The other day, I had a coming call from a "friend" at the National Museum of China, saying that he would be making a debut in a show aired on China Central Television, beginning on July 23 (Monday).
前几天，国家博物馆的一位“老朋友”通知我，说他就要在央视于周一开播的一档节目中“出道”了。
Good for him. After all, he has been waiting for this moment for nearly 2,000 years.
真是一件值得为他高兴的事呢，毕竟，他为了这一天已经等了快两千年啦。
Look at his position since birth. How greatly he yearns for a debut in the center position.
看看他一“出生”就一直维持的这个姿势，你就能感受到他对C位出道多么翘首企盼了。
This jolly Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 25-220) comedian should be no stranger to you if you've ever visited the permanent display of Ancient China at the National Museum.
如果你参观过国博的古代中国常设展，就不会对其中这位快乐的东汉说唱陶俑感到陌生。
Several of his "colleagues" were featured in the first season of the same show earlier this year,Every Treasure Tells a Story, which raved good reviews among the viewers.
他的好几位“同事”早已在年初广受好评的《如果国宝会说话》第一季中“出道”了。
▲第一季拍摄工作照
The second season will make a comeback, and here is a trailer:
第二季将于周一回归荧屏，先导片“魔性”依旧：
The lively clay figure, who beats a drum while singing and rapping, was unearthed near Chengdu in 1957, and stands 56 centimeters. It vividly tells a practice of ancient kings employing comedians.
这件活灵活现的击鼓说唱陶俑于1957年在成都出土，高56公分。他生动再现了古代君王蓄养俳优的风气。
These comedians often played a central role at royal feasts, entertaining guests with humorous performances and witty languages.
这些俳优往往是宫廷宴会的灵魂人物，用滑稽的表演和幽默的语言博得主宾的欢笑。
Not far from where the Eastern Dynasty comedian stands at the Ancient China exhibition is another star to be appearing inEvery Treasure Tells a Story— a bronze rhinoceros-shaped zun wine vessel.
在古代中国展厅里头，离击鼓说唱陶俑不远处还有一件这次也出现在《如果国宝会说话》第二季里的“爱豆”——错金银云纹青铜犀尊。
It was excavated in Shaanxi in 1963, dated to the Western Han Dynasty.
这尊西汉犀牛尊是1963年在陕西出土的。
While rhinoceroses have become endangered today, there were plentiful living on the extensive land of northeastern China in ancient times.
犀牛在今天已成为濒危物种，但你能想象到在古老的华北平原上，曾经有成群结队的犀牛出现吗？
Rhinoceros bones have been found in Neolithic relic sites, huntings of the mammals were mentioned on the Shang Dynasty oracle bones, and armor made of rhinoceros hide were sought after among the armies.
犀牛骨头多次出现于新石器时代遗址中，关于捕猎犀牛的记载见诸于殷商甲骨文中，犀牛皮做成的盔甲也曾被古代*队军**视为顶级标配。
And because of this excessive pursuit by human society, the population of wild rhinoceroses, with a low fertility rate, decreased sharply. They were almost extinct in the Middle Kingdom in late Western Han.
但也正是这种人类社会无节制的需求，导致原本就生育率低的野生犀牛的数量急剧下降；到了西汉晚期的中原已经基本看不到犀牛的踪影。
This bronze vessel, therefore, stands not only as a testament of the living of a lot of rhinoceroses in ancient China but also as a warning to us of the harms of massive wildlife hunting to ecological balance.
所以这件青铜尊既是古代大量犀牛曾经生活过的证明，对于今天的我们来说更是一种警示：滥杀野生动物将给生态平衡带来多么大的伤害。
The posters ofEvery Treasure Tells a Story's first season were a favorite of many and here are some new ones for the second:
《如果国宝会说话》在第一季发布的海报成为不少人的心头好，第二季的海报延续了这种萌系风格：
