Cultural relics card:

Mural painting of Four Supernatural Beings Surrounded by Clouds was created in the early Western Han dynasty(202-141 BC ) and excavated at the Shiyuan(persimmon orchard) Han tomb, Mt. Mangdang, Yongcheng, Shangqiu, Henan Province, 1987. The length of the mural is 5.14 meters, the width is 3.27 meters, and the area is 16.8 square meters.Through scientific and technological means, archaeological experts cut the mural according to the original appearance and moved to Henan Museum, then the mural became one of the "Collection Highlights"in Henan Museum.

In the middle of the mural, there is a 7-meter-long dragon flying, Scarlet Bird,White Tiger and Somber Warrior, surrounded by ganoderma lucidum and cloud patterns. From the west end of the top of the main tomb, the mural extends to the east for over Zhang(unit of length), with a total area of 30 square meters, filling the gap of murals in the Western Han dynasty, more than 600 years earlier than Dunhuang murals(4th-14th century A.D). Known as "Dunhuang before Dunhuang", the mural painting of Four Supernatural Beings Surrounded by Clouds is not only an earlier, large-scale, highest-ranking and well-preserved mural in China, but also a magnificent epic carrying the thought of Chinese immortals in the early Western Han dynasty.

The designer said:

We skillfully integrate the mural painting with the glass, and combine the unique electroplating and laser engraving technology to restore the cultural relic pattern, so that the mural painting can achieve different projection effects through light and shadow, bring a distinctive visual experience to users, and make the mural painting alive.

It is not only a cup, but also a cultural carrier.