[Explanation] Yuan Dynasty woodcarving, Ming Dynasty gatehouse, embroidery, ceramics, shadow play... More than 3 months ago, more than 600 cultural relics with Shanxi characteristics spanned nearly 3,000 kilometers and stayed at the Fukang City Museum in Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang for a period of one annual exhibition.

  Up to now, the exhibition has received more than 50,000 visitors, and the visit reservations are also scheduled after November 2022. The popularity far exceeds the expectations of the curator and Shanxi aid cadre Yang Aiguo.

  [Concurrent] Yang Aiguo, a cadre of Shanxi aid to Xinjiang

  Shanxi has a total of 53,875 immovable cultural relics, including 28,025 ancient buildings, ranking first in the country.

There are 6,784 key cultural relics protection units at all levels, including 531 Chinese protection units, ranking first in the country.

The only four Tang Dynasty buildings in the country are all in our Shanxi, so our Shanxi is definitely a veritable above-ground ancient architecture museum on the land of the Chinese nation.

Through exhibitions, history can speak, cultural relics can be brought to life, and exchanges between people in Jinjiang and Xinjiang can be enhanced.

  [Explanation] Fukang City is one of Shanxi Province's counterpart aid destinations since 2010. The province has dispatched 142 aid cadres to Xinjiang to carry out work, and 137 aid projects are related to people's livelihood, medical care, education and other fields, with a total investment of over 3 billion Yuan.

In April 2020, Yang Aiguo, deputy director of the Luzhou District Culture and Tourism Bureau of Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, came to Xinjiang and served as the deputy director of the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of Fukang City, Changji Prefecture, focusing on cultural infrastructure construction and cultural and artistic exchanges. , cultural personnel training, etc.

Coming from Shanxi Province, a major cultural relics province, Yang Aiguo has been thinking about how to make cultural relics "live" and let history "speak".

  [Concurrent] Yang Aiguo, a cadre of Shanxi aid to Xinjiang

  For this exhibition, we have shipped more than 600 cultural relics from Changzhi City Collectors Association in Shanxi Province. The first is pottery, the second is porcelain, the third is iron, the fourth is embroidery, and the fifth is our Shanxi woodcarving, which is the courtyard. culture.

  [Explanation] Communication and coordination, design and exhibition, on May 18, 2022, International Museum Day, cultural relics and exhibits from Shanxi folk entered Fukang City for the first time, welcoming the first batch of local tourists.

  [Concurrent] Yang Aiguo, a cadre of Shanxi aid to Xinjiang

  There is also a wood carving bed in the intangible cultural heritage exhibition hall. This hollow wood carving bed was purchased in Qitai County, Xinjiang.

Its carving fully reflects the characteristics of our inland wood carving culture.

We can see from the pattern that it is from the Qing Dynasty, that is to say, in the Qing Dynasty, Xinjiang and our mainland cultural exchanges were very close.

Our brick-carved photo wall was also relocated from Changzhi, Shanxi. At that time, the bricks were numbered one by one, demolished and brought to the site, and then restored one by one. In our Shanxi compound culture, there are great There must be a screen wall in the courtyard, because the screen wall has two functions at that time. The first one can block the sight of outsiders, that is, when outsiders push the door open, they cannot directly see the master's bedroom and hall.

Second, it can ward off evil spirits, that is, the airflow cannot directly enter the master's bedroom and hall.

The pattern of the brick-carved screen wall was mainly auspicious and wishful at that time. In the past, the characters for blessing or longevity were carved on the screen wall, and our brick carving screen wall has a picture of a white deer mouth holding a mountain flower.

  [Explanation] According to the plan, more than 100 exhibits of Shanxi intangible cultural heritage projects will remain here for a long time, and the cultural relics will be updated every year.

  [Concurrent] Yang Aiguo, a cadre of Shanxi aid to Xinjiang

  We, Shanxi, donated 28 pieces of intangible cultural heritage for free, and the purpose is to strengthen the exchange and integration of intangible cultural heritage between Jin and Fu.

  Reporter Qu Lixia Fan Lifang comprehensive report

Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]