On January 4, "Exhibition of the Bohai Kingdom and Nanhan Kingdom: A Confluence of South and North" was launched at the King's Palace exhibition area of the Nanyue King Museum, which will be underway until March 20. For the first time, the public can see the excavated artifacts from Shangjing Longquanfu (an archaeological site in Ning'an, Heilongjiang) of the Bohai Kingdom in Guangdong.

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A total of 178 cultural relics are on display at the exhibition. With stone statues, porcelain, eaves tiles, patterned bricks, and other artifacts, this exhibition fully showcases the politics, economy, culture, religion, as well as overseas exchanges and trade of the Bohai Kingdom and the Nanhan Kingdom. 

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The Bohai Kingdom, with the Shangjing Longquanfu as its main capital, was a tributary to the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Its land extended to what is now Northeast China, the Korean Peninsula, and the Russian Far East. The Nanhan Kingdom was an independent regime during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907-979), with its capital at present-day Guangzhou.

Despite the great distance between the two kingdoms, both were highly influenced by the Tang Dynasty in terms of regulations, systems, culture, social lives and so on, which also contributed to the consolidation of the Empire as a multi-ethnic state. From this exhibition, the audience can experience the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty through the archaeological achievements of the North and the South.

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Time: 9:00-17:00 (closed on Mondays), until March 20, 2023

Venue: 2nd floor, Main Exhibition Building, the King's Palace exhibition area of Nanyue King Museum (南越王博物院王宫展区陈列楼二楼临展厅)

Ticket price: FREE

Add.: No.316, Zhongshan 4th Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou (广州市越秀区中山四路316号)

Nearest metro station: Take Metro Line 1 and get off at the Peasant Movement Institute Station (农讲所站), use Exit D