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The capital of the Southern Song Dynasty left a deep imprint of Song Yun (the Charm of the Song Dynasty) on Hangzhou's history, culture, clothing, food, housing, transportation, and folk customs. Those cultural relics from the Southern Song Dynasty are quietly narrating stories that span thousands of years.

[West Lake Museum] Southern Song Dynasty Official Kiln Duck-Shaped Celadon (Unearthed from Jiaotanxia Kiln Site)

The celadon ware is 17.1 cm tall and 10.4 cm wide.

[Hangzhou Museum] Southern Song Dynasty Deer-Patterned Brick

This clay brick is blue-gray in color and rectangular in shape. The front of the brick is decorated with two cloud-like patterns, symmetrically distributed on the left and right, and within the pattern is a deer in bas-relief.

[Zhejiang Provincial Museum] Southern Song Dynasty Rectangular Coins

At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, due to inflation, the government cast a huge amount of Lin’an (old Hangzhou) rectangular coins.

[West Lake Museum] Southern Song Dynasty Official Kiln Bagua Celadon Censer Lid (Unearthed from Jiaotanxia Kiln Site)

The relic is a round perforated lid of a censer. It is named Bagua because it is decorated with Bagua (eight diagrams) patterns and flower patterns.

[West Lake Museum] Southern Song Dynasty Official Kiln Celadon Jug with a Flower-Shaped Mouth (Unearthed from Jiaotanxia Kiln Site)

The mouth of the jug is shaped like a flower with six petals. It features round edges, a slender neck, sloping shoulders, a large belly and a six-sided petal-shaped ring foot.

[Hangzhou Museum] Southern Song Dynasty “Zhaona Xinbao” Copper Coin

According to the “Song Records · Liu Guangshi Biography”, “Zhaona Xinbao” was a kind of military coin specially minted in Zhenjiang in the summer of 1131 A.D. by Liu Guangshi, the general of the Southern Song Dynasty who was in charge of the imperial patrol army and served as the military magistrate of Zhexilu (an administrative district in the Song Dynasty).

[Collection of Zhejiang Provincial Museum] Gold Medal of "Zhang Erlang" from the Southern Song Dynasty

The gold medal of the Southern Song Dynasty was a form of gold currency, produced by the gold and silver exchange shops of the Southern Song Dynasty. Wu Zimu's "Dream Liang Record" records: "From Wujianlou North to Guanxiang Nanyu Street, most of the two rows are upper level households. There are hundreds of trading shops selling gold and silver banknotes. 'Zhang Erlang' is the name of a goldsmith, and 'Shifen Jin' represents the purity of gold.

【 Collection of Zhejiang Provincial Museum 】 The Southern Song Dynasty's "Han Silang Very Golden" Golden Leaf

The gold currency of the Southern Song Dynasty, also known as' leaf gold 'or' leaf gold '. The golden leaves are made of pure gold, thin as paper and shaped like book pages, with a total of 11 folds and 12 pieces. The inscription on the top seal of Han Silang is very golden, identical to the inscriptions on the gold collar and gold medal, and he is a member of the Southern Song Dynasty's golden family. Four corner seal: Ba Tou Li Jiao; China Indi...