"Jiangsu Archeological Society Annual Meeting 2019" was held in Xuzhou

      From December 6th to 7th, 2019, the "Jiangsu Archeological Society Annual Meeting 2019" co-sponsored by Jiangsu Archaeological Society and Xuzhou Museum (Xuzhou Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology) was held in Xuzhou. 140 representatives from Nanjing Museum, municipal museums, archaeological institutions, colleges and universities attended.

      The opening ceremony of the meeting was chaired by Li Yinde, deputy director of Jiangsu Archaeological Society and former director of Xuzhou Museum, Zhou Runken, secretary-general of Jiangsu Archeological Society, deputy director of Jiangsu Archaeological Research Institute, Chen Pengguang, deputy director of Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relic Bureau, Li Xiaojun, the director of Xuzhou Museum. The meeting specially invited Lin Liugen, chairman of the Jiangsu Archaeological Society and director of the Jiangsu Archaeological Institute, to give a keynote speech on "Archaeological Excavations and Heritage Protection." During the two-day conference, 42 experts and scholars made academic speeches from various perspectives such as the new archaeological discoveries and achievements of Jiangsu regional civilization, the protection of cultural heritage, public archaeology and other archaeological-related issues. After the academic conference part was over, the first meeting of the seventh council of the Jiangsu Archaeological Society was convened. At the meeting, new standing members, directors and vice-chairmen of the society were elected.

      Xuzhou was known as Pengcheng in the ancient times. It has a history of more than 6,000 years of civilization and a history of more than 2,600 years. Xuzhou is the hometown of Liu Bang of Han, and an important fiefdom of Chu Kingdom of the Western Han Dynasty and Pengcheng Kingdom of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The 400 years of the Han Dynasty left Xuzhou with a very rich Han cultural relics. Over the years, Xuzhou Han tomb archeology has achieved fruitful results. According to statistics, nearly 3,000 tombs of the Han dynasty have been excavated. A total of 21 places were found, which became the core support of "Xuzhou Culture in Han Dynasty".

      Li Xiaojun, the director of Xuzhou Museum, said in his speech that archeology is the basic work to promote the high-quality development of cultural relics, and it is an important starting point to explore regional civilization, inherit history and culture, and cultivate urban character. The archeological work of Xuzhou takes the reform and opening up as a watershed, which can be roughly divided into two stages. The former stage is mainly based on the work of the Archaeological Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Shandong Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee, the Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Management Committee, and the Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Task Force. The latter stage of work is mainly hosted by the Nanjing Museum and the Xuzhou Museum. Especially since the 21st century, the archaeological work in Xuzhou has been fully on track and presents three characteristics: first, the regional civilization in Xuzhou is more clear, and neolithic archaeology, the Han and the Ming archeology have achieved remarkable results. The second is that the Xuzhou Cultural Expo team has continued to grow and develop, and the professional team has been continuously improved. The Xuzhou Museum has obtained the qualifications of an archaeological excavation team leader and has established a special cultural protection technology center. A number of cultural relics protection institutions and site museums, such as the Han Culture Scenic Spot, Guishan Han Tomb, Maocun Han Tomb, Baiji Han Tomb, and Xuzhou Han Portrait Stone Art Museum, have been successively established on the basis of archeological work.

      It is reported that Xuzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attach great importance to the protection of cultural heritage during urban construction. Up to now, Xuzhou has 9 national insurance units, 34 provincial insurance units, and 264 municipal insurance units. In recent years, Xuzhou City has planned to build the Xuzhou City Wall Museum in the historical district of Huilongwo; planned to build the Xuzhou Underground City Museum in the central business district of Gupeng Square in the city center; continued to pay great attention to the archeological excavation work of the No. 2 Tomb of Tushan Han Tomb, As a key urban construction project, it plans to construct the Tushan Han Tombs Site Museum, which provides a strong guarantee for promoting archeological work in Xuzhou.