China News Service, Beijing, September 25 (Reporter Yu Lixiao) As one of the 8 home events of the Beijing-Hangzhou Dialogue on the Grand Canal Cultural Belt of China in 2020, the 270th Anniversary Cultural Relics Exhibition of the Summer Palace opened on the 25th at the China Garden Museum with exhibits on display. There are more than 400 pieces, of which nearly 60% of the precious exhibits "walk out of the wall" to meet with the audience for the first time.

　　This special exhibition brought together 208 pieces/sets of various cultural relics and 190 pieces/sets of materials provided by 8 cultural institutions including the Summer Palace, the National Library, the Palace Museum, and the Shenyang Palace Museum. The exhibits spanned more than 2000 years from the Warring States Period to modern times.

The special exhibition of cultural relics of the 270th anniversary of the Summer Palace opened at the Chinese Garden Museum on the 25th.

Photo courtesy of the Summer Palace Park

　　In the nearly 1,200-square-meter exhibition hall of the China Garden Museum, the historical information carried by the cultural relics is highlighted, allowing the cultural relics to "open" to the audience to "tell" history.

　　The exhibition is divided into four chapters: "Mountain is called longevity and clear water," "Unparalleled wind and moon belong to Kunming", "Middle palace clears the clouds", "Watching fish is better than Fuchun River", explaining the Summer Palace's transition from the Royal Forbidden Garden to the People's Park, and from confinement to the old The development process of open innovation.

　　The exhibition is prefaced by a giant electronic curtain wall. The super-sized "Map of Five Gardens, Three Mountains and Waisanying" not only brings visual impact to the audience, but also brings the audience's thoughts back to 270 years ago.

　　Among the more than 400 exhibits on display this time, more than 200 are the first time they walked out of the Summer Palace to meet with the audience, including the red sandalwood Arhat bed, embroidered high-soled shoes used by the concubines of the Qing Dynasty, the wooden piano of the Qing Dynasty, and the colorful flower mat of the puzi Wait.

　　The representative of the treasures of the cultural relics in the Summer Palace-a blue-glazed plum vase with a white dragon pattern also appeared in this special exhibition.

The plum bottle has a small mouth, rounded shoulders, tucked in abdomen, round feet slightly outward, and obvious marks on the body. The overall shape not only highlights the rough style of Yuan Dynasty porcelain, but also incorporates the simple elegance of traditional Chinese.

　　According to the person in charge of the Summer Palace, high-temperature cobalt blue glaze porcelain from the Yuan Dynasty is rare. There are only 3 existing plum vases. The plum vase in this exhibition is one of the 3 surviving treasures.

　　Another important cultural relic in the exhibition is the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, with a belted three-bend rosewood Arhat bed with three-curved legs, which is 278 cm long, 176 cm wide, 108 cm high, and the bed is 50 cm high. It is currently in the Qing court. The largest collection of Luohan beds.

　　The first car used by the Chinese court was exhibited in the "Middle Palace" exhibition area.

According to the on-site staff, this car is one of the earliest American car manufacturers, the "Duriai" brand, and it is also the oldest car preserved in China.

The shape of the car retains traces of the 18th century European carriage.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this car was well restored and was collected and displayed in the Summer Palace.

　　The "Watching Fish Is Better Than the Fuchun River" exhibition area exhibited many modern exhibits, including door photos, "A Guide to the Summer Palace", the registration book of the exhibition items in the Summer Palace Exhibition Hall, ticket tickets for various periods, the Summer Palace landscape brochure, posters, Postcards, old photos, world heritage certificates, artifacts unearthed from the tomb of Yeluzhu couple in Yuan Dynasty and other exhibits.

　　The Summer Palace was formerly known as the Qingyi Garden. In order to interpret the garden beauty of the "Qingyi Garden", the exhibits include the rubbings of the Kunming Lake Monument in the Longevity Mountain, the Jiqing Longevity Ruyi, the Sea House Adding Elephant Leg Porcelain Statue, the Pengdao Haze Stone Forehead, and Fu The cultural relics of the Summer Palace, such as the three-star building components of Lushou Liuli, also include the national first-class cultural relic "Qingyi Garden Site Pattern" (style thunder map) borrowed from the National Library by the curatorial department.

This time, the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty is exhibited with a red sandalwood luohan bed with a waist three-bend leg and a dragon pattern.

Photo courtesy of the Summer Palace Park

　　The Summer Palace has a deep historical connection with the Grand Canal.

Kunming Lake is an important endpoint of the Beijing section of the Grand Canal. Historical sites such as the Big Dockyard and Xiuyi Bridge, as well as the Xiuyi Gate and Erlong Gate, are well-preserved.

In this special exhibition of cultural relics, the water system between the Summer Palace and the Grand Canal is also presented.

　　The exhibition will last until December 27 and is open to the public free of charge. Visitors only need to make a real-name reservation through the official WeChat account of the China Garden Museum and enter the museum with a valid certificate.

The exhibition is hosted by Beijing Park Management Center, and jointly organized by Beijing Summer Palace Management Office and China Garden Museum.

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