Gansu Museum: A Light That Stuns Time, a Horse That Treads on Swallows

5,000 years of history in Gansu. Gansu is located in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, and an important node on the Silk Road. It is a long corridor of history, a Hexi Corridor. Emperor Wu of Han, Zhang Qian, Huo Qubing, Wei Qing, Xuanzang, Marco Polo, Zuo Zongtang... the great figures of history have left behind fascinating stories here. Here, countless memories of history are preserved. From ancient painted pottery to exquisite bronzes, from mysterious Buddhist art to stunning paleontological fossils, each exhibit tells a moving story. The Gansu Silk Road Civilization Exhibition takes you on a journey through the splendor and legend of the Silk Road. The mural bricks of the Yishi Map bear witness to the development of ancient postal services; exquisite silk artifacts showcase the exchange and integration of Eastern and Western cultures. The Red Gansu Exhibition revisits the turbulent revolutionary years, feeling the courage and fearlessness of the ancestors, and passing on the red genes. The Gansu Painted Pottery Exhibition, with its colorful pottery, showcases the wisdom and creativity of the ancestors. The most famous horse stepping on a flying swallow is not just a work of art, but a witness to history. It brings the wisdom and aesthetics of the ancients to us through the ages. At the intersection of time and wisdom, experience the weight of history and the accumulation of culture. They are silent, but one glance is a thousand years. They are the hidden rhyme of civilization, the dark language of the times. Above the palace, a horizontal and a vertical, a stroke and a dot, standing alone is a square inch, together they are heaven and earth.