As the largest cultural relics collection, protection, research and exhibition center in Shanxi Province, Shanxi Museum has gathered the essence of cultural relics in the province, with a precious collection of about 400,000 pieces, including more than 400 first-class cultural relics (up to 20 13, 12). Among them, the cultural relics of Taosi site in Neolithic age, cultural relics of Shang Dynasty, cultural relics of Jin and San Dynasties in two weeks, cultural relics of Northern Dynasties, stone carvings, local ceramics in Shanxi, cultural relics of Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and cultural relics of Shanxi merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties are quite distinctive. In addition, the library of Shanxi Museum covers an area of 1000 square meters, with complete basic facilities and perfect management system. The library has 1.6 million books and ancient books 1. 1.0 million books, including 888 rare books and 5043 rare books. Bronze beast chest: Shang Dynasty, 2 1.5cm high and 24cm long, 1976 unearthed in Jingjie Village, Lingshi County. The whole wine container is like a crouching animal. There is a wide current in front and a high round foot at the bottom. The front end of the cover is in the shape of a faucet, which is buckled with the upturned spout to form a neck. The high relief angle is thick, the ears are pointed, the eyebrows are prominent, and the neck rises from the door to the middle of the cover. On the back of the cover is an animal face with towering ears; The front, left and right sides of the abdomen of the organ start from the door and take the shape of a beast's head in turn. Yun Leiwen sets off two animal heads in the cover, and the main texture of the animal's face is composed of three leaves and edges as the central axis. The lower edge of the mouth is decorated with dragon patterns with heads raised and tails curled, and the circle foot is decorated with phoenix patterns, all of which are lined with Yun Leiwen. Three-layer pattern. Exquisite bronzes in the late Shang Dynasty. Owl: In the late Shang Dynasty, it was 19.7 cm high, 12 cm long and 8.6 cm short. 1956 Unearthed in Erlangpo Village, shilou county. The wine container is shaped like two owls standing back to back. Cover with double heads, round eyes, pointed beak and curved eyebrows. There are four square column buttons in the center of the cover, decorated with thunder patterns. The abdomen is double-breasted, the mouth is slightly narrowed and the abdomen is decorated with curled wings. There are four claws under the body, facing each other. Holding their bellies, two owls stood upright. Ceramic painted dragon brand: Neolithic age, with a diameter of 40.5 cm and a height of 8.8 cm, 1984 unearthed from Taosi site in Xiangfen County. Muddy yellow pottery, open, folded belly, flat bottom. The inner wall is polished, painted with brown pottery and painted with dragon patterns in red and white. The head is in the outer ring, the eyes are round, the two sides of the head protrude like ears and fins, the mouth is open to show teeth, and long letters are spit out like ears of wheat. The body rolls inward, the tail is in the center of the bottom of the dish, and the whole body is decorated with double rows of scales. The shape of the dragon is actually based on the snake, which combines the characteristics of many animals, showing calmness, mystery, majesty and a sense of ceremony. It is a cultural relic of Miaodigou Phase II. Painted pottery jar: Neolithic, 45 cm high, 35 cm in diameter, 43 cm in abdominal diameter and 15.6 cm in bottom, 1989 unearthed in Jinshengzhuang Village, Ruicheng County. Mud red pottery with polished surface. Small mouth, round lips, short neck, wide shoulders, protruding upper abdomen, adduction of lower abdomen, small flat bottom, and floral pattern with black painted arcs and dots on the upper abdomen. The body is huge and the shape is intact. It is a typical relic of Yangshaogou cultural temple. Celadon glaze support: Northern Wei Dynasty, with a total height of 6.7 cm, a support diameter of 9. 1, a foot diameter of 3.3 cm, a support diameter of 15.3, and a foot diameter of 6.4 cm. On 1957, it was unearthed in dongtaibao village, Taiyuan city, Shanxi province. The lamp mouth is slightly convergent, the wall is circular, the cake foot, the left foot and the bottom are slightly concave. The tray is shallow, short and full of cakes, with a concave bottom, glazed to the lower abdomen, and a tray in the center. Ochre gray fetus, fetal quality is better. Application of green glaze, dense communication pieces of different sizes. The first pot of green glazed dragon-handled chicken: Beiqi, 48.2 cm high, unearthed from Lou Rui's tomb in the first year of Wuping in Beiqi, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province in 570, 198 1. The mouth of the dish is slightly open, the mouth holds the lips, the dragon neck meets the abdomen, the neck is thin and high, the abdomen is bulging, and there is a chicken head opposite the dragon handle. There are three buttons on