Artifacts thousand years of Sa Huynh culture

440 artifacts and images of Sa Huynh culture with 2,000-2,500 years old are displayed by Quang Ngai, Quang Nam and Binh Dinh provinces at Quang Ngai General Museum from July 22 afternoon.

This is the first time to display the ancient objects of a Sa Huynh cultural age - a civilized cradle of Vietnam along with Dong Son (North) and Oc Eo (South) cultures - on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the discovery. to Sa Huynh. These artifacts are excavated locally by archaeologists in Quang Ngai, Quang Nam and Binh Dinh, dating back about 2,500 to 3,000 years.

Characteristic of this culture is that most living tools are made of copper and iron; The ritual of burying the dead is carefully followed by a number of precious jewelry such as beads of precious stones, earrings, gold rings .

Living and jewelry tools - burial items according to the grave of graves - the characteristic of Sa Huynh culture.

Through Sa Huynh cultural exhibits displayed at the Quang Ngai General Museum, many cultural researchers in and outside the country have identified, the owner of Sa Huynh culture has strongly traded with other civilizations. like Dong Son in the North and Oc Eo in the South. In the grave tombs, some Chinese ceramics and porcelain mixed with Vietnamese pottery. This proves that in the past, Vietnamese people had trade and exchange with the outside world.

In 1909, French archaeologist M.Vinet accidentally discovered at the sand cave next to An Khe lagoon in Pho Thanh commune, Duc Pho district (Quang Ngai) a grave area with lots of valuable artifacts. These are the first evidence of the Central culture of the Central.

Artifacts grave jars.

Grave jars are shaped like a pot.

Tower-shaped jars.

Jewelry of gemstone beads, three-spoke earrings are buried in the grave of the jar when buried dead.

Sa Huynh jars were reclaimed by thousands of broken pottery pieces from artists in Lam Dong town of Chau O town and the restoration specialist of UNESCCO Vietnam.

These artifacts attract visitors.

. and archaeologists inside and outside the country.