Topic: An eyeful of glorious blooms-Painted pottery of Miaodigou culture

Speaker: Wang Weilin, Professor of School of Archaeology and Museology of Shanxi University; Former director of Shaanxi Academy of Archaeology and former deputy director of Shaanxi History Museum. Main research: Neolithic age archaeology.

Date: at 3:00pm on 4 Mar. 

Location: Multi-function hall 

How to Attend: Please scan the code below to skip to the Museum's WeChat official account , and make your reservation!

    

Tel: 0371-63582521
   

Painted pottery is regarded as an important archaeological find in Neolithic age. Approximately 5000 years ago, Miaodigou culture, developed from Weihe River valley, raised a cultural tide with a magnificent scale in prehistoric times of China by its unique characteristic of painted potteries with flower petals designs. 

Why the painted pottery in Miaodigou culture are so attractive? Why people say “Huaxia mation” is named after painted potteries with “flower petals designs”? And what is the role of painted pottery of Yangshao culture in promoting the process of early Chinese civilization? Join this lecture on March 4, and you will find your answers!