each side, and a precious flower is inserted under the middle button; Dragon handle, chicken head, lotus and honeysuckle hanging under six buttons. The abdomen is angular, and four winged phoenix birds are attached below it. Yellow-green glaze, with ice cracks, bright glaze surface, slightly coarse fetal quality, light yellow and firm. Jade Jade Jade Ring: Western Zhou Dynasty, diameter 15.6 cm, aperture 6.8 cm, unearthed from Tomb 63 of Jinhou Cemetery in Zhao Bei Village, Quwo County 1993. Both sides are the same, engraved with the pattern of two coiled dragons. Ssangyong is chasing between vortex lines and cirrus clouds. The space between Ssangyong is engraved with cirrus clouds. Decorative patterns are all carved with double hook technique, and the owner of the tomb is Lady Houji of Jin Mu. Yu Pei with dragon and phoenix patterns: in the Western Zhou Dynasty,10.3cm long and 3.8cm wide, 1992 was unearthed from Tomb 3 1 of Jinhou Cemetery in Zhao Bei Village, Quwo County. Placed in the abdomen of the tomb owner, it is already brown. Both sides are engraved with the same pattern of Feng Niaowen and Dragon. The phoenix bird has a crown, a curved beak, round eyes, wings spread, tail feathers rolled up to the beak, and chicken feet placed on the dragon body; Dragon body curl, nose curl, official character. Perforated before kissing, inlaid with turquoise. Patterns often use oblique tangent lines with thin yinxian lines to outline the outline of double lines. Stone carving and stone carving column base: Northern Wei Dynasty, with a total height of 16.5cm, a base edge length of 32cm and a column hole diameter of 7cm, 1965(484) was unearthed from the tomb of Sima Jinlong in Taihe, Shijiazhai Village, Datong City. One of the pillars has a light gray fine sandstone foundation, a square base, a pot cover shape on it, lotus petals with high relief at the top and a circular jack in the middle. Carved dragons walk through the mountains around. There are bas-reliefs with gold and silver patterns and moire patterns on all sides of the square seat, and there is a round carved geisha boy at each corner of the square seat, who plays drums, pipa and dances respectively. On the four sides of the column base, there are bas-reliefs wrapped with lotus branches, including the image of geisha. * * * Four unearthed pieces, slightly different in size and decoration, are sockets of lacquer painting screen (wood lacquer painting). Shiguo: In the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was 240 cm high, 348 cm long and 338 cm wide. In 2000, the tomb of Song Shaozu was unearthed in the first year of Taihe (477) in Caofulou Village, Datong City. It is assembled by 109 finely carved bluestone components. It is a temple building with hanging peaks, with eaves gallery in front and three rooms wide. The first thing I saw was the 3-liter herringbone arch. On the outer wall, many paving rings are carved, in which there are pictures of dancing and playing music. The calligraphy and painting Zhang Mu's running script "Autumn Falls in the South of the Yangtze River" is clear: paper, vertical 130.5cm, horizontal 50cm. Interpretation: In autumn, the water falls in the south of the Yangtze River, and the west wind blows in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Try to find a good place in the library, and then order a boat to make a victory trip. Love the ancient and explore the strange, jade axis is not for money. I plan to go to Toulu, Ma Jiang, and look forward to your painting and calligraphy boat every day. Zhang Mu, February. One of the four screens of Yang Du's Preface: paper, length 168 cm, width 40.7 cm. Wang Hanguang imitates the landscape of China: paper, 292 cm long and 55 cm wide. Tan Liang presented "Scenery of Fushan Mountain: Silk Book", which is 79.5 cm long and 32.8 cm wide. Tan Liang is good at painting, copying ancient landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, insects and fish. This work was once appreciated by Fu Shan. Miscellaneous "endless" three-hole cloth Warring States: 5.4 cm high and 7.3 g heavy, unearthed in Xiangfen County 1986. The head, shoulders, hips and feet are all round, and there is a round hole at both ends of the head and feet. The inscription "Death in Winter" means "Endless Life", now Yuxian County, Hebei Province. Recite Twelve Zhu, Thirteen. It belongs to the late Warring States period and is the place name of Zhao State. Three-hole cloth is one of the rarest kinds of cloth coins in the Warring States period. Hou Shu: During the Spring and Autumn Period, the site of Jin State in houma city was unearthed 1965- 1966. More than 5,000 jade and stone carvings have been unearthed in more than 40 sacrificial pits, most of which are laurel-shaped, with the longest reaching 32 cm, while others are round and irregular. Most of the essays are written in Zhu pen, and a few are written in ink pen. There are 656 recognizable characters, ranging from more than 200 words to 10 words. The content can be divided into five categories: Lord's pledge, clan alliance, oath, confession and curse.