China News Service, Fuzhou, March 15 (Chen Yi Lu Ming) The Guozhai Museum in Guozhai Village, Gaishan Town, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, officially opened to the public on the 14th after more than a year of repairs and decorations.
The Guozhai Museum (formerly known as Xinyuan Lu) was built in 1920, a hundred years ago.
Not only did Kerry Group chairman and founder of Shangri-La Hotel, Guo Henian walk out, but also cultivated the first academician in the field of Chinese automotive engineering, Guo Qinrong’s grandson and Guo Henian’s cousin, Guo Konghui.
The name of the museum was inscribed by the Chinese business leader "Asian Sugar King" Guo Henian.
The picture shows a traditional boxing performance.
Chen Yishe
At the unveiling event, the academician Guo Konghui of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, who was born and grew up in this private house, specially recorded a video to express his congratulations.
He mentioned, “Xinyuan House has experienced the two fall of Fuzhou and the restoration and liberation of hometown. Now it is nearly ninety years old. It is fortunate to have experienced and witnessed Xinyuan House’s changes in honor, shame and rejuvenation. Now it continues to carry as a museum. The development and change of her hometown, as a platform for her hometown to remember history, accumulate culture, and inspire future generations, finally has her best destination...".
The picture shows the exterior view of the Guozhai Museum.
Chen Yishe
Entering the Guozhai Museum, it seems to have opened up a magnificent historical picture of Guozhai for a thousand years. Lively scenes and vivid characters come into view: from Guo Ziyi in the Tang Dynasty to the suppression of the Anshi chaos, to the 18 warriors fighting in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty The Japanese pirates resisted foreign invasions, and then the three martyrs died in the Huanghuagang Uprising of 1911, and the anti-Japanese hero Guo Qishan died bravely. They can't help but sigh the heroic spirit of the Guo family's sons and daughters.
The Guozhai Museum carries the history of a thousand-year-old village. It is a nostalgic memory that every Guozhai person can linger on.
"We are very concerned about the entire construction process of the museum. This is an unforgettable event for our village!" Guo Qinyu, a villager, told reporters that the museum records thousands of years of history and preserves the memories of the past, covering various historical achievements. The younger generation understands the past better.
The picture shows the interior furnishings of the Guozhai Museum.
Chen Yishe
There are 8 chapters in the museum. On the first floor is a chapter about ethnic sages, which tells about the origin of the "Guo" surname, the history of the establishment of Guozhai Village, and the celebrities of the past.
On the second floor, there are 4 chapters including cultural relics and historical sites, family traditions, teaching and bamboo weaving craftsmanship. It introduces more than 30 cultural relics and historical buildings in Guozhai Village, the story of Guozhai people's education and talents, the development history of Guozhai's intangible heritage bamboo weaving crafts and Guozhai's home Feng family motto and traditional culture.
Yang Lunwu, secretary of the Party Committee of Gaishan Town, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, said that the Guozhai Museum is now serving as a base for activities for the alumni of Peking University and Tsinghua University, and a heritage base for guqin and bamboo weaving intangible heritage.
The museum will hold regular activities to let the masses walk in and make the ancient house come alive.
I hope to turn the museum into a new business card to promote Guo's house culture.
The picture shows the bamboo weaving craftsmanship.
Chen Yishe
Taking the cultural heritage as the root, retaining homesickness and promoting the revitalization of the village is the original intention of the Guo Zhai people.
Cai Zhansheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, Executive Deputy Mayor of the Municipal Government, and Secretary of the Cangshan District Party Committee, said that the rich local resources carry the nostalgia of generations and are precious historical witnesses, in order to "live" and pass on the excellent traditional culture. To further strengthen the concept of cultural self-confidence, Cangshan District combines the construction of the village museum with the activation and utilization of cultural relics and historical buildings to invigorate the cultural heritage while injecting new life into the ancient buildings.
The picture shows the unveiling ceremony.
Chen Yishe
In recent years, Cangshan District of Fuzhou City has implemented a high-quality rural revitalization strategy. It has made great efforts to protect and use the ancient homes, maintain the cultural "roots", and retain the memories of homesickness.
Up to now, 22 village museums have been built in Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, which not only retains homesickness and demonstrates cultural confidence, but also stimulates the internal vitality of the overall revitalization of the village.
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