极目新闻记者 张艳整理
铜绿山古铜矿遗址（Tonglvshan）（制图 刘阳）
问：位于湖北大冶的铜绿山古铜矿遗址博物馆新馆，近日正式开馆。你知道铜绿山古铜矿的采掘历史有多少年吗？
答：铜绿山古铜矿遗址位于大冶市城区西南，是一处以采矿和冶炼遗址为主的古代矿冶遗址，1973年被发现发掘，采掘年代最早可以追溯到4000年前。这是中国目前发现采冶延续时间最长、采冶规模最大、采冶链最完整、采冶技术最高、保存最完整的古代矿冶遗址，填补了中国古代冶金史的多项空白。2018年被评定为第二批国家工业遗产，2021年入围中国“百年百大考古发现”。
日前，位于湖北省大冶市的铜绿山古铜矿遗址博物馆新馆正式开馆。该馆建筑面积1.2万平方米，开设多个特色展厅，馆藏文物近1万件，陈列精选展品703件套，珍贵影像420余幅。
遗址博物馆自1984年建成开放以来，累计接待游客2000余万人次。此次开馆的新馆，将主体建筑以矿道形式融入山体形态之中。室外展示区域超14万平方米，包含铜源广场、矿工足迹、战国炼炉、明代焙烧炉、采矿机械、铜草花海等20余个景点，全面呈现我国青铜文化的起源和发展历程。
The mine with a history of over 4,000 years is worth visiting
Q: The new branch of the Tonglvshan Copper Mine Remains Museum in Daye County, Hubei province, opened to public in June 2023. Do you know how many years of history the Tonglvshan ancient copper mine has?
A: Located in the southwest of Daye County in Hubei, the Tonglvshan Copper Mine remains was focused on mining and metallurgy. It was discovered and excavated in 1973, with the earliest mining activities tracing back to 4000 years ago. The remains rank first in many aspects in China, including: the duration, scale, chains, and technical standards of mining and smelting as well as the preservation. Its discovery greatly enriched the ancient metallurgical history of China. In 2018, it was designated as the second batch of National Industrial Heritage, and one of China's “Top 100 Archaeological Discoveries” three years later in 2021.
Covering 12,000 square meters, the new branch has various exhibition halls, housing around 10,000 relics, and displaying 703 sets of selected exhibits and more than 420 precious videos, audio, and images.
The original museum opened in 1984, while the new building incorporates itself into the mountain as a mining tunnel. The outdoor exhibition area covers over 140,000 square meters and includes more than 20 attractions such as Tongyuan Square, Miner's footprint, smelting furnaces of Warring States, roasting furnaces of Ming Dynasty, mining machinery and fields of Elsholtzia splendens, presenting the origin and development of Chinese bronze culture.
（翻译：但海剑 李心兰 陈诗雨 王梓湾 马 娜 金明君 李俊红 顾江诚 赵子懿 武汉理工大学外国语学院）