China News Service, Shanghai, February 2 (Reporter Wang Ji) The East Building of the Shanghai Museum, located on the east bank of the Pujiang River, kicked off the "opening trilogy" on the 2nd. The Ancient Chinese Bronze Museum was the first to enter the trial opening, presenting the sea to the audience. The most complete display of ancient Chinese bronzes with both internal and external systems. Cultural enthusiasts are very enthusiastic about this, and the 5,000 visitor quotas on the first day of opening (February 2) were quickly filled up in 5 minutes.
The East Building of the Shanghai Museum is located on the east bank of the Pujiang River. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Hengwei
The newly opened Shanghai Museum East Building (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai Museum East Building") is rectangular in shape, with 6 floors above ground and 2 floors underground. It is a museum with a simple and elegant shape, emphasizing openness and sharing. Part of the exterior facade of the Shanghai Bodong Pavilion is wrapped in marble, which resembles the undulating waves of the sea. It not only coincides with the special nature of this city of "connecting the river to the sea", but also symbolizes Shanghai's spirit of "accommodating all rivers"; each floor has floor-to-ceiling glass , platforms or outdoor areas, introduce natural light, so that the exhibitions in the museum and the urban landscape can be seamless and reflect each other "inside and outside".
As the world-renowned top museum of ancient Chinese art, the Shanghai Museum currently has more than 33 categories of cultural relics, with a total collection of more than 1.02 million pieces (sets) and nearly 145,000 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics. It is an important window to showcase Chinese culture. Based on this, the Shanghai East Pavilion is based on the height of art history and creates a general history display of ancient Chinese art in a panoramic format. The proportion of precious cultural relics on display will increase from about 4% in the People's Square Pavilion to 10.5%.
On February 2, the Ancient Chinese Bronze Hall in the East Building of the Shanghai Museum was the first to enter the trial opening. The picture shows the "treasure of the museum" Dake Ding. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Hengwei
The Ancient Chinese Bronze Pavilion (hereinafter referred to as the "Bronze Pavilion"), which was the first to be opened on a trial basis, is one of the most anticipated permanent exhibition halls in the East Pavilion of Shanghai Bodhisattva. It has more than 500 selected exhibits, reflecting the 3,600 years from the late Xia Dynasty to the mid-Qing Dynasty. The occurrence, development and evolution of ancient Chinese bronzes. It is understood that the "Bronze Museum" in Shanghai Expo was first exhibited in 1973. It is the first art museum at home and abroad to display ancient Chinese bronzes. This is the sixth display renovation of the "Bronze Hall" in 50 years.
Walking into the "Bronze Hall" of Shanghai Bo East Hall, the reporter saw that most of the exhibits originally on display continue to be displayed here. The "treasure of the museum" Dake Ding has its own "independent room", and the lighting after the change highlights the solemnity of the cultural relics; the "star cultural relics" Zhong Jiangpan and Qi Houyi are displayed in the same cabinet, showing the audience The audience showed off the basin and basin combination toilet bowl that became popular in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty; the buffalo-shaped Xi Zun is still the "conspicuous bag" in the exhibition hall. It has short legs and a stable shape, and can be used to warm wine.
The "star cultural relic" Xi Zun is on display in the Ancient Chinese Bronze Hall in the East Building of the Shanghai Museum. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Hengwei
With the further improvement of the general history display system, nearly a hundred new exhibits have been added to the "Bronze Hall", including inlaid animal mask plaques and single-wing bells from the late Xia Dynasty, and wild goose foot lanterns from the Central Palace in the third year of Jianzhao of the Western Han Dynasty. Shang Yangfang Sheng, the "treasure of the exhibition hall" of Shanghai Expo, who appeared in the first exhibition of the "Why China" cultural relics and archeology exhibition series, also "occupied" the permanent exhibition hall. As an extremely important physical material in the history of Chinese weights and measures, he opened the "Bronze Hall" The new sections "Bronze Ware of the Blending Period (Qin to the Five Dynasties)" and "Bronze Ware of the Retrospective Period (Northern Song Dynasty to the mid-Qing Dynasty)" are included. (over)