“The Best between Bohai Sea and Mountain Tai: An Exhibition of Selected Cultural Relics from Shandong” con-sponsored by the NMC, Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Shandong Provincial Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Zibo Municipal People’s Government is co-organized by Shandong Museum and Zibo Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. Succeeding the exhibitions of “Sunken Silver”, “Ritual from the East”, “Splendor of Ancient Sichuan”, “Resplendence of the Tang Dynasty” and “Glory of the Han Dynasty”, this exhibition represents another major result of the series of exhibitions of selected ancient cultural heritage jointly organized by the NMC and local museums and relevant cultural institutions.
This exhibition features the selected cultural relics unearthed from the central region of Qi culture which date back to the period ranging from the Neolithic Age to Qin and Han dynasties in the main. Following a chronological order, the exhibition examines the origin and evolution as well as the temporal and geographical features of the archaeological culture of this region from a dynamic perspective by looking into related exchanges and interactions, with a view of enabling the audience to gain an all-round, concrete and in-depth understanding about the Qi cultural landscape between the Bohai Sea and the Mountain Tai. The exhibition gathers about 200 pieces/sets of selected cultural heritage, most of which have been dug out after major archaeological discoveries from the capital of Qi State at today’s Lin Zi and the surrounding areas, including Gaoqing, Linqu and Haiyang. It is proper to say these exhibits are the cultural relics which best embody the characteristics and development level of Qi culture.