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China: Crossroads of Culture
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A New Look at the Birth of Classical Chinese Culture: Previously Unknown National Treasures Rewrite the Traditional View of History.
The Mori Art Museum presents an exhibition of art from ancient China that is unprecedented in its scope and quality. With over 210 items - over half of them designated National Treasures - assembled from over 40 institutions across China, the exhibition will show how, from the first to the eighth century, classical Chinese culture was born and molded through a continual process of exchange between the kingdoms, empires and tribes located to the east, west, north and south of the Silk Road.
After the collapse of the powerful Han dynasty at the start of the third century, China fragmented, falling into a period of continual war. The time up to unification under the Sui in 581 is known as the period of the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern dynasties and was long looked upon as an age of confusion and chaos with encroachment from and eventual conquest by barbaric nomadic tribes in the north and Central Asian peoples from the west. Recent archaeological discoveries and research, however, have given rise to a very different view of this history. It is now seen as a time when, following collision and assimilation with foreign cultures, Chinese civilization matured to create the golden age of the Tang dynasty upon which our view of classical Chinese culture is based. It is now clear that this was not created by the Chinese people alone but resulted out of the ferment of divergent cultures - from Mongolia, Siberia, India, Persia, Central Asia, Byzantium and even Rome.
The Mori Art Museum presents an exhibition of art from ancient China that is unprecedented in its scope and quality. With over 210 items - over half of them designated National Treasures - assembled from over 40 institutions across China, the exhibition will show how, from the first to the eighth century, classical Chinese culture was born and molded through a continual process of exchange between the kingdoms, empires and tribes located to the east, west, north and south of the Silk Road.
After the collapse of the powerful Han dynasty at the start of the third century, China fragmented, falling into a period of continual war. The time up to unification under the Sui in 581 is known as the period of the Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern dynasties and was long looked upon as an age of confusion and chaos with encroachment from and eventual conquest by barbaric nomadic tribes in the north and Central Asian peoples from the west. Recent archaeological discoveries and research, however, have given rise to a very different view of this history. It is now seen as a time when, following collision and assimilation with foreign cultures, Chinese civilization matured to create the golden age of the Tang dynasty upon which our view of classical Chinese culture is based. It is now clear that this was not created by the Chinese people alone but resulted out of the ferment of divergent cultures - from Mongolia, Siberia, India, Persia, Central Asia, Byzantium and even Rome.
Schedule | Jul 2 (Sat) 2005-Sep 4 (Sun) 2005 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1500, College-High School Students ¥1000, Four-year olds and over ¥500 | ||
| Website | http://www.mori.art.museum/english/contents/china/ | ||
| Venue | Mori Art Museum https://www.mori.art.museum/eng | ||
| Location | 53F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo | ||
| Access | 3 minute walk from exit 1C at Roppongi Station on the Hibiya line, 6 minute walk from exit 3 at Roppongi Station on the Toei Oedo line; From JR Shibuya Station, take the Toei bus and get off at Roppongi Hills. | ||
| Phone | 050-5541-8600 (Hello Dial) |
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