The long-standing stories of cultural relics in the Hubei Provincial Museum

During the reign of King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty, Xiong Yi, the leader of the Chu people, was officially canonized as a viscount and established the Chu State with its capital in Danyang (today's Zigui, Hubei Province). During the Warring States Period, Chu State's territory reached its peak during the periods of King Xuan of Chu and King Wei of Chu. It started from Daba Mountain and Wushan Mountain in the west, to the sea in the east, from Nanling in the south, to central Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu in the north. It has a vast territory in the north, southeastern Shaanxi, and southwest and west Shandong. The greatest prosperity must inevitably decline. During the reign of King Huai of Chu, due to the lack of internal affairs, the people were disengaged and the country gradually weakened. In the end, the Qin army broke through Shouchun, the capital of Chu, in 223 BC, and the state of Chu was officially destroyed. For 800 years, the State of Chu wrote countless tragic, joyful and heroic stories in the vast land of the Yangtze River Basin. The world was fascinated by him. The sober Qu Yuan left "Li Sao" and jumped into the Yangtze River; the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, King Chuzhuang reused Sun Shuao and other civil servants and generals brought peace and tranquility to the people; Wu Zixu and Zhang Juzheng used their lives to write a rich and colorful stroke in the history books... In this land that must be fought over by military strategists, Gou Jian in the Spring and Autumn Period left his sword, Zeng Houyi made chimes during the Warring States Period, and a small official in the Qin Dynasty copied a large set of Sleeping Tiger Land Qin Slips; The Tiger Bird Drum records the romance and magic of Chu culture; the Yunxian human skull fossils millions of years ago prove the origin of human beings... How can you understand these stories that flow endlessly like the water of the Yangtze River more clearly and truly without going to the Hubei Provincial Museum?