Zhengzhou Shang Dynasty Ruins Museum
Oppsiting the Zhengzhou Confucious' temple and inside the Shangdu Archaeological Park, the Zhengzhou Shang Dynsaty Ruins Museum is located under the vicissitude city walls.
在郑州文庙对面，商都遗址考古公园里，古朴沧桑的商城城墙下，就是郑州商都遗址博物院。
The geometry of the building and the city wall closely combined, like "Mosaic" in the mall site park jointly connected with the city walls, geometry modeling buildings seems to inlay with the park.
几何造型的建筑与城垣紧密结合，仿若“镶嵌”在商城遗址公园之中。
The interior of the museum is full of lines, with extra-long diagonal corridors and bronze-shaped exhibition halls, providing enough space for those who love to take pictures.
博物院内部线条感十足，超长的斜走廊、青铜器外形的展厅，都为爱拍照的小伙伴提供了施展空间。
As a thematic site museum of the early Shang Dynasty Culture, it is based on the archaeological excavation on Shang Dynasty ruins in Zhengzhou over the past 70 years, the highly restored daily life of the Shang Dynasty people as well as a wide range of cultural relics, and the once prosperous early Shang capital city are projected to us through photoacoustic and electric technology by the museum.
作为一座讲述早商文化的专题遗址博物馆，商都遗址博物院建筑以郑州商城七十年来的考古发掘为基础，通过光声电技术、商代生活的高度复原和琳琅满目的文物，将曾经繁盛的早商都城一一投射到我们面前。
The exhibition inside the door named "The majestic Bo capital, the model of the king's capital -- Zhengzhou Shang Capital Civilization Exhibition" comprehensively shows the history and civilization of Shang Dynasty in Zhengzhou, mainly including the preface hall, sand table hall, three theme exhibition hall and a temporary exhibition hall, with the exhibition area of more than 5500 square meters.
“开门大展”《巍巍亳都，王都典范——郑州商代都城文明展》全面展示了郑州商城的历史文明，主要包括序厅、沙盘厅，三个主题展厅和一个临时展厅，展厅面积共计5500多平方米。
In the preface hall, the giant sculpture about Cheng Tang Suppressed Xia's capital makes an impression.
序厅里，讲述成汤伐夏定都的巨型雕塑让人眼前一亮;
The large restored sand table, combined with digital projection shows the overall urban layout and functional zoning of the Shang dynasty capital clearly.
结合数字投影展示的大型复原沙盘更是震撼，商代都城的整体城市布局和功能分区一目了然;
photo/Zhao Jiaxiang
The city construction in the background of rammed earth wall of Shang Dynasty city , the copper castings,grand palaces, water supply and drainage facilities etc. are also vividly restored, showing the magnificent manner of the king's capital.
以商代城墙夯层为背景的筑城、铸铜、大型宫殿、给排水设施等场景复原也惟妙惟肖，生动展现了王都的恢宏气势。
There are also nearly 1,000 unearthed cultural relics here. The original porcelain statue of Shang Dynasty unearthed from Shang Dynasty ruins in Zhengzhou predates the time when China began to make porcelain by more than 1,000 years than the previous findings. The copper tomahawk with beast-face pattern is complicated and fierce, showing the identity, status and power of the Shang Dynasty,which are really feast for visitors’ eyes.
这里还有近千件(套)出土文物，郑州商城遗址发掘出土的商代原始瓷尊，将我国开始烧制瓷器的时间提前了1000多年;兽面纹铜钺造型繁缛狞厉，彰显着商王朝身份、地位和权力，让人大饱眼福。
original porcelain statue photo/Zhao Jiaxiang
原始瓷尊 摄影/赵家祥
copper tomahawk with beast-face pattern photo/Zhao Jiaxiang
兽面纹铜钺 摄影/赵家祥
colored pottery horse photo/Li Yan
彩绘陶马 摄影/李焱
green glazed Bo mountain censor photo/Li Yan
绿釉博山炉 摄影/李焱
Zhengzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology archaeological Museum, focuses on the major achievements of archaeological excavation in Zhengzhou. Tourists here could visit the model of sacrificial relics of Qingtai site, the model of Wang Cheng Gang Site, the model of Sanxingdui Site, and the modle of Da-wan Site of Lamma Island in Hong Kong......
郑州市文物考古研究院考古博物馆则重点展示郑州市考古发掘重大成果。在这里，你可以一站式参观青台遗址祭祀遗迹模型、王城岗城址模型、三星堆遗址、香港南丫岛大湾遗址......
pig head shaped grey pottery cover photo/Zhao Jiaxiang
猪首形灰陶器盖 摄影/赵家祥
pottery warrior figure photo/Zhao Jiaxiang
陶武士俑 摄影/赵家祥
Tips:3600 years ago, Zhengzhou was the Bo Capital of Cheng Tang, the founding king of the Shang Dynasty.The Shang civilization centered on the Yellow River Basin was formed and developed here. The Shang Capital in Zhengzhou is recognized as the capital of the early Shang Dynasty, which represents the Shang civilization, integrating four elements of civilization, namely, the state, the city, the bronze ware and the written language. It occupies an important position in the history of Chinese civilization and the history of world civilization.
小知识：3600年前的郑州，是商王朝开国之王成汤的亳都，以黄河流域为中心的商文明在这里形成与发展起来。郑州商代都城是公认的商代早期王朝都城，它代表的商文明，集合了国家、城市、青铜器、文字四个文明要素，在中华文明史和世界文明史上占据重要地位，2021年被评为全国“百年百大考古发现”。
The site of Shang Dynasty city has remained unchanged for 3600 years, with continuous cultural context and endless connections, it has been in the central area of the city with profound cultural heritage until nowadays, which is the cultural foundation for the inheritance of modern Zhengzhou.
3600年来，巍巍商朝城址不变、文脉不断、人脉不息，至今一直处于城市的中心区域，底蕴悠远深厚，是现代郑州城市记忆传承的文化根基。（文本来源：郑州新闻广播）
