Riyadh National Museum hosted a collection of unique Chinese treasures and archaeological artifacts at the exhibition of “Treasures of China” held from September 13 – November 23, 2018 under the auspices of His Royal Highness Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, President of The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage.
The exhibition includes more than 200 Chinese artifacts, including rare pieces that have never been displayed outside China. They represent valuable archetypes of the Chinese cultural heritage extending back to thousands of years, as the exhibition presents a clear vision of the cultural development and social, cultural and aesthetic life at China. In this way, visitors can be more acquainted with China’s culture and its civilization history, thus be able to understand the way of its people’s life in a far better way.
The exhibition consists of five sections representing the timelines and historical dynasties that China has passed through. These include: The phase of ‘the beginning of civilization and performing rites’, the “unification, integration and development” phase, the “comprehensive and diversified foreign exchange” phase, the “ocean business and trade development ” phase, ‘Imperialism power and royal tolerance”. The exhibits vary from pottery, bronze, jade, porcelain, gold, silver, enamel, and many other Chinese treasures.
The National Museum also exhibits – on the sidelines of the museum- architypes of the Chinese artifacts recovered during the archaeological excavations at various sites of Saudi Arabia which represent the commercial exchange between China and the Arabic peninsula civilizations. In addition, an avenue will be allocated to introduce the excavation works being implemented currently by the joint Saudi-Chinese team at Al-Sereen site in Qunfudha Governorate, within the international Saudi missionaries working at archaeological excavations in Saudi Arabia.
