China News Service Client Beijing, April 25 (Reporter Shangguan Yun Yingni) Shan Jixiang, as the first dean who once walked through 9371 ancient buildings and houses in the Forbidden City, was able to clearly state the number of the Forbidden City collections In his more than seven-year tenure, the Forbidden City has become a super-large IP and has been popular with countless audiences.

  On April 8, 2019, he stepped down as president of the Palace Museum and gradually faded out of public view. A year later, Shan Jixiang published a new book, "I am the" janitor "of the Forbidden City", which for the first time completely recorded his work in the Palace Museum. A few days ago, he also opened a live show, telling about every bit of reading and work.

The predecessor of Shan Jixiang, a cook and fitter

  Every reader has his own reading story. Shan Jixiang is no different.

  His father is a scholar who has always encouraged children to read and took them to visit Beijing and other cultural relics. In 1969, 15-year-old Shan Jixiang went to the countryside to grow vegetables. After returning to Beijing in 1971, he entered the Beijing Radio Device Factory as a worker, two and a half years as a canteen cook, and the remaining five and a half as machine repair fitters.

Data Map: Shan Jixiang, former dean of the Palace Museum and dean of the Palace Museum, came to Chengdu University of Electronic Technology to give a speech. Zhang Langshe

  Repairing some professional instruments and equipment requires natural science knowledge, which forces Shan Jixiang to make up for this knowledge. "At that time I was young, and I also wanted to read some literary works in my spare time. I have read such books as" How Steel Is Made ". I also often go to other people's dorms and turn to foreign novels. Many world-famous books have benefited a lot in later life. "

  After that, Shan Jixiang entered the university. As the first batch of undergraduates after the reform and opening up, he was given the opportunity to study abroad in Japan. The most frequented place during study abroad is the bookstore. "I remember going to the library to take a seat after class, and then go to the cafeteria to eat, which also made me tolerant of loneliness, and reading became a habit in life."

  And in the summer, he chose to visit ancient civilizations and historical cities, such as Athens, Greece, Rome, Italy, Paris, France, etc. "These have greatly helped my later work."

  He recalled that when he returned home after graduation, he had 24 boxes of books in his 27 bags. After returning to China, he participated in urban planning. The last project in Beijing Municipal Bureau of Planning is Beijing ’s bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. After this work was completed, he was transferred to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.

  During his tenure as national cultural relics director, he followed Dr. Liangliang Yong, academician of the two academies, to read a doctorate. "I am 48 years old and study in a classroom with young classmates. learning target."

  In this way, while studying and practicing, Shan Jixiang became the president of the Palace Museum in 2012. Before that, he had been the director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage for ten years.

Promote the establishment of Jia Island Library

  Speaking of reading, Shan Jixiang was also very impressed with the past. April 23rd is World Book Day. On the day 8 years ago, he announced that the Jiadao Library was born in Beijing suburbs.

  It was Shan Jixiang who pushed the construction of this library. He has been to the Heshun Library in Tengchong, Yunnan. Many rural children have become talented through the influence of the cultural atmosphere of the rural library. The role that the library can play is inestimable.

Data map: Shan Jixiang. China News Agency reporter Du Yangshe

  "The donated books slowly came together. About 10,000 of the 30,000 volumes were donated by me." Shan Jixiang shared an interesting story. "At that time, many places in my home were piled up with books, and there was no way. Clean up. My wife said whether these books were read or piled up there? The books piled up below ten years ago, what kind of books do you remember? "

  A few words reminded Shan Jixiang, so it took seven days to sort out the books, pack them and donate them to the Jiadao Library. In the future, when the library becomes large-scale, it can really play its role.

  Of course, he did not forget to call, "I also hope that our readers and friends, if there is a pile of books there, can be sent to our Jiadao Library."

How can cultural heritage "live"?

  Shan Jixiang often said that he didn't expect that he had lived in Beijing's Siheyuan when he was young. The last position before retirement was to come to the gate of Beijing's largest Siheyuan.

