Picture above: Numerous images from the two visits made to the museum exhibit
7/9/12, 9/2/12
I went to this museum exhibit during the summer break just to look at the exhibit since it was my first time going to an exhibit focused on an Asian culture. I also used this exhibit as an experiment for my photography-taking skills since I figured I just might use my camera again for school. The only thing I knew when I entered the exhibit was that I fell in love with the exhibit. Everything was beautiful in my eyes. My first set of pictures from the museum even looked amazing and I just loved this visit because it was... fun.
When I learned of the history semester-long project, I decided to stop by a second time so I can take more pictures and actually take my time to read the displayed items' descriptions before the exhibit moved to another city. I was just in love with this exhibit for some reason. Or actually... the reason could be because I'm an Asian who takes interest in "Asian things." But YES! These terra cotta warriors, these folklore imagery, these Buddhist relics, these old weaponry... just UGHHH!! ♥!
Note: I will take a guess and say that I spent about a total of 8 hours in this one exhibit.
When I learned of the history semester-long project, I decided to stop by a second time so I can take more pictures and actually take my time to read the displayed items' descriptions before the exhibit moved to another city. I was just in love with this exhibit for some reason. Or actually... the reason could be because I'm an Asian who takes interest in "Asian things." But YES! These terra cotta warriors, these folklore imagery, these Buddhist relics, these old weaponry... just UGHHH!! ♥!
Note: I will take a guess and say that I spent about a total of 8 hours in this one exhibit.
First step in the exhibit:
The Terra Cotta Warriors!
Some Buddhist Relics:
If you look carefully at the box and at the staff, you can see that there are many different images of Buddha on them.
Tablets with Condolences or Eulogy Texts:
The Tomb Doors and Doorframes:
This tomb art has carvings and paintings that tell the stories about Asian life and Asian myths. Some aspects of life included on this picture are hunters, escorts and chariots, and geisha dancers. Some aspects of myths included are dragons, phoenixes, and the zodiac animals.
The Randoms in a slideshow:
"And this is a...?"
Here's a Chinese pillow for you! Pillows were only meant to be a neck-rest of sort for people (especially geisha women) to sleep without ruining their hair. Hair-styling takes a lot of time and effort but it can easily become undone if you lay your entire head on it.