| Showing from tomorrow (December 21) until March 19 next year at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum, "The Silk Road: Treasures from Xinjiang" exhibition features 115 treasures collected from various museums, archaeological institutions and cultural departments in Xinjiang. On display are rarely seen gold ornaments, bronze ware, wooden slips with Kharosthi script, textile products, Zoroastrian funerary items, relics of Manichaeism and Buddhism, revealing the diverse cultural developments of the Western Regions from the Bronze Age to the 14th century. Pictured is a gold foil belt decorated with two confronting tigers. The artifact is believed to be made in ca 500 BC. The design on the belt suggests that the people in the Alagou region would have frequent contact with tigers in their everyday life. |
