Search the internet for phrases like "internet-famous cultural relics," and you'll find photos and emojis of amusing antiquities from museums across China. These are often made even funnier by the creative imaginations of young people. The combined photos provide a glimpse of the popular relics.
The axe-blade with a human-face motif from the collection of the Shandong Museum dates back to the late Shang Dynasty (c.16th century-11th century BC). It was unearthed from Subutun Tomb in Qingzhou city, Shandong province in 1965.
A 3,200-year-old clay figurine, unearthed in the southwestern Province of Sichuan, seems to share uncanny resemblance to the pig from the Angry Birds mobile game. The artifact was unearthed during excavations near the prehistoric Sanxingdui Ruins in Guanghan City. Found alongside pottery, porcelain, and stoneware, it sheds light on the Shu Kingdom, dating back 2,600 to 4,800 years.
The pottery statue of a man's head, dating from the Neolithic era, is thousands of years old. It is housed at the Shaanxi History Museum. The meme text "Aaah???" is often added to photos of the relics.
An ancient pottery object with a unique design at Datong Museum in Shanxi Province. Of the tens of thousands of cultural relics on display at Datong Museum, some ancient pottery statues resemble modern "emojis" with their hilarious facial expressions and unique designs, offering visitors a touch of humor from ancient China.
A series of memes of ancient relics produced by a museum in Northwest China's Gansu Province has been hailed by netizens, saying that they "make relics come alive." A face made of red pottery about 5,200 years ago is also turned into a laughing face. The museum has a rich collection of 355,364 cultural relics, fossils and specimens.
The bronze ding with a man’s face, housed at Hunan Museum, can be traced back to the Shang dynasty (c.1600-1100 B.C.) . A ding is a holding vessel from ancient times.
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