歷史文物陳列館

Of Celadon and White

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Our Superstars-- Special Exhibition of Oracle Bones

Oracle bone inscriptions, carvings or writings on tortoise shells and animal scapulae, are known as the earliest mature writing system in China. They were mainly used for divination, while a few of them were to keep records of events happened in the late Shang Dynasty (~1300 BC - 1050 BC).

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Of Celadon and White

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Han Dynasty Wooden Slips from Edsen-gol

This is the best-preserved and most complete wooden slip text extant, with the wooden pieces, strings, and ink all mostly intact. The slips are made with four lengths of strings and seventy-seven wooden slips. Other than two blank slips, the rest of the slips show five monthly and seasonal reports about the number and condition of the pots, mortars, crossbows, arrows, and other equipment of the two beacon stations --the P'o-hu and Ch'ien-shang beacon stations-- belonging to the Kuang-ti South Platoon. This set of wooden slips not only allows us to understand how the Han made wooden texts, but also what kind of equipment was available at the border and how it was regularly checked.

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Beyond Writing

Opening Date: 14 Oct. 2015 
Venue: Room 207

This exhibition is based on museum viewers’ participation which began as a writing experiment. After writing, participants could take slips home as a souvenir or leave them on the display desk to share their notes with other visitors. The writers probably did not expect their slip notes end up being in the showcase, and that was probably the reason why the words on these slips were rather free-styled and fascinating as they were not conformed to any rules. These writings simply recorded their impression and feeling about their museum journey, but at the same time, also told us something about how people tend to act when they are leaving words in public.

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The Reorientation of the IHP Museum

Since the creation of the Institute of History and Philology, the guiding principle behind all its academic activities has always been to encourage researchers to leave the confines of their libraries and conduct field research. Fu Ssu-nien urged his colleagues to travel up hill and down dale in search of first-hand materials only obtainable through field research. This critical spirit stressing scientific verification is manifested in the works displayed in the museum. 

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The Great Golden Placard of the Military Palace Examination in 1844.

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Sets of Graded Po Bells with Interlaced Snake Decor

These fourteen po bells can be divided into two groups according to their size and decoration. In the large five bells, coiled ch'ih dragons were employed while interlaced snakes decorate the smaller nine bells. These two sets of graded po bells are finely make and of excellent quality.

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Lu Fang-ting

Unearthed together with the Niu Fan-ting, this cauldron is similar in type, but smaller in size. The main decoration on each of the sides is a deer head with a standing bird on each side. A band of k’uei-dragon patterns appears on the upper and lower parts of the vessel. The inscription cast on the bottom of the vessel is a pictographic character for "deer.

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