China News Service, Nanjing, May 18th (Reporter Shen Ran) On the occasion of the 46th May 18th International Museum Day, the Nanjing City Wall Museum reopened after three and a half months of being closed for "cultivation", and "going out" to welcome audience.
To this end, the four beast heads of Yuanmingyuan, who had been lost overseas for more than 140 years, were invited for the first time to come under the Ming City Wall of Nanjing, which is more than 650 years old, to jointly display the splendor of Chinese cultural heritage.
The donor of the "Dongshuiguan Stone Monument" and a citizen of Nanjing, Bai Chengyu, came to "visit" his former love.
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According to reports, this "Prosperity Gathering - Yuanmingyuan Animal Head Special Exhibition" is hosted by Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, undertaken by Nanjing City Wall Museum and Poly Art Museum. There are four pieces of water conservancy clock components in the Haiyan Hall of the Western Tower of Yuanmingyuan in the collection - the bronze statue of the cow head, the bronze statue of the tiger head, the bronze statue of the monkey head, the bronze statue of the pig head, and ten pieces of fine cultural relics from the Qing Dynasty.
The four bronze statues of animal heads are old things from Yuanmingyuan, cast in the middle of the 18th century, with superb craftsmanship, fine and realistic.
"This is the first time that the 'national treasure' Yuanmingyuan animal head has come to Nanjing, the ancient capital. From Beijing to Nanjing, from the Ming City Wall with a history of more than 650 years to the Qing animal head with a history of more than 250 years, it is not only an inter-library cooperation, but also a city. cultural exchanges between them," Zhan Chunhui, director of the exhibition department of Poly Art Museum, told reporters.
The information on the "Dongshuiguan Stone Stele", a precious cultural relic in the collection, is an important physical material for understanding the management of ancient sluice gates.
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Ma Lin, executive deputy director of the Nanjing City Wall Protection and Management Center, said that on the first International Museum Day after the completion of the Nanjing City Wall Museum, holding such a heavyweight exhibition in the museum demonstrates the importance of the Nanjing City Wall Museum as the city's "reception room". It will also be a new cultural experience that Nanjing, the "city of museums", will bring to the audience.
"The Ming City Wall and the Yuanmingyuan Beast Capital are important cultural heritages of the Chinese nation. They not only embody the wisdom of the Chinese nation, but also reflect the glorious and vicissitudes of the Chinese nation's history. After the opening of the Nanjing City Wall Museum, it will be committed to inviting more domestic and foreign We will exchange cultural heritage products and build the museum into a display platform for Chinese and foreign cultural heritage.”
After three and a half months of "cultivation", the Nanjing City Wall Museum was reopened and "exited" to welcome the audience.
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As a special museum of the history and culture of ancient Chinese city walls and a display place for the declaration of world cultural heritage, Nanjing City Wall Museum is currently the largest city wall special museum in China.
According to Ma Lin, the Nanjing City Wall Museum has received an enthusiastic response since its trial operation last year, and has received many suggestions from experts, scholars and ordinary people. The museum has been upgraded, and a number of precious cultural relics related to the city wall have been 'upgraded'. The most attractive ones include: the Shijinglan in the Ming Dynasty presents the city life under the protection of the city wall; the iron locks in the Ming and Qing Dynasties allow the audience to intuitively understand the ancient city gates. How did it close? In addition, a rubbing display has been made for the inscriptions and decorations of many precious cultural relics in the museum, so that the audience can obtain more information on the cultural relics and increase the readability and interest of the cultural relics.” (End)