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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1991

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LADY WILSON OPENS JADE EXHIBITION

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LADY WILSON TODAY

(THURSDAY)

OPENED AN EXHIBITION OF JADE WESTERN

CARVINGS EXCAVATED FROM THE TOMB OF THE KING OF NANYUE IN THE HAN MAUSOLEUM.

ADDRESSING THE

OPENING

CEREMONY OF THE EXHIBITION AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, LADY WILSON SAID ALTHOUGH THE

WAS CARVINGS WERE EXCAVATED IN CANTON IN 1983, THIS

THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD BEEN SHOWN OUTSIDE MAINLAND CHINA.

"IT IS ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT HONG KONG HAS BEEN GIVEN THIS HONOUR; GUANGDONG HAS CLOSE TIES WITH HONG KONG PEOPLE SO IT WAS IN THE DISTANT PAST," SHE SAID.

NOW,

AND

EVIDENCE AND OF THE

LADY WILSON POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE DOCUMENTARY OF THE SUCCESSION OF KINGS, THE FORMS OF MILITARY POWER, ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY.

"WE ALSO KNOW SOMETHING OF THEIR FORMAL CULTURE, AND THEIR THE GOVERNMENTS' BELIEF THAT THEY HAD HEAVENLY INSTRUCTIONS TO SPREAD BENEFITS OF A CULTURED LIFE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE.

"WE KNOW THAT THE HAN DYNASTY DEPENDED UPON, AND INDEED ENCOURAGED, THE DEVELOPMENT OF LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENT, SCHOLASTIC COMPETENCE, RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY, TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT.

SCIENTIFIC

DISCOVERY,

AND

"THESE ARE CULTURAL ASPECTS WHICH HAVE PROVEN TO BE AS DURABLE AS THE CHINESE JADE ON WHICH THE CARVINGS WERE MADE, SHE SAID.

HOWEVER, SHE SAID THE WAY PEOPLE ACTUALLY

EXPERIENCED AND

PERCEIVED THAT CULTURE WAS LESS KNOWN.

"IT IS ΤΟ WHAT REMAINS OF THEIR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND PERSONAL EFFECTS, THAT WE TURN, FOR OTHER CLUES ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE WERE DURING THE NANYUE PERIOD, SHE SAID.

IT

LADY WILSON FOUND IT OF GREAT INTEREST ΤΟ SEE THE CARVINGS FASHIONED IN JADE WELL OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO.

THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FEBRUARY NEXT

YEAR.

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