided as "Everlasting Like The Heavens." Invoking prosperity and a good future of the People's Republic of China, the passing down of Chinese civilization and China's outstanding traditional culture from generation to generation, and the ever-gleaming spirit of the "Flourishing Ages of The Han and Tang" and spirit of great rejuvenation of the Chinese peoples, the messages carried by the phrase "everlasting like the heavens" are rich, profound, and felicitous. The exhibition period was set as ninety-nine days, implying the number of "double-nine in harmony with the heavenly way," and the "great dynamic of double-nine, according with the ending and beginning of the heavens."