Taiyuan, April 4 (Zhongxin Net) -- "Over the years, the Shanxi Museum has continuously introduced representative foreign exhibitions, allowing people living deep inland to have the opportunity to enjoy foreign cultural relics at their 'doorstep'. At the same time, it plans to launch exhibitions with Shanxi characteristics to be exhibited all over the world, so that people in more countries and regions can understand the history and culture of Shanxi. Zhao Zhiming, vice president of the Shanxi Museum, said in an interview with reporters on the 20th.
More than 190 pieces (groups) of Syrian cultural relics are on display at the Shanxi Museum, attracting a large number of people to visit the exhibition. The exhibition is a special exhibition of the Shanxi Museum's World Ancient Civilization Series, starting from the Paleolithic Age, to the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and the Greek, Roman and Islamic eras, allowing the public to feel the charm of ancient Syrian civilization.
The recovery of tourism has ushered in a boom in museums around the world, and this exhibition has been long-awaited for Shanxi Museum. Zhao Zhiming introduced that since the exhibition entered China in 2021, the Shanxi Museum has been paying attention. It has been exhibited in Shenzhen, Chengdu, Beijing, Shijiazhuang and other places, and finally made a smooth appearance in Taiyuan.
"Shanxi's history and culture show the openness, inclusiveness, integration and innovation of Chinese civilization, and like ancient Syrian civilization, it shows the characteristics of harmonious and harmonious coexistence of world civilization." Zhao Zhiming said that he hopes that through this exhibition, the public will understand and understand that "civilization is colorful because of exchanges, and civilization is enriched by mutual learning."
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More than 190 pieces (groups) of Syrian cultural relics are on display at the Shanxi Museum, attracting a large number of people to visit the exhibition. Photo by Wei Liang
In 2013, Shanxi Museum introduced the first foreign exhibition. More than 200 works by American photographer Jeff Forkes show the achievements of Native American dance, weaving, jewelry, pottery, etc., allowing the people of Shanxi to appreciate the indigenous life of Native Americans.
Since then, with the increasingly frequent cooperation between Shanxi Museum and museums around the world, it has repeatedly introduced excellent cultural exhibitions from abroad. Cultural relics from museums in the United States, the Czech Republic, Russia, Italy, Peru and other countries and regions are exhibited in Shanxi, showing different cultural styles around the world.
Zhao Zhiming introduced that in recent years, exhibitions such as the Ancient Egyptian Civilization Exhibition, the Andean Civilization Exhibition, and the Silk Road Civilization Exhibition held by the Shanxi Museum have continuously presented the public with colorful "spiritual and cultural feasts". Since then, the Shanxi Museum plans to hold an exhibition of foreign introduction every two years to promote cultural exchanges and mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.
While introducing foreign exhibitions, Shanxi cultural relics have also opened the door to cultural exchanges and frequently appeared all over the world. As early as 2004, artifacts such as painted acrobatic terracotta figurines unearthed in Shanxi and painted reliefs on the stone slabs of Yu Hong's tomb bed were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the large-scale exhibition titled "Towards the Tang Dynasty" received a strong local response.
The first independent exhibition exported by the Shanxi Museum was in 2012, when 144 pieces (groups) of Shanxi Jin Dynasty opera brick sculptures were unveiled at the National Art Museum of China of the Chinese American Association in New York, USA, deepening the American audience's knowledge and understanding of the roots of Chinese opera.
In addition, the cultural relics in the collection of the Shanxi Museum have also visited Japan, Russia, Australia and other countries and regions. "Shanxi is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, with a long civilization and rich cultural relics. The Shanxi Museum should make use of Shanxi's historical, cultural and cultural relics resources to make Shanxi's cultural relics go to more countries and regions. Zhao Zhiming said. (End)