China News Service, Tianjin, February 5th (Wang Zaiyu) On February 4th, at the beginning of spring, the Tianjin Museum specially launched "Dragon Walking: A Special Exhibition of Dragon Cultural Relics from the Tianjin Museum in the Year of the Dragon in Jiachen" to bring visitors Exhibits of cultural relics with dragon elements from various periods of Chinese civilization.
On February 4, the Tianjin Museum specially launched "Dragon Walking: A Special Exhibition of Dragon Cultural Relics from the Tianjin Museum in the Year of the Dragon in Jiachen". The picture shows the dragon-chi-shaped jade pei (Warring States Period), a national first-class cultural relic. Wang Zai Yu Photography
It is understood that the exhibition has selected more than 140 pieces/sets of cultural relics, of which first- and second-grade items account for about one-third. The exhibition displays the characteristics and development of dragon patterns on cultural relics in many historical periods of ancient China through four units: "Dragon's Ceremony in Nature", "Dragon Walking in the World", "Dragon's Glory in China" and "Dragon's Auspiciousness". Exhibits include jade, bronze, porcelain, gold and silverware, calligraphy and painting, study utensils, folk crafts, etc.
On February 4, the Tianjin Museum specially launched "Dragon Walking: A Special Exhibition of Dragon Cultural Relics from the Tianjin Museum in the Year of the Dragon in Jiachen". The picture shows tourists visiting the exhibition. Wang Zai Yu Photography
Chinese dragon culture is an enduring cultural and artistic theme in Chinese history. As written in the preface of the exhibition, “The image of the dragon is a diversified integration and continuous development, and the evolution of dragon patterns on cultural relics handed down from generation to generation better reflects several People’s understanding of dragons and the characteristics of their aesthetic styles in different historical periods for thousands of years.”
It is reported that the exhibits in this exhibition involve the development of dragon culture in multiple historical periods in China, ranging from cultural relics from the Hongshan Culture period thousands of years ago to modern cultural relics. The rich and diverse cultural relics with dragon elements prove that dragon decoration has a long history of development in Chinese civilization.
The picture shows the blue and white filled with green double dragons playing with beads pattern plate (Ming Dynasty), a national first-class cultural relic. Wang Zai Yu Photography
Among them, the dragon and chi-shaped jade pei (Warring States Period), a national first-class cultural relic, is exquisitely carved. The carving is decorated with the symmetrical distribution of two dragons and two chis, which reflects the beauty of balance contained in Chinese culture. It is a very typical dragon pattern style during the Warring States Period. A rare masterpiece among Qi Long Chi Pei.
Since there are many cultural relics with dragon elements in the Tianjin Museum collection, and many treasures have been displayed in other exhibition halls, the exhibition has designed a linkage activity called "Nine Treasures Hunting for Dragons" to display dragon-elemental cultural relics throughout the museum to increase the number of various items. Interactivity between exhibition halls.
Luo Man, the curator of Tianjin Cultural Museum and the exhibition, said in an interview with reporters, "We have specially designed the 'Nine Treasures Hunting for Dragons' link in this exhibition. The audience can act as treasure hunters and look for dragon elements during the exhibition. Clues, and the cultural relics corresponding to these clues happen to be displayed in other exhibition halls in the museum. As long as these cultural relics are found, the audience will have the opportunity to receive rewards, further increasing the interest and entertainment of visiting during the Spring Festival."
Ms. Zhang, who was viewing the exhibition, said in an interview with reporters, "This special exhibition of dragon cultural relics is quite innovative. There are many types of cultural relics and a wide span of time, but they are all connected by the dragon element, which reflects the characteristics of Chinese culture."
The exhibition provides a new perspective for the audience to appreciate ancient Chinese artworks and historical relics. It also allows the dragon to return to the human world from a sacred object that people worship and revere from afar, and enter thousands of households, becoming a spiritual link that unites the Chinese people. (over)