The rituals, music, costumes and cultural relics from the Confucius Mansion are on display in Hangzhou. Immersive experience for international students

　　China News Service, Hangzhou, March 7 (Zhang Bintong Xiaoyu) "I am very interested in ancient Chinese culture. The longer I stay in China, the more I want to know more stories about China." On the 7th, watch in Hangzhou, Zhejiang " BIBAEVA VALERIIA, a Russian student studying abroad, said this after the special exhibition of ritual, music, clothing and cultural relics from the Confucius Mansion.

　　On the same day, more than 50 international students from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University and Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics from nearly ten countries and regions, including Russia, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, and Mauritius, including Willy, participated in the "China Silk Museum and Confucius Museum" jointly created by "Special Exhibition of Ritual, Musical, and Clothing Cultural Relics from the Confucius Mansion's Old Collection" takes a closer look at Chinese ritual, music, and clothing cultural relics.

　　Clothes, crowns and ritual utensils contain profound Chinese ritual and music culture, among which the ritual and musical costumes from the Confucius Mansion’s old collection are extremely representative and of historical value.

On March 7, Mingchi Luoyi was exhibited in Hangzhou.

Photo by Zhang Bin

　　This special exhibition displays nearly 100 pieces of Confucian ritual instruments from the Confucius Mansion's old collection, as well as clothes and crowns handed down from the Yanshenggong Mansion in the Ming and Qing Dynasties during the Republic of China. They are collected by the Confucius Museum in Qufu, Shandong, including 10 first-class cultural relics and 5 second-class cultural relics. Among them, the Ming Dynasty Chenghua Kui dragon pattern Dafang Ding, Ming Chi Luo Yi, Zao Luo Yi, etc. are all exhibited in Zhejiang for the first time.

On March 7, staff of the China Silk Museum introduced the special exhibition exhibits to Chinese and foreign students.

Photo by Zhang Bin

　　In order to deepen the audience's understanding of the exhibition, the organizer also invited the Confucius Museum's Ritual and Music Institute (Xiao Shao Ensemble) to perform live music, allowing international students to "immerse" Chinese rituals and music.

　　Li Ke, the artistic director of the orchestra, said that the orchestra has conducted secondary orchestration and arrangement of some ancient Chinese songs around "rituals, music, songs, dances, rituals", etc.

The repertoire of the day's performance includes "The Book of Songs·Zhou Nan·Guan Ju", "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Youyi", "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Lu Ming", "Shen Ren Chang", "Guan Shan Yue" and "Dressing Table" which were restored based on ancient music books. "Autumn Thoughts", etc., as well as innovative interpretations of "Magpie Bridge Immortal: Xianyun Nongqiao" and "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" while retaining the style and rules of ancient performance to the maximum extent.

　　"I liked this event very much. I saw a lot of traditional Chinese costumes and traditional musical instruments, and heard ancient Chinese music performances. What impressed me most was the singing of "The Book of Songs", which was very nice and charming." said Sanjana, an international student from Mauritius. .

　　Ji Xiaofen, director of the China Silk Museum, said that the holding of this special exhibition is valuable because many cultural relics have come to Zhejiang for the first time and are even on display to the public for the first time.

Inviting overseas students to participate in the opening ceremony of the exhibition and observe ritual and music performances is to achieve linkage between museums and universities and to display and spread the unique charm of Chinese ritual, music, clothing and cultural relics.

On March 7, the Confucius Museum’s Ritual and Music Institute (Xiao Shao Ensemble) performed live music.

Photo by Zhang Bin

　　It is reported that the Confucius Museum is the leading collection of ritual vessels and costumes dedicated to Confucius, with more than a thousand sacrificial vessels from the Pre-Qin Dynasty to the Republic of China, and thousands of costumes from the Yanshenggong family in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The China Silk Museum is China's only national museum specializing in textiles and clothing with Chinese silk as its core. It has long been committed to the collection, protection, research, display, inheritance and innovation of ancient silk clothing.

This special exhibition will last until May 26.

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