  The Forbidden City has a rich collection of cultural relics and receives a large number of audiences, and the "gatekeeper" has a heavy responsibility. “The Palace Museum ’s premises are magnificent, but I see that most of the area is not open; the Palace Museum ’s collection of cultural relics is rich, but I see that 99% of the collection of cultural relics are sleeping in the warehouse, and less than 1% of the cultural relics on display; the Palace Museum The museum has the largest number of viewers, but they did not enjoy the treatment they deserve. "These are the problems that Shan Jixiang needed to solve.

  "How to make cultural heritage alive, I understand it is to let them into the social life of people today, become a positive force to promote the development of our society." Shan Jixiang said.

  The Forbidden City started the "big cleanup" and "big renovation" of the environment, and made a lot of space at once. The blankets and curtains that were originally piled up in a place were fumigated and put into a special embroidered warehouse. After the cleaning, weeds in non-open areas were also removed.

Data Map: Before the first day of the first lunar month, the Palace Museum in Beijing was full of people, and a large number of citizens entered the palace for the New Year. China News Agency reporter Tomita photo

  Temporary buildings with potential safety hazards are all demolished, and the road surface is no longer potholey. The Changyin Pavilion was opened, and the South Three Reproduced the original appearance. The South Daku area became a furniture pavilion ... Even the huge 2,800-square-meter space of the Wuyi Yanwing Building became a charming temporary exhibition hall.

  After entering this museum, people did not just go forward along the central axis, but had more choices.

Forbidden City, the Forbidden City for generations

  From taking office in 2012 to retiring in April 2019, Shan Jixiang has been in charge of the Forbidden City for about seven years. During this period of time, the Forbidden City changed its former seriousness, had a character, and was more grounded.

  The Forbidden City has established a heritage hospital, and the “digitalization” has proceeded in an orderly manner. The cultural relics began to sell their cuteness collectively, gaining a large number of fans through the cultural creation boom. Adhesive tapes, pillows, make-up, luggage tags ... Almost a fire one, this has become the embodiment of the Palace Museum more and more full of life.

  During his tenure, people called him "the head of the Forbidden City", but he was always more willing to call himself "the gatekeeper of the Forbidden City."

  "Every morning at 8 o'clock, I have to patrol west along the Forbidden City. You said that I was the first to walk through the houses of the Forbidden City and the first to make the number of the Forbidden City's collection accurate to single digits. It should be done. A media watched me always wear cloth shoes, and asked if they are easy to buy? I answered that I bought 20 pairs online. So I interpreted that in the first 5 months of taking office, 20 pairs were worn out "Shoes" story. In fact, I have worn more than 20 pairs of shoes in the Forbidden City "Watchman" these years. I walked in the palace wearing cloth shoes, when the morning glow was full, when the sunset was over the mountain, when the moon rose When I was looking at the Forbidden City, my heart was filled with the happiness of quietly guarding the Forbidden City. "This emotional narrative comes from the postscript of Shan Jixiang's new book" I am the Gatekeeper of the Forbidden City ".

Book cover of "I am the" janitor "of the Forbidden City". Photo courtesy of the publishing house

  In the live broadcast on April 23, he also talked about his new book, and thanked the three recommenders Xie Chensheng, Geng Baochang, Wu Liangyong, "For decades, their huge hands have strongly pushed me, constantly Row."

  "In short, I gradually developed a habit: take work as a matter of study and take the problem as a solution." Shan Jixiang said that if you want to improve your work, you must promote the work with the spirit of research, " We will face many problems and we cannot avoid them or avoid them. We must solve them as a subject. "

  Today, the goal of "completely handing over a magnificent forbidden city to the next 600 years" has been achieved. Shan Jixiang said that the Forbidden City is not the Forbidden City's forbidden city, it is the National Palace Museum and the World's Forbidden City.