Gansu Bamboo Slip Museum invites guests to interactively experience "Enjoy Dunhuang"

　　China News Service, Lanzhou, February 7 (Reporter Feng Zhijun) What kind of experience is it like to travel through the frontier fortresses of the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago? During the Spring Festival this year, the Gansu Slips Museum collaborates with the world's first cave-style immersive experience drama "Happy Dunhuang". Visitors entering the museum will immerse themselves in the bustling business travel on the Silk Road, and encounter thousands of characters on the Dunhuang murals during the business trip. , feel the appearance of the important Silk Road town for more than two thousand years.

　　The Gansu Slip Museum held a press briefing on "A Brief Description of China's Dynasty in Dunhuang" on the 7th. Xu Rui, deputy director of the Gansu Slip Museum, said that from February 10th (the first day of the first lunar month) to February 24th (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), the museum will have two wonderful interactive performances every day. Visitors will become the characters in the script two thousand years ago. Xuanquan houses the vivid characters of the town, receives the "Entry Talisman", participates in various games, and starts a unique journey through time.

Data map: On the evening of October 9, 2023, actors performed in the large-scale cave-like immersive experience drama "Dunhuang". Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang

　　Xu Rui said that Gansu Slip Museum, Gansu Provincial Museum and Lanzhou Municipal Museum jointly launched the "Three Museums Linkage" large-scale museum cultural cross-border activities, launched joint rail transit subway tickets, and carried out Spring Festival culture-themed check-in, stamp collection, and Hanfu Catwalks, antique fairs and other series of activities. During the Spring Festival holiday, the "Museum Journey" direct bus line to the museum will also be opened, providing a special bus service from museum to museum, allowing the audience to have more convenient and "deep" contact with the museum.

　　Zhang Hongtian, executive director and general manager of the Cultural Tourism Company of Gansu Performing Arts Group and chairman of Ledong Dunhuang Company, said that during the interactive experience, tourists can follow Bai Xin, the protagonist of "Landing Dunhuang", on a business trip along the Silk Road, and from Mogao You can meet the angry-eyed Vajra and the "Beautiful Bodhisattva" who "exited" from the cave. You can also enjoy the graceful dancing of the musicians, listen to the melodious Dunhuang ancient music, and deeply experience the wonderful Dunhuang culture.

Data map: On October 16, 2023, cast and crew performed in the "Happy Dunhuang" theater in Dunhuang, Gansu. Photo by Li Yalong

　　Yang Mei, deputy director of the Gansu Bamboo Slips Museum, said that Gansu is a major bamboo slips province in China, the hometown of Han bamboo slips and an important center for bamboo slips research. Since the first bamboo slips were unearthed in Dunhuang in 1907, Han bamboo slips have been unearthed in Gansu in more than a hundred years. With more than 60,000 pieces, Gansu's bamboo slips are the earliest discovered with extensive content, complete system and profound culture. Tens of thousands of bamboo slips are not only encyclopedias of the Han and Jin Dynasties, but also historical evidence of the integration and development of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation.

　　The Gansu Bamboo Slips Museum is currently the thematic museum with the largest collection of Han bamboo slips in China. It is mainly responsible for the collection, preservation, protection, restoration, sorting, research, display and utilization of the bamboo slips unearthed in Gansu Province. The museum currently collects more than 50,000 pieces (groups) of various cultural relics, mainly bamboo slips, including more than 1,000 pieces (groups) of first-class cultural relics. More than 10,000 pieces of paper, textiles, woodware, lacquerware, ironware, boneware, pottery and other cultural relics were unearthed along with the bamboo slips.

　　Zhu Jianjun, director of the Gansu Slips and Slips Museum, said that this live performance of "Happy Dunhuang" was unveiled at the Gansu Slips and Slips Museum, aiming to deeply integrate the spirit of Chinese aesthetics, the essence of Dunhuang culture and the Slips and Slips culture, and inspire a new style of outstanding traditional culture with Gansu characteristics. Vitality helps culture and art integrate into public life. (